Question: Between Wong Kar-wai and J. Searle Dawley, which filmmaker garnered widespread critical acclaim with the film "In the Mood for Love"?

Context articles: J. Searle Dawley
Stephen Laughton
The Twilight Sad discography
On the Broad Stairway
Love's Old Sweet Song (1923 film)
An American Citizen
Wong Kar-wai
Krish (director)
In the Mood for Love
The Diamond Crown

James Searle Dawley (May 13, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American director and screenwriter.
 He directed 149 films between 1907 and 1926.
 He was born in Del Norte, Colorado and died in Hollywood, California.
Stephen Laughton is an award winning British playwright.
 He was raised in Stourbridge, Worcestershire.
 He attended the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama, before completing a master's degree at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
 Based in London, he started his career as an associate producer and worked with Rupert Murray and Beadi Finzi on the Academy Award shortlisted "Unknown White Male".
 He was part of the 2011/2012 Royal Court Theatre Invitational Writer's Group.
 His first play "Marina Abramović is Staring at Me" opened Terra Firma Theatre Company’s 2011-12 Boxcar Reading Series in New York at the Railroad Playhouse in Newburgh, NY.
 Before moving on to the Cell Theatre in Manhattan.
 In 2013 he was invited to take part in a series of developmental workshops with the Young Vic Theatre and SoundBites, and his short drama for young audiences, MERRY NEW YEAR was broadcast as part of collaboration between the Hampstead and the Roundhouse Theatre.
 Stephen is currently developing a feature film with Blacklisted Films.
 His play 9 (Lives) was part of the PlayWROUGHT#3 Festival at the Arcola Theatre in January 2015, and his play Run opened at the Vaults Festival in February 2016 to critical acclaim.
 Run then went on to tour the UK, ending its run at The Bunker Theatre in April 2017.
 The play has received widespread critical acclaim and has been nominated for two Off-West End Theatre awards.
 His 2016 short film RWD/FWD, has been nominated for a Drum Content Award and won the 2017 Long Form Charity Film Award.
 His 2016 play, SCREENS opened at Theatre503 to widespread critical acclaim.
The discography of Scottish rock band The Twilight Sad consists of four studio albums, four compilation albums, eleven singles, and five extended plays (EPs).
 The band currently consists of James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar, producer), and Mark Devine (drums).
 The Kilsyth-based band formed in 2003 and were signed to Fat Cat Records when Alex Knight, co-founder of the label, went to Glasgow to watch the band perform their third gig and signed them on the spot.
 The band released their debut EP "The Twilight Sad" in November 2006 in the United States only, followed by their debut album "Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters" in April 2007, which garnered widespread critical acclaim.
 The album spawned two singles, "That Summer, at Home I Had Become the Invisible Boy" in April, and "And She Would Darken the Memory" in July.
 The following year, the band released "Here, It Never Snowed.
 Afterwards It Did", a mini-album of reworked versions of songs from "Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters" and two non-album tracks, inspired by stripped-down live performances.
 A collection of live versions and previously unreleased tracks entitled "Killed My Parents and Hit the Road" was released in December 2008.
 The Twilight Sad's second studio album, "Forget the Night Ahead", was released in September 2009 to further acclaim and marked a shift in the band's direction towards a darker and more streamlined sound.
 The album produced three singles: "I Became a Prostitute" in August 2009, "Seven Years of Letters" in October 2009, and "The Room" in April 2010.
 Founding bassist Craig Orzel left the band in February 2010, and the band released "The Wrong Car" EP in September of that year.
On The Broad Stairway, from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.
 The film was the second of three “Kate Kirby's Cases" detective tales produced in 1913 before Dawley and actress Laura Sawyer left Edison to continue the series later that year with the Famous Players Film Company.
 "On The Broad Stairway" was released in the United States on July 19, 1913.
Love's Old Sweet Song (1923) is a two-reel short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process.
 The film was directed by J. Searle Dawley and stars Louis Wolheim, Donald Gallaher, Ernest Hilliard, and Una Merkel in her film debut.
An American Citizen was a 1914 American silent romantic comedy film directed by J. Searle Dawley.
 The film is noteworthy as the feature film debut of John Barrymore.
 Distributed by Famous Players Film Company, the film is based on the 1897 Broadway play of the same name by Madeleine Lucette Reilly.
 The film is now presumed lost.
Wong Kar-wai, BBS (born 17 July 1958) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized work, including "As Tears Go By" (1988), "Days of Being Wild" (1990), "Ashes of Time" (1994), "Chungking Express" (1994), "Fallen Angels" (1995), "Happy Together" (1997), "2046" (2004) and "The Grandmaster" (2013).
 His film "In the Mood for Love" (2000), starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung, notably garnered widespread critical acclaim.
Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi (Telugu: రాధాకృష్ణ జాగర్లమూడి ; born 10 November 1978), is an Indian film director, known for his works in Telugu cinema, and Bollywood.
 He made his directorial debut in 2008 with "Gamyam" and followed it up with "Vedam" in 2010.
 Both films garnered widespread critical acclaim, fetching him the Nandi Award and Filmfare Award for Best Director.
 In 2015, he directed the period war drama film, "Kanche" setup in Nazi Germany, the film has garnered the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.
 "Kanche" was selected for the "Indiwood Panorama Competition section" at the 2nd edition of "Indiwood Carnival 2016" in Hyderabad.
 In 2017, his directorial venture Gautamiputra Satakarni has gained critical acclaim
In the Mood for Love is a 2000 Hong Kong film written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung.
 It is frequently listed as one of the greatest films of Asia.
 The film's original Chinese title, meaning "the age of blossoms" or "the flowery years" – Chinese metaphor for the fleeting time of youth, beauty and love – derives from a song of the same name by Zhou Xuan from a 1946 film.
 The English title derives from the song, "I'm in the Mood for Love".
 Wong had planned to name the film "Secrets", until listening to the song late in post-production.
 In 2016, BBC named ‘In The Mood For Love’ 2nd best film of the century.
 It has been selected as the Best Asian Movie in history by CNN.com.
The Diamond Crown, from Edison Studios, was a 1913 American silent film (short) written and directed by J. Searle Dawley.
 It was the first of three “Kate Kirby's Cases" detective stories made in 1913 for Edison.
 Dawley and actress Laura Sawyer left Edison for Famous Players Film Co. later that year.
 This film was also Justina Huff's debut in motion pictures.
 "The Diamond Crown" was released in the United States on July 12, 1913.
 This film is considered “lost.”