question: Were Daniel Petrie and Dodo Abashidze both film directors?
answer: yes
context: Title: Dodo Abashidze
  Passage: David "Dodo" Abashidze (Georgian: დავით [დოდო] აბაშიძე ; Russian: Дави́д Ива́нович Абаши́дзе ; 1 May 1924 – 26 January 1990) was a Soviet Georgian film actor and director.  He appeared in 50 films between 1954 and 1988.
  Title: The Legend of Suram Fortress
  Passage: The Legend of the Suram Fortress (Georgian: ამბავი სურამის ციხისა ) is a 1985 drama film directed by Georgian SSR-born Soviet-Armenian director Sergei Parajanov and Georgian actor Dodo Abashidze.  Sergei Parajanov's first film after 15 years of censorship in the Soviet Union, it is a film stylistically linked with his earlier" The Color of Pomegranates" (1968): The film consists of a series of tableaux; once again minimal dialogue is used; the film abounds in surreal, almost oneiric power.
  Title: Levan Abashidze
  Passage: Levan Abashidze (Georgian: ლევან აბაშიძე , Russian: Леван Абашидзе ) (22 May 1963, Tbilisi - 7 September 1992, Sukhumi) was a Georgian actor.  In 1985 Levan graduated from Shota Rustaveli Institute of theater and performing arts in Tbilisi.  Following year, Levan played a leading role in various Georgian films such as "Steps" (1986), "The Journey of a Young Composer" (1986), "Guest" (1987), and "Roots" (ფესვები) in 1987.  His last film ("Bravo, Djordano, Bravo) was in 1993 before he volunteered to fight in the armed conflict in Abkhazia (Georgia).  During the separatist offensive on Sukhumi in 1993, Levan Abashidze was killed defending Gumista river entrenchment of the Georgian forces.  His death caused a serious outcry in the film and theater studios all across Georgia.
  Title: Daniel Petrie
  Passage: Daniel Mannix Petrie (November 26, 1920 – August 22, 2004) was a Canadian television and film director.
citations: Daniel Petrie Dodo Abashidze