Question: Who was from Europe, Ron Fricke or Mariusz Kotowski?

Context articles: Pola Negri: Life Is a Dream in Cinema
Mariusz Kotowski
Koyaanisqatsi
Samsara (2011 film)
Forgiveness (2008 film)
Ron Fricke
Bright Shining City Productions
Deeper and Deeper (film)
Olivier de Sagazan
Baraka (film)

Pola Negri: Life is a Dream in Cinema is a feature-length biographical documentary film by Polish-American director Mariusz Kotowski released in 2006.
 The film chronicles the life of Polish silent film actress Pola Negri, as told by those who knew her and those who have studied her life and films.
Mariusz Kotowski is a Polish-born writer and director.
 As a director, he has gained a reputation for cinematic portrayals that are atypical of both Hollywood and independent film styles and that cleverly mix different film approaches into a cohesive whole.
Koyaanisqatsi ( ), also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, is a 1982 American experimental film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke.
Samsara is a 2011 non-narrative documentary film, directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, who also collaborated on "Baraka" (1992), a film of a similar vein.
 "Samsara" was filmed over five years in 25 countries around the world.
 It was shot in 70 mm format and output to digital format.
 The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited release in August 2012.
Forgiveness , also known as Esther's Diary, is a 2008 American dramatic Holocaust film written and directed by Polish-American director Mariusz Kotowski, with a screenplay by Allan Knee.
 The film is marked as being the director's first feature-length film.
Ron Fricke is a North American film director and cinematographer, specializing in time-lapse photography and large format cinematography.
 He was the director of photography for "Koyaanisqatsi" (1982) and directed the purely cinematic non-verbal non-narrative feature "Baraka" (1992).
 He designed and used his own 65
Bright Shining City Productions is an independent film and media production company established in Austin, Texas by Polish-American film director and producer Mariusz Kotowski in 2005.
 The company’s initial film project was the full-length documentary "", highlighting the career of Polish silent film star Pola Negri.
 The production company went on to release the narrative films "Forgiveness" (2008, re-released as "Esther’s Diary" in 2010) and "Deeper and Deeper" (2010), the latter starring Emmy-winning actor David Lago.
 All three of the films have also been released on DVD.
Deeper and Deeper is an 2010 American erotic psychological thriller written by Cyndi Williams and directed by Polish-American filmmaker Mariusz Kotowski.
Olivier de Sagazan (born 1959 in Brazzaville, Congo ) is a French artist, painter, sculptor, and performer.
 De Sagazan's work typically centers around the artist building layers of clay and paint onto his own face and body.
 His work was featured in the 2011 documentary film "Samsara" by Ron Fricke.
 He has collaborated with the likes of Mylène Farmer inspiring and appearing in her video for À l'ombre and FKA Twigs for her Performance Piece "Rooms".
Baraka is a 1992 non-narrative documentary film directed by Ron Fricke.
 The film is often compared to "Koyaanisqatsi", the first of the Qatsi films by Godfrey Reggio for which Fricke served as the cinematographer.
 "Baraka" is also the first film ever to be restored and scanned at 8K resolution.