Question: Do director of film Ermo and director of film Sargam (1995 Film) share the same nationality?

It is essentially a satire on Western consumerism and its influence on Chinese culture. It was adapted from a novella written by Xu Baoqi. Ermo is a Chinese comedy/ drama film, released in 1994 and directed by Zhou Xiaowen. Tan Ye and Yun Zhu, authors of" Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema", wrote that Ermo" observes the new trends of capitalism and consumerism in rural China at the beginning of the reform era". <SEP> In 1970 Syed Noor( born Syed Ghulam Mohyuddin Noor) joined the Pakistani film industry as an assistant to director S. Suleman. Noor assisted S. Suleman for 18 feature films, after which, he penned his first script for the film," Society Girl" in 1976, which was considered the best film of the year. After the success of his first film, Noor became the prime screenwriting talent in the Pakistani film industry and worked with all the prominent directors of the time. Syed Noor wrote about 250 films from 1976 to 1992. His written scripts and screenplays were both in Urdu and in Punjabi. As a writer, Noor won many awards in his career, including National Award, Nigaar Award, Graduate Award, Bolan Award, and Asian Award. During his writing career, he was also offered acting opportunities, which he turned down as his ultimate goal was to direct feature films. He had assisted S. Suleman for 5 years with the intention of one day directing his own work. In 1993, Syed Noor made his directorial debut with the movie," Qasam," which was successful at the box office. During this time, Pakistani cinema was reigned by Pubjabi films. Syed Noor began to make films with the intention of reviving Urdu cinema, and his second film" Jeeva" and third film" Sargam" realized his intent. Syed Noor( Punjabi) is a Pakistani film director based in Lahore. Noor also introduced a number of new actors in his films, who went on to have illustrious careers in the film industry. With the success of Urdu movies, now Punjabi films began to disappear from cinemas, especially after the death of Punjabi film superstar, Sultan Rahi. At this point, Noor announced that he would work on Pubjabi films and gave his first Punjabi directorial super hit film," Choorian," which is still considered one of the most successful films of Pakistani film industry. The vast success of" Choorian" was followed by another film in the Punjabi language," Majajan," which ran in cinemas for even longer than its predecessor. With the intent of teaching filmmaking to a new generation, Syed Noor launched Paragon Studios and Paragon Academy of Performing Arts. Partnering with the Mass Communications department of Punjab University, Noor began to teach film as a subject. During this time, multiplex cinemas began to be built in Pakistan and film became digitized, which gave new filmmakers excellent opportunities for new material and projects. After writing nearly 300 films, directing 55 films, and winning more than 10 National Awards and many other honors, Syed Noor was awarded the highest civilian honor of Pakistan, the" Sitaara- e- Imtiaz" by the Pakistani government. <SEP> Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Sargam  is a Pakistani musical Urdu film directed by Syed Noor starring the singer Adnan Sami and his ex-wife Zeba Bakhtiar. The film was Adnan Sami 's first and last appearance in any Pakistani film..diplomatically from the rest of the world.cannot be matched with any living example, he composed some songs with Indian singer Asha Bhonsle and created an all time Pakistani record for any single film with as many as 10 songs, most of them super-hit songs. A classical musician Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak appeared as an actor in this film. The song 'Woh Mujhey Yaad Aaya' was sung by the popular Pakistani pop artist Hadiqa Kiyani. It was an instant hit for her and increased her popularity. The film got an enormous public acclaim and it also earned a handsome amount of business in the Middle East. The Kuwait national TV also ran it in 1996, and it was also shown by Pakistan Television (PTV) in 1996. It was a major successful hit of actress Zeba Bakhtiar. <SEP> He graduated from the Cinematography Department of the Beijing Film Academy in 1975 and is part of the so- called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers. Zhou's thrillers received commercial success. Due to government censorship several of his films were prevented from being released. Zhou Xiaowen( born 1954 in Beijing) is a Chinese filmmaker. Very few people not in China knew about Zhou before the 1994 release of" Ermo".