Question: Are the directors of both films Annihilation (film) and Status: It's Complicated from the same country?

The film is distributed by Regal Films, and was shown in theaters November 6, 2013 nationwide. The film is inspired by and a remake of the 1979 classic sexy- comedy film" Salawahan" directed by Ishmael Bernal whom originally stars Rita Gomez, Mat Ranillo, Jay Ilagan, Rio Locsin, Sandy Andolong, and Bonching Miraflor. Status: It's Complicated( stylized as Status: It's Complicated!) is a 2013 Filipino comedy film directed by Chris Martinez, starring Jake Cuenca, Maja Salvador, Paulo Avelino, Solenn Heussaff, and Eugene Domingo. <SEP> Chris D. Martinez is a Filipino film screenwriter, director, producer and playwright. He has won Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature for his plays. He is the author of the book" Laugh Trip". <SEP> It stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac. The story follows a group of scientists who enter" The Shimmer", a mysterious quarantined zone of mutating plants and animals caused by an alien presence. " Annihilation" was released theatrically in Canada and the United States by Paramount Pictures on February 23, 2018, and in China on April 13, 2018. Across the three countries, it grossed$ 43 million against a production budget between$ 40–55 million. Annihilation is a 2018 science fiction psychological horror film written and directed by Alex Garland, based on the novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. It was released digitally by Netflix in a number of other countries on March 12, 2018. The film received praise for its visuals, acting, direction, and thought- provoking story. According to" Empire Magazine", the film addresses" depression, grief, and the human propensity for self- destruction". <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> Alexander Medawar Garland( born 26 May 1970) is an English writer and filmmaker. He rose to prominence as a novelist in the late 1990s with his novel" The Beach", which led some critics to call Garland a key voice of Generation X. He subsequently received praise for the screenplays of the films" 28 Days Later"( 2002)," Sunshine"( 2007)," Never Let Me Go"( 2010), and" Dredd"( 2012). He co-wrote the video game( 2010) and was a story supervisor on( 2013). In 2014, Garland made his directorial debut with" Ex Machina", a science fiction film which explores the relationship between mankind and artificial intelligence; the film earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He also won three BIFA awards for Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best British Independent Film. His second film, 2018's" Annihilation", based on the 2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer, was a critical success. <SEP> Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor. He has appeared in both films and television series.