Are Desiree Akhavan and Ilya Naishuller both Russian?
no
Title: Desiree Akhavan
Passage: Desiree Akhavan (1984) is an Iranian-American film director, producer, screenwriter and actress based in New York.  She is best known for her 2014 feature film debut, "Appropriate Behavior".
Title: Hardcore Henry
Passage: Hardcore Henry (Russian: "Хардкор" ; also known simply as Hardcore in some countries) is a 2015 Russian-American science fiction action film written and directed by Ilya Naishuller, and produced by Timur Bekmambetov, Naishuller, Inga Vainshtein Smith and Ekaterina Kononenko.  Will Stewart provided additional writing for the film.  The film was shot almost entirely from a first-person perspective.
Title: Ilya Naishuller
Passage: Ilya Viktorovich Naishuller ("Russian": Илья Викторович Найшуллер; born 1983, Moscow, USSR) is a Russian musician, film director, and screenwriter.  He is a member of the Russian indie rock band Biting Elbows.
Desiree Akhavan Ilya Naishuller