Question: Are the directors of films The Circle (2000 film) and Plainsman and the Lady both from the same country?

The film has won several awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2000, but it is banned in Iran. The Circle( translit. Dayereh) is a 2000 Iranian drama film produced and directed by Jafar Panahi that criticizes the treatment of women in Iran. <SEP> The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Vera Ralston, Gail Patrick, Joseph Schildkraut, Andy Clyde and Don" Red" Barry. Plainsman and the Lady is a 1946 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Richard Wormser. The film was released on November 11, 1946, by Republic Pictures. <SEP> Thomas Gibson Bowles( 15 January 1842 – 12 January 1922) was the founder of the magazines" The Lady" and the English" Vanity Fair", a sailor and the maternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters. <SEP> After several years of making short films and working as an assistant director for fellow Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, Panahi achieved international recognition with his feature film debut," The White Balloon"( 1995). The film won the Caméra d' Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, the first major award an Iranian film won at Cannes. Panahi was quickly recognized as one of Iran's most influential filmmakers. His films were often banned in Iran, but he continued to receive international acclaim from film theorists and critics and won numerous awards, including the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for" The Mirror"( 1997), the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for" The Circle"( 2000), and the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for" Offside"( 2006). Jafar Panâhi( born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. His films are known for their humanistic perspective on life in Iran, often focusing on the hardships of children, the impoverished, and women. Hamid Dabashi has written," Panahi does not do as he is told — in fact he has made a successful career in not doing as he is told." After several years of conflict with the Iranian government over the content of his films( including several short- term arrests), Panahi was arrested in March 2010 along with his wife, daughter, and 15 friends, and later charged with propaganda against the Iranian government. Despite support from filmmakers, film organizations, and human rights organizations around the world, in December 2010 Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison and a 20- year ban on directing any movies, writing screenplays, giving interviews with Iranian or foreign media, or leaving the country except for medical treatment or making the Hajj pilgrimage. While awaiting the result of an appeal he made" This Is Not a Film"( 2011), a documentary feature in the form of a video diary. It was smuggled out of Iran on a flash drive hidden inside a cake and shown at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. In February 2013 the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival showed" Closed CurtainPardé") by Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi in competition; Panahi won the Silver Bear for Best Script. Panahi's subsequent film" Taxi" also premiered in competition at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2015 and won the Golden Bear, the prize awarded for the best film in the festival. In 2018 he won the Cannes film festival Award for Best Screenplay( tied) for" 3 Faces"; he was unable to leave Iran to attend the festival, so his daughter, Solmaz Panahi, read his statement and received the award on his behalf. <SEP> The Lady and the Unicorn is the 1970 solo album by British folk musician John Renbourn. On this release, Renbourn ventures into folk rock and medieval music territory. The first four tracks are arranged from the Add MS 29987 manuscript. The cover was taken from The Lady and the Unicorn tapestry. <SEP> He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on Western films. Jasper Joseph Inman Kane( March 19, 1894, San Diego – August 25, 1975, Santa Monica, California) was an American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter.