Question: Are the directors of films The Highest Bidder and Satya 2 both from the same country?

This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film. This award is presented to the directors of the film. <SEP> It is based on the 1920 novel" The Trap" by Maximilian Foster. The Highest Bidder is a lost 1921 American drama film directed by Wallace Worsley and written by Lloyd Lonergan. The film stars Madge Kennedy, Lionel Atwill, Vernon Steele, Ellen Cassidy, Zelda Sears and Joseph Brennan. The film was released on January 15, 1921, by Goldwyn Pictures. <SEP> A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1980s. For an A- Z of films see. <SEP> During his career, Worsley directed 29 films and acted in 7 films. He directed several motion pictures starring Lon Chaney Sr., and his professional relationship with the actor was the best Chaney had, second to his partnership with Tod Browning. Wallace A. Worsley, Sr.( December 8, 1878 – March 26, 1944) was an American stage actor who became a film director in the silent era. " The Hunchback of Notre Dame"( 1923), along with" The Penalty"( 1920). Worsley's 1922 horror film" A Blind Bargain" with Chaney is one of the most sought after lost films. <SEP> Varma directed films across multiple genres, including parallel cinema and docudrama noted for their gritty realism, technical finesse, and craft. Regarded as one of the pioneers of new age Indian cinema, Varma garnered the National Film Award for scripting the political crime drama," Shool"( 1999). In 2004, he was featured in the BBC World series" Bollywood Bosses". In 2006, Grady Hendrix of Film Comment, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center cited Varma as" Bombay ’s Most Successful Maverick" for his works on experimental films. Varma is known for presenting the Indian Political Trilogy, and the Indian Gangster Trilogy; film critic Rajeev Masand had labeled the series as one of the" most influential movies of Hindi cinema. The first installment of the trilogy," Satya", was also listed in CNN- IBN's 100 greatest Indian films of all time. Varma's recent avant- garde works include hits such as the dramatized re-enactment of" Rayalaseema factionism" in" Rakta Charitra"( 2010), the" 2008 Mumbai attacks" in" The Attacks of 26/11"( 2013), the" Operation Cocoon" in" Killing Veerappan"( 2016), and the" Vijayawada riots" in" Vangaveeti"( 2016). Starting his career as a civil engineer, he made an entry into Telugu cinema with the path- breaking crime thriller," Siva"( 1989) screened at the 13th International Film Festival of India, and has garnered Varma, the state Nandi Awards for Best direction, Best first film of a director, and the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu. Subsequently, the film was included in CNN- IBN's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time. Varma's next movie" Kshana Kshanam"( 1991) was screened at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. The sleeper hit won him another Nandi Award for Best Direction, and the Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer. The 1993 political drama," Gaayam" received six state Nandi Awards. Ram Gopal Varma is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema, Bollywood, and television. In 1999, he directed" Prema Katha" for which he received his third Nandi Award for Best Director. <SEP> Satya 2 is a 2013 Indian crime film, simultaneously shot in Hindi and Telugu language. The film stars Puneet Singh Ratn( Hindi), Sharwanand( Telugu), Anaika Soti and Mahesh Thakur in lead roles. The film tells the story of Satya, an immigrant who comes to Mumbai aiming to refashion the mumbai underworld. The film is the fourth installment of the" Gangster Trilogy." Director Ram Gopal Verma hinted that" Satya 2" will be his last film on the underworld and that now he wants to make romantic movies. The film was directed by Ram Gopal Varma with production design by Saini S. Johray. Satya 2 was released on 28 October 2013 in U. A. E. and 8 November 2013 in India. The film received mixed reviews, Subhash K. Jha of" Bollywood News" stated that Ram Gopal Varma returns to form with Satya 2." Samreen Tungekar" of Bolly spice has stated" Ram Gopal Verma had made it clear that Satya 2 is not a sequel to Satya, and he has evidently made no attempt of making this film look like a prequel or a sequel too. Satya 2 stands as an independent story and does well for itself as a film." The Telugu version was dubbed in Tamil as" Naanthaanda" and reshot with Tamil actors.