Tim Whelan (November 2, 1893 – August 12, 1957) was an American film director, writer, producer and actor best remembered for "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940).
 At the time of his death, Whelan he was survived by widow, former silent film actress Miriam Seegar, and had two sons, Michael and Tim Jr.
 The widow Seegar went on to live another 53 years, dying January 2, 2011 at age 103.
Marie Epstein (born Marie-Antonine Epstein; 14 August 1899, Warsaw - 24 April 1995, Paris) was an actress, scenarist, film director, and film preservationist.
 Her career is distinguished by three important collaborations.
 Throughout the 1920s, she acted in and wrote scenarios for films directed by her brother, Jean Epstein.
 From the 1920s through the early 1950s, she collaborated with the director Jean Benoît-Lévy on sixteen films, serving variously as a writer, assistant director, and co-director.
 From the early 1950s to her retirement in 1977, Epstein served as a film preservationist at the Cinémathèque française.
The Beauty from Nivernais (French: "La belle Nivernaise" ) is a 1924 French silent drama film directed by Jean Epstein.
Gloria Jean Epstein is a supernumerary judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
 She had also previously been appointed to the Court of Ontario.
 On January 1, 2015, Epstein retired to become a supernumerary judge, and was replaced as a full time judge by Bradley Miller.
The Fall of the House of Usher (French: La Chute de la maison Usher ) is a 1928 French horror film directed by Jean Epstein, one of multiple films based on the Gothic short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe.
 Future director Luis Buñuel co-wrote the screenplay with Epstein, his second film credit, having previously worked as assistant director on Epstein's film "Mauprat" from 1926.
René Ferté (1903–1958) was a Swiss actor who worked principally in the French cinema, from 1923 onwards.
 He is mostly known for performances in a series of silent films directed by Jean Epstein.
 His roles in sound films were generally less notable, though he appeared in Fritz Lang's "Le Testament du docteur Mabuse" (French version), and he took the title role in the 1934 sound remake of "Judex".
 After the outbreak of the Second World War he ceased working in films.
La Châtelaine du Liban is a 1934 French thriller film directed by Jean Epstein, starring Spinelly and Jean Murat.
 The narrative is set in Lebanon and follows a web of espionage with clashes between the French and British secret services, with a beautiful young woman at the centre.
 The film is based on the 1924 novel "The Lady of Lebanon" by Pierre Benoit.
 Filming took place between July and December 1933 in Lebanon, France, Egypt, Palestine and Syria.
 It premiered on 2 February 1934.
Gina Manès (7 April 1893 — 6 September 1989) was a French film actress and a major star of French silent cinema.
 After an early appearance in a film of Louis Feuillade, she had significant roles in films of Jean Epstein, including "Cœur fidèle", and of Germaine Dulac.
 In Abel Gance's "Napoléon", she took the part of Joséphine de Beauharnais, and then played the title role in Jacques Feyder's "Thérèse Raquin" (now lost).
 She made the transition to sound films but during the 1930s her roles diminished in importance, and periods of residence in Morocco took her further from the public eye.
 She continued to take small roles in films, and also worked in the circus and in the theatre.
 In total Manès appeared in over 90 films between 1916 and 1966.
Jean Epstein (] ; March 25, 1897 – April 2, 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist.
 Although he is remembered today primarily for his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher", Epstein directed three dozen films and was an influential critic of literature and film from the early 1920s through the late 1940s.
 He is often associated with French Impressionist Cinema and the concept of "photogénie".
Finis Terræ is a 1929 French silent drama film written and directed by Jean Epstein.
 The story centres on a small group of men harvesting seaweed off the coast of Brittany, and the problems which arise when one of them gets an infected thumb.
 The film's title is the old Latin name of the region Finistère, where the story is set, and means "End of the Earth".
 The film is shot in a documentary-like style, with local non-actors in all roles, and frequent handheld camerawork.
 Also, Epstein often inserts slow motion footage.

Question: Jean Epstein and Tim Whelan, are French?
Answer: no