Are both Mikhail Kalatozov and Russ Meyer Russian?
Mikhail Kalatozov Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (Georgian: მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი , Russian: Михаи́л Константи́нович Калато́зов ) (28 December 1903 — 27 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to both Georgian and Russian cinema. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). His movie "The Cranes Are Flying" won several international awards, including Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
Mikhail Artsybashev Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Арцыба́шев , Polish: "Michał Arcybaszew" ) (November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1927) was a Russian writer and playwright, and a major proponent of the literary style known as naturalism. He was the great grandson of Tadeusz Kościuszko and the father of Boris Artzybasheff, who emigrated to the United States and became famous as an illustrator. Following the Russian Revolution, in 1923 Artsybashev emigrated to Poland where he died in 1927.