Question: Are the directors of films War of the Worlds (2005 film) and I Love Me both from the same country?

H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds ( a.k.a. The Classic War of the Worlds or just War of the Worlds) is the first of three reworked direct-to-video film versions, first appearing in 2005, that adapts H. G. Wells's novel of the same name about a Martian invasion of southern England. This version, noted for its faithfulness to Wells's novel, was produced by the independent film company Pendragon Pictures. Unlike the adaptations set in the current day United States, this was the first film set in the novel's original 1898 Victorian England. <SEP> He completed post-graduation in English literature and took M. Phil from Mahatma Gandhi University with first rank. He started publishing his writings on literature, politics and culture during early 1990s. His critical writings were noted for their sharp and intelligent insights and theoretical rigour. In the early 90s, in the literary critical scene in Kerala, he was among the few critics who paved way for reading literature and art in an entirely different manner which was informed by postmodernist thought. Unnikrishnan along with V C Harris edited a series of books on postmodernism titled ‘ Navasidhandangal ’ published by DC Books. Later he started publishing writings on contemporary politics. His critical pieces on the much discussed rift between V S Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan, Loksabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee, Brian Lara, Kerala Model etc were very well received and widely discussed. Unnikrishnan Bhaskaran( born 14 August 1970) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and distributor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He began his film career by screenwriting" Jalamarmaram" in 1999, which won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay. In 2005, he scripted, directed and produced the telefilm" Annum Mazhayaayirunnu", which won six Kerala State Television Awards, including Best Telefilm and Best Screenplay writer for him. In the same year," The Tiger", a thriller written by him was a major commercial success. It ’s generally regarded as one of the best suspense films in Malayalam. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2006 with the film" Smart City". His most notable directorial works include" Madambi"( 2008) and" Grandmaster"( 2012). In 2017, he directed the crime drama" Villain", India's first film completely shot in 8 K resolution. The film was also noted for its subtle political undercurrents which strongly critique arbitrary individual cantered justice. In 2019, he wrote and directed, “ Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel, the first Malayalam film produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures in Malayalam, a thriller laced with comedy which turned out to be super hit. In 2019, he along with Anto Joseph produced Stand Up, a film directed by Vidhu Vincent. Unnikrishnan is involved in organisational activities in film industry. He is the general secretary of Film Employees Federation of Kerala( FEFKA) since 2008 and All India Film Employees Confederation( AIFEC) since 2014. He is a member in the advisory committee of Cine Workers' Welfare Board and director of Saamskaarika Kshemanidhi. He owns the production/ distribution company RD Illuminations. He also owns a state of the art theatre complex, RD Cinemas in Mundakkayam. <SEP> Me is a 2012 Indian Malayalam thriller film directed by B. Unnikrishnan and written by Sethu. I Love It stars Unni Mukundan, Asif Ali, Isha Talwar, with Anoop Menon and Kadambari Jethwani in supporting role. The film was shot in Vietnam, Bangkok and Kochi and was produced by Vaishak Rajan under the banner Vyshakha Cinemas. The film features a score and soundtrack composed by Deepak Dev. It was for the first time B. Unnikrishnan directs a film that has not been scripted by him. <SEP> Timothy Hines is an American film director, writer and producer. Best known for his adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel" The War of the Worlds", he has a background in directing television commercials and short films. In 1999, he founded the independent film production company Pendragon Pictures with his colleague Susan Goforth. To date, they have produced three films together H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds( 2005), War of the Worlds – The True Story( 2011) and 10 Days in a Madhouse( 2015) <SEP> He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. Spielberg started in Hollywood directing television and several minor theatrical releases. Steven Allan Spielberg( born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. He became a household name as the director of" Jaws"( 1975), which was critically and commercially successful and is considered the first summer blockbuster. His subsequent releases focused typically on science fiction/ adventure films such as" Close Encounters of the Third Kind"( 1977)," Raiders of the Lost Ark"( 1981)," E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial"( 1982), and" Jurassic Park"( 1993), which became archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking. Spielberg transitioned into addressing serious issues in his later work with" The Color Purple"( 1985)," Empire of the Sun"( 1987)," Schindler's List"( 1993)," Amistad"( 1997), and" Saving Private Ryan"( 1998). He has largely adhered to this practice during the 21st century, with" Munich"( 2005)," Lincoln"( 2012)," Bridge of Spies"( 2015), and" The Post"( 2017). He co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Studios, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for several successful film trilogies, tetralogies and more including the" GremlinsBack to the FutureMen in Black", and the" Transformers" series. He later transitioned into producing several games within the video game industry. Spielberg is one of the American film industry's most critically successful filmmakers, with praise for his directing talent and versatility, and he has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice. Some of his movies are also among the highest- grossing movies of all- time, while his total work makes him the highest- grossing film director in history. His net worth is estimated to be more than$ 3 billion. <SEP> It stars Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, and Tim Robbins, with narration by Morgan Freeman. War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science-fiction action film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, loosely based on the similarly-titled novel by H. G. Wells and jointly produced and released by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. In the film, an American dock worker is forced to look after his children, from whom he lives separately, as he struggles to protect them and reunite them with their mother when extraterrestrials invade the Earth and devastate cities with towering war machines. This was Gene Barry's final film before his retirement that year and his death in 2009. The film was shot in 73 days, using five different sound stages as well as locations in California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. The film was surrounded by a secrecy campaign so few details would be leaked before its release. Tie-in promotions were made with several companies, including Hitachi. "War of the Worlds" was released in the United States on June 29, 2005 and in United Kingdom on July 1, 2005, by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising the performances (particularly Cruise and Fanning), Spielberg's direction, screenplay, action sequences and visual effects, and was a box office success, becoming 2005's fourth most successful film both domestically and worldwide, with $234 million in North America, and $591 million overall. The film earned three Academy Awards nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Sound Editing.