Question: Are the directors of both films Rain Man and Ponnu Mappillai from the same country?

It tells the story of abrasive, selfish young wheeler- dealer Charlie Babbitt( Tom Cruise), who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion- dollar estate to his other son, Raymond( Dustin Hoffman), an autistic savant, of whose existence Charlie was unaware. Charlie is left with only his father's beloved vintage car and rosebushes. Rain Man is a 1988 American comedy- drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass. Valeria Golino also stars as Charlie's girlfriend Susanna. Morrow created the character of Raymond after meeting Kim Peek, a real- life savant; his characterization was based on both Peek and Bill Sackter, a good friend of Morrow who was the subject of" Bill", an earlier film that Morrow wrote. " Rain Man" was the highest- grossing film of 1988. The film won four Oscars at the 61st Academy Awards( March 1989), including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Hoffman. Its crew received an additional four nominations. The film also won the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. <SEP> Matt Beckett( born 13 July 1973) is a Welsh former- professional cyclist who was born in Lancaster. He represented Wales in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. He was briefly one of the directors of Welsh Cycling in 2006. <SEP> He began as a director in Malayalam cinema, but in the 1970s he worked in the Hindi industry and worked with Amitabh Bachchan on several occasions such as in" Bombay to Goa"( 1972) and" Mahaan"( 1983). " Zamaanat", a project with Bachchan which had been delayed since 1986, was released after his death in 2013. S. Ramanathan( 1929 – 9 January 2013 in Chennai) was an Indian film director and producer. He produced several Kannada films along with his brother Shivaram and formed the home banner" Rashi Brothers". <SEP> I Want Your Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film. Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews. The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons. The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes. The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword. This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively. <SEP> Ponnu Mapillai The film stars Jai Shankar and Kanchana in the lead roles ( Tamil: பொண்ணு மாப்பிள்ளை; English: Bride Bridegroom) is an Indian Tamil Language Thriller film directed by S. Ramanathan. <SEP> Levinson's best- known works are mid-budget comedy- drama and drama films such as" Diner"( 1982);" The Natural"( 1984);" Good Morning, Vietnam"( 1987);" Bugsy"( 1991); and" Wag the Dog"( 1997). Barry Levinson( born April 6, 1942) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for" Rain Man"( 1988), which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture.