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

It is based on the novel" Aftermath" by American author Scott Campbell, tellings the story of a" complicated family situation". The painting featured in the film was made by the Munich artist Florian Sussmayr. The film score is composed by Niki Reiser. The film was premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and its theatrical release was on 13 November 2008. A Year Ago in Winter is a 2008 German drama film directed by Caroline Link. <SEP> Notable people who are from or have lived in Manhattan Beach, California: <SEP> Florian Süssmayr( born 1963 in Munich) is a German painter from Munich. In the 1980th Süssmayr was involved in the punk scene and member of a punk band. In the 1990th he was working as a lighting technician and cinematographer. In doing so he was involved in the production of the movies Am I Beautiful? and Deathmaker amongst others. Since 1997 he devoted himself to the art of oil painting. His works can be found in galleries in Munich, Tokyo and New York. For the motion picture A Year Ago in Winter he provided the portray of Karoline Herfurth which is central for the plot. <SEP> Kailasam Balachander( 9 July 1930 – 23 December 2014) was an Indian filmmaker and playwright who worked mainly in the Tamil film industry. 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. Balachander's films are well known for their portrayal of women as bold personalities and central characters. 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. He started his film career in 1964 as a screenwriter and graduated to a director with" Neerkumizhi"( 1965). 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. 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. In his film career, Balachander had won nine National Film Awards and 13 Filmfare Awards. 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. He also made films under his production house, Kavithalaya Productions. Apart from Tamil, he made films in other languages such as Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. Towards the tail end of his career, he directed a few TV serials and made a few film appearances as well. <SEP> The film stars Gemini Ganesan, Jayanthi, Vanisri and S. Varalakshmi in lead roles. The film had musical score by V. Kumar. Velli Vizha is a 1972 Indian Tamil film, directed by K. Balachander and produced by B. Duraisami. <SEP> Caroline Link( born 2 June 1964 in Bad Nauheim, West Germany), is a German film director and screenwriter.