Were both Primo Levi and Bryce Courtenay advertising directors?
Primo Levi Primo Michele Levi (] ; 31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, novels, collections of short stories, essays, and poems. His best-known works include "If This Is a Man" (1947) (U.S.: "Survival in Auschwitz"), his account of the year he spent as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland; and his unique work, "The Periodic Table" (1975), linked to qualities of the elements, which the Royal Institution of Great Britain named the best science book ever written.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt ( ; born February 17, 1981) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer and entrepreneur. As a child, he appeared in the films "A River Runs Through It", "Angels in the Outfield" and "10 Things I Hate About You", and as Tommy Solomon in the TV series "3rd Rock from the Sun". He took a break from acting to study at Columbia University, but dropped out in 2004 to pursue acting again. He has since starred in "(500) Days of Summer", "Inception", "Hesher", "50/50", "Premium Rush", "The Dark Knight Rises", "Brick", "Looper", "The Lookout", "Manic", "Lincoln", "Mysterious Skin" and "". He starred as Philippe Petit in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film "The Walk" (2015), and as Edward Snowden in the Oliver Stone film "Snowden" (2016). For his leading performances in "(500) Days of Summer" and "50/50", he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.