question: Which of these two film directors is American, Pedro Almodóvar or Alan Crosland?
answer: Alan Crosland
context: Title: The Holy Girl
  Passage: The Holy Girl (Spanish: "La niña santa" ) is a 2004 Argentinian drama film directed by Lucrecia Martel.  The picture was executively produced by Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, and Esther García.  It was produced by Lita Stantic.  The film features Mercedes Morán, María Alche, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Julieta Zylberberg, among others.
  Title: Lady Tubbs
  Passage: Lady Tubbs is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Alan Crosland and written by Barry Trivers.  The film stars Alice Brady, Douglass Montgomery, Anita Louise, Alan Mowbray, June Clayworth and Hedda Hopper.  The film was released on July 2, 1935, by Universal Pictures.
  Title: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
  Passage: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spanish: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios ) is a 1988 Spanish black comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas.  The film brought Almodóvar to widespread international attention: it was nominated for the 1988 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and won five Goya Awards including Best Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Maura.
  Title: Enemies of Women
  Passage: Enemies of Women is a 1923 silent romantic drama film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Lionel Barrymore, Alma Rubens, Gladys Hulette, Pedro de Cordoba, and Paul Panzer.  The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst through his Cosmopolitan Productions.  Pre-fame actresses Clara Bow and Margaret Dumont have uncredited bit roles.
  Title: Julieta (film)
  Passage: Julieta is a 2016 Spanish film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar based on three short stories from the book "Runaway" by Alice Munro.  The film marks Almodóvar's 20th feature and stars Emma Suárez and Adriana Ugarte as older and younger versions of the film's protagonist, Julieta, alongside Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Darío Grandinetti, Michelle Jenner and Rossy de Palma.
  Title: Alan Crosland
  Passage: Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director.
  Title: General Crack
  Passage: General Crack is a 1930 American Pre-Code part-talkie historical costume melodrama with Technicolor sequences which was directed by Alan Crosland and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It was filmed and premiered in 1929, and released early in 1930.  It stars John Barrymore in his first full-length all-talking feature.  The film would prove to be Crosland and Barrymore's last historical epic together.
  Title: Contraband (1925 film)
  Passage: Contraband is a lost 1925 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.  Alan Crosland directed and Lois Wilson stars.  The film is taken from a novel, "Contraband", by Charles Buddington Kelland.  The last film directed by Alan Crosland the cooperation with distributor Paramount Pictures.
  Title: Carmen Maura
  Passage: Carmen García Maura (born 15 September 1945) is a Spanish actress.  In a career that has spanned six decades, Maura is best known for her collaborations with noted Spanish film directors Pedro Almodóvar and Álex de la Iglesia.
  Title: Pedro Almodóvar
  Passage: Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (] ; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former actor.  He came to prominence as a director and screenwriter during La Movida Madrileña, a cultural renaissance that followed the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.  His first few films characterised the sense of sexual and political freedom of the period.  In 1986, he established his own film production company, El Deseo, with his younger brother Agustín Almodóvar, responsible for producing all of his films since "Law of Desire" (1987).
citations: Alan Crosland Pedro Almodóvar