Are Andrei Konchalovsky and M. Night Shyamalan both film directors?
M. Night Shyamalan Manoj Nelliyattu "M. Night" Shyamalan ( ; ; "Maṉōj Nelliyāṭṭu Śyāmaḷaṉ"; Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு ஷியாமளன் ; Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയാട്ട് ശ്യാമളന്‍ born 6 August 1970) is an Indian American film director, screenwriter, author, producer, and actor known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots and surprise endings. His most well-received films include the supernatural horror thriller "The Sixth Sense" (1999), the superhero drama thriller "Unbreakable" (2000), and the science fiction thriller "Signs" (2002). Afterwards, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including the historical drama-horror film "The Village" (2004), the fantasy film "Lady in the Water" (2006), the disaster film "The Happening" (2008), the film adaptation of "The Last Airbender" (2010), and the science-fiction film "After Earth" (2013). Following the financial failure of "After Earth," Shyalaman's career was revived with the release of the found footage horror "The Visit" (2015) and the psychological horror "Split" (2016), the latter of which is set in the same universe as his previous film "Unbreakable". He is also known for producing "Devil" (2010), as well as being instrumental in the creation of the Fox science fiction series "Wayward Pines.
Aleksandr Ptushko Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (Russian: Алекса́ндр Луки́ч Пту́шко , Ukrainian: Олександр Лукич Птушко ; 19 April [O.S. 6 April] 1900 in Lugansk, Russian Empire (now Luhansk, Ukraine) – 6 March 1973 in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR. Ptushko is frequently (and somewhat misleadingly) referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," due to his prominent early role in animation in the Soviet Union, though a more accurate comparison would be to Willis O'Brien or Ray Harryhausen. Some critics, such as Tim Lucas and Alan Upchurch, have also compared Ptushko to Italian filmmaker Mario Bava, who made fantasy and horror films with similarities to Ptushko's work and made similarly innovative use of color cinematography and special effects. He began his film career as a director and animator of stop-motion short films, and became a director of feature-length films combining live-action, stop-motion, creative special effects, and Russian mythology. Along the way he would be responsible for a number of firsts in Russian film history (including the first feature-length animated film, and the first film in color), and would make several extremely popular and internationally praised films full of visual flair and spectacle.