Question: Do both films, Velli Vizha and A Year Ago In Winter, have the directors who are from the same country?

<P0-S0> He was well known for his distinct film- making style, and the Indian film industry knew him as a master of unconventional themes and hard- hitting contemporary subject matter. <P0-S1> Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters. <P0-S2> Popularly referred to as" Iyakkunar Sigaram"( lit." the director who scaled the peak"), his films are usually centred on unusual or complicated interpersonal relationships and social themes. <P0-S3> He started his film career in 1964 as a screenwriter and graduated to a director with" Neerkumizhi"( 1965). <P0-S4> In a career that spanned 50 years, he had contributed to nearly 100 feature films either as a screenwriter or director, thus becoming one of the most prolific filmmakers in the country. <P0-S5> Known among his colleagues as a tough task master, he was credited with having nurtured numerous actors, notably Nagesh, Sujatha, Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi, Jayaprada, Sridevi, Jayasudha, Saritha, Renuka, Nassar, Prakash Raj, Ramesh Aravind and Vivek. <P0-S6> In his film career, Balachander had won nine National Film Awards and 13 Filmfare Awards. <P0-S7> He was honored with the Padma Shri( 1987), India's fourth highest civilian award, and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema. <P0-S8> Kailasam Balachander( 9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian filmmaker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. <P0-S9> He also made films under his production house, Kavithalaya Productions. <P0-S10> Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages such as Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. <P0-S11> Towards the tail end of his career, he directed a few TV serials and made a few film appearances as well. <SEP> <P1-S0> The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Jayanthi, Vanisri and S. Varalakshmi in lead roles. <P1-S1> Velli Vizha is a 1972 Indian Tamil film, directed by K. Balachander and produced by B. Duraisami. <P1-S2> The film had musical score by V. Kumar. <SEP> <P2-S0> Notable people who are from or have lived in Manhattan Beach, California: <SEP> <P3-S0> Florian Süssmayr( born 1963 in Munich) is a German painter from Munich. <P3-S1> In the 1980th Süssmayr was involved in the punk scene and member of a punk band. <P3-S2> In the 1990th he was working as a lighting technician and cinematographer. <P3-S3> In doing so he was involved in the production of the movies Am I Beautiful? <P3-S4> and Deathmaker amongst others. <P3-S5> Since 1997 he devoted himself to the art of oil painting. <P3-S6> His works can be found in galleries in Munich, Tokyo and New York. <P3-S7> For the motion picture A Year Ago in Winter he provided the portray of Karoline Herfurth which is central for the plot. <SEP> <P4-S0> It is based on the novel" Aftermath" by American author Scott Campbell, tellings the story of a" complicated family situation". <P4-S1> A Year Ago in Winter is a 2008 German drama film directed by Caroline Link. <P4-S2> The painting featured in the film was made by the Munich artist Florian Sussmayr. <P4-S3> The film score is composed by Niki Reiser. <P4-S4> The film was premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and its theatrical release was on 13 November 2008. <SEP> <P5-S0> Caroline Link( born 2 June 1964 in Bad Nauheim, West Germany), is a German film director and screenwriter.