Question: Are director of film Marumalarchi (1956 Film) and director of film King Kong (2005 Film) both from the same country?

In 1977 he won the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Kannada for" Ganda Hendthi". In 1995, Rao received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for his contributions to Telugu cinema. Kovelamudi Surya Prakash Rao( 1914–1996) was an Indian film director producer, actor and Cinematographer known for his works in Telugu cinema, Kannada cinema, and few bollywood films. <SEP> The film stars Sriram and G. Varalakshmi. Marumalarchi is a 1956 Indian Tamil- language film directed by K. S. Prakash Rao and Lanka Sathyam. <SEP> He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the" Lord of the Rings" trilogy( 2001 – 03) and the" Hobbit" trilogy( 2012 – 14), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other films include the critically lauded drama" Heavenly Creatures"( 1994), the mockumentary film" Forgotten Silver"( 1995), the horror comedy" The Frighteners"( 1996), the epic monster remake film" King Kong"( 2005), the supernatural drama film" The Lovely Bones"( 2009), and the World War I documentary film" They Shall Not Grow Old"( 2018). He produced" District 9"( 2009)," The Adventures of Tintin"( 2011)," West of Memphis"( 2012), and" Mortal Engines"( 2018). He is the third- highest grossing film director, his films having made over$ 6.5 billion worldwide. Jackson began his career with the" splatstick" horror comedy" Bad Taste"( 1987) and the black comedy" Meet the Feebles"( 1989) before filming the zombie comedy" Braindead"( 1992). He shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his partner Fran Walsh for" Heavenly Creatures", which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards for( 2003), including the award for Best Director. His other awards include a Golden Globe, four Saturn Awards and three BAFTAs among others. His production company is WingNut Films, and his most regular collaborators are co-writers and producers Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Jackson was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. He was later knighted( as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit) by Anand Satyanand, the Governor- General of New Zealand, at a ceremony in Wellington in April 2010. Sir Peter Robert Jackson( born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In December 2014, Jackson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films. <SEP> A second remake of the 1933 film of the same title, the film stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, and, through motion capture, Andy Serkis as the title character. Set in 1933, it follows the story of an ambitious filmmaker who coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to the mysterious Skull Island. King Kong is a 2005 epic monster adventure film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. There, they encounter bizarre creatures living on the island as well as a legendary giant gorilla known as Kong, whom they capture and take to New York City. Filming for" King Kong" took place in New Zealand from September 2004 to March 2005. The project's budget climbed from an initial$ 150 million to a then- record- breaking$ 207 million. It was released on December 14, 2005 in Germany and the United States, and made an opening of$ 50.1 million. While it performed lower than expected," King Kong" made domestic and worldwide grosses that eventually added up to$ 550 million, becoming the fourth- highest- grossing film in Universal Pictures history at the time and the fifth- highest- grossing film of 2005. It also generated$ 100 million in DVD sales upon its home video release. The film garnered positive reviews from critics and appeared on several top ten lists for 2005. It was praised for its special effects, performances, sense of spectacle and comparison to the 1933 original while some criticised its 3- hour run time. It won three Academy Awards: Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects. A tie- in video game was released alongside the film, which also became a commercial success.