question: Who directed the 2012 film starring Jonny Weston about the life of American surfer Jay Moriarity?
answer: Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted
context: Title: Hackers (film)
  Passage: Hackers is a 1995 American crime film directed by Iain Softley and starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Renoly Santiago, Matthew Lillard, Jesse Bradford, Lorraine Bracco, and Fisher Stevens.  The film follows a group of high school hackers and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy.  Made in the 1990s when the internet was unfamiliar to the general public, it reflects the ideals laid out in the Hacker Manifesto quoted in the film: "This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch [...] We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals.  [...] Yes, I am a criminal.  My crime is that of curiosity."  "Hackers" has achieved cult classic status.
  Title: Shimmering Light
  Passage: Shimmering Light is a 1977 Australian television film about an American surfer who travels to Australia in search of the perfect wave.  It was directed by Don Chaffey.
  Title: Chasing Mavericks
  Passage: Chasing Mavericks is a 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted about the life of American surfer Jay Moriarity.
  Title: Jonny Weston
  Passage: Jonny Weston (born June 16, 1988) is an American actor.  He starred as real-life surfer Jay Moriarity in the 2012 film "Chasing Mavericks" and as brainy high school student David Raskin in the 2015 time-travel adventure "Project Almanac".  He has also appeared in "Sugar", "John Dies at the End", "About Cherry" and "Caroline and Jackie".
  Title: The Divergent Series: Insurgent
  Passage: The Divergent Series: Insurgent (also known simply as Insurgent) is a 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Robert Schwentke, based on "Insurgent", the second book in the "Divergent" trilogy by Veronica Roth.  It is the sequel to the 2014 film "Divergent" and the second installment in "The Divergent Series", produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian and Douglas Wick, with a screenplay by Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman and Mark Bomback.  Schwentke took over from Neil Burger as director, with Burger serving as the executive producer of the film.  Along with the first film's returning cast, led by Shailene Woodley and Theo James, the sequel features supporting actors Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts, Suki Waterhouse, Rosa Salazar, Daniel Dae Kim, Jonny Weston, Emjay Anthony, and Keiynan Lonsdale.
  Title: Soul Surfer (film)
  Passage: Soul Surfer is a 2011 American biographical drama film directed by Sean McNamara, based on the 2004 autobiography "Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board" by Bethany Hamilton about her life as a surfer after a horrific shark attack and her recovery.  The film stars AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, and Lorraine Nicholson with Carrie Underwood, Kevin Sorbo, Sonya Balmores, Branscombe Richmond, and Craig T. Nelson.
  Title: Kelly &amp; Cal
  Passage: Kelly and Cal is a 2014 film directed by Jen McGowan.  It has a 77% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 30 reviews.  It stars Juliette Lewis and Jonny Weston.
  Title: Dana Brown
  Passage: Dana Brown (born December 11, 1959 in Dana Point, California) is an American surfer and filmmaker, and is the oldest son of filmmaker Bruce Brown.  His films include "The Endless Summer Revisited" (2000) which is made up of unused footage from "The Endless Summer" (1964) and "The Endless Summer II" (1994), as well as some original interviews with the stars of those films.  His first all-original film was "Step Into Liquid" (2003) followed by a documentary on the Baja 1000 titled "Dust to Glory" (2005).  In 2009, he debuted a new film called "Highwater" during the 100th anniversary of the Santa Monica Pier; the film follows life on the North Shore and the surfers who compete in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.  In 2014, the movie "On Any Sunday, The Next Chapter" continues the saga of motocross documentaries which began with the 1972 Academy Award for Documentary Feature nominated film "On Any Sunday" (1971).
  Title: Jay Moriarity
  Passage: Jay Moriarity (June 16, 1978 – June 15, 2001) was a surfer from Santa Cruz, California.  He was an accomplished surfer, waterman, and adventurer.  As a surfer, he made his reputation surfing Mavericks in Half Moon Bay, California.  At age 16, he was made internationally famous when his wipeout at Mavericks was caught on film and made the cover of "Surfer" magazine.  Although a successful competitor, Jay is remembered as a soul surfer, winning many sportsmanship awards throughout his career.  A biopic of his life, "Chasing Mavericks", was released in 2012.
  Title: Project Almanac
  Passage: Project Almanac is a 2015 American found footage science fiction thriller film directed by Dean Israelite at his directorial debut, and written by Jason Harry Pagan and Andrew Deutschman.  The film stars Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner and Amy Landecker.  The film tells the story of a group of high school students that build a time machine.
citations: Jonny Weston Chasing Mavericks