2048: Nowhere to Run was a prequel to the feature film directed by whom?
Denis Villeneuve
Title: 2048: Nowhere to Run
Passage: 2048: Nowhere to Run (known in Chinese and Taiwanese territories as 2048: No Escape or 2048: Nowhere to Escape; alteratively known as Blade Runner 2048) is a 2017 American neo-noir science fiction short film acting as a prequel to the feature film "Blade Runner 2049" and the sequel to short film ""; it was released on August 30, 2017, less than one month before the release of the feature film, and features Dave Bautista as "Blade Runner 2049" character Sapper Morton, alongside Orion Ben.  The film was written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, who also wrote the feature film, and directed by Luke Scott, whose father Ridley Scott directed the original "Blade Runner" and is executive producer on the sequel "Blade Runner 2049".
Title: Ava DuVernay
Passage: Ava Marie DuVernay ( ; born August 24, 1972) is an American director, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor.  At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, DuVernay won the Best Director Prize for her second feature film "Middle of Nowhere", becoming the first African-American woman to win the award.  For her work in "Selma" (2014), DuVernay was the first black female director to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award.  With "Selma", she was also the first black female director to have her film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.  In 2017, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film "13th" (2016).
Title: Blade Runner 2049
Passage: Blade Runner 2049 is an upcoming American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green.  A sequel to "Blade Runner" (1982), it stars Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford, who reprises his role as Rick Deckard, with Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright, Mackenzie Davis, Carla Juri, Lennie James, Dave Bautista and Jared Leto in supporting roles.
2048: Nowhere to Run Blade Runner 2049