Question: Who directed The Big Sick, a 2017 romantic comedy film co-written by Emily Vance Gordan?

Context articles: The Big Sick
Emily V. Gordon
Isoken
The Wilde Wedding
Lost in Florence
Sara Fletcher
Zoe Kazan
My Ex and Whys
Karsandas Pay &amp; Use
Christopher Nicholas Smith

The Big Sick is a 2017 American romantic comedy film directed by Michael Showalter and written by Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani.
 It stars Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar, and Anupam Kher, and follows an interracial couple that has to deal with their cultural differences, loosely based on the real-life romance between Nanjiani and Gordon.
Emily Vance Gordon (born in 1979) is an American writer, producer, and podcast host.
 She is best known for co-writing the 2017 romantic comedy film "The Big Sick", which she wrote with her husband, the comic Kumail Nanjiani.
 The film is about their relationship, with Nanjiani playing himself and Zoe Kazan playing Gordon (renamed Emily Gardner).
 Gordon also co-created the live show "The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail" and its TV counterpart for Comedy Central.
 She has written for TV ("The Carmichael Show"), a book ("Super You"), and for several online and print publications.
Isoken is a 2017 romantic comedy written and directed by Jadesola Osiberu (in her directorial debut).
 The film stars Dakore Akande, Joseph Benjamin, and Marc Rhys.
The Wilde Wedding is a 2017 romantic comedy starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Patrick Stewart, and Minnie Driver.
 It is scheduled to receive a limited theatrical release and a video-on-demand release on September 15, 2017 by Vertical Entertainment.
Lost in Florence (previously titled The Tourist ) is a 2017 romantic drama film written and directed by Evan Oppenheimer and starring Brett Dalton, Stana Katic, Alessandra Mastronardi, Marco Bonini, Alessandro Preziosi and Emily Atack.
Sara Fletcher (born January 12, 1983 in Ohio, USA) was born as Sara Elizabeth Rebrovic and is sometimes credited as Sara E. R. Fletcher.
 Fletcher is an American actress best known for her role as the title character in the Comedy Central TV sitcom "Secret Girlfriend" and the 2011 independent thriller "iCrime".
 She has appeared in a number of films (such as 2017 romantic comedy film "Non-Transferable"), guest star spots and television commercials, but has had her greatest exposure through various web series and internet hosting spots.
Zoe Swicord Kazan (born September 9, 1983) is an American actress and playwright.
 Kazan made her acting debut in "Swordswallowers and Thin Men" (2003) and later appeared in films such as "The Savages" (2007), "Revolutionary Road" (2008) and "It's Complicated" (2009).
 She starred in "happythankyoumoreplease" (2010), "Meek's Cutoff" (2010) and "Ruby Sparks" (2012), writing the screenplay for the latter.
 In 2014, she starred in the film "What If" and the HBO mini-series "Olive Kitteridge", for which she received an Emmy nomination.
 In 2017, she portrayed Emily Gardner, who is based on Emily V. Gordon, in the film "The Big Sick".
My Ex and Whys is a 2017 Philippine romantic comedy drama film co-written and directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina.
 Starring Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil, the story is about a womanizer named Gio (Gil), who tries to prove he's a changed man to his ex-girlfriend, a blogger named Cali (Soberano).
 Cali, on the other hand, tests if Gio really has changed, and things didn't go as planned.
 The film was released on February 15, 2017 to commercial and critical success, grossing over ₱400 million worldwide.
 "My Ex And Whys" is Garcia-Molina's highest grossing non-sequel film and the highest-grossing film to be starred by Soberano and Gil to date.
 The film currently holds the record for being the highest-grossing Philippine film of 2017.
Karsandas Pay & Use is a 2017 romantic comedy Gujarati film written and directed by Krishnadev Yagnik.
 The film opened to positive reviews and was commercially successful.
Chris Smith is an American television and film actor, he is most famous for playing Dennis in the 2011, horror movie, "Paranormal Activity 3".
 He played Josh Merit in the 2017 romantic comedy film "Non-Transferable".