Between Augusto Roa Bastos and David Mamet, who is a film director?
Augusto Roa Bastos Augusto Roa Bastos (June 13, 1917 – April 26, 2005) was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, screenwriter and professor. He is best known for his complex novel "Yo el Supremo" ("I, the Supreme") and for winning the "Premio Miguel de Cervantes" in 1989, Spanish literature's most prestigious prize. "Yo el Supremo" explores the dictations and inner thoughts of José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, the eccentric dictator of Paraguay who ruled with an iron fist, from 1814 until his death in 1840.
Augusto César Vatteone Augusto Cesar Vatteone (24 October 1904–7 December 1979 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His 1943 film "Juvenilia" was highly acclaimed in Argentina, and he won the Silver Condor Award for Best Director and Best Film for it at the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards.