Question: The director of Young Captives film Irvin Kershner is from which country?
Context: The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner.  Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan wrote the screenplay, with George Lucas writing the film's story and serving as executive producer.  The second installment in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, it was produced by Gary Kurtz for Lucasfilm and stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Oz. The Young Captives is a 1959 film by Irvin Kershner. American Perfekt is a 1997 road movie/thriller/drama film written and directed by Paul Chart, produced by Irvin Kershner.  It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. RoboCop 2 is a 1990 American cyberpunk action film directed by Irvin Kershner and starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan and Gabriel Damon.  Set in the near future in a dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, it is the sequel to the 1987 film, "RoboCop". Raid on Entebbe is a 1977 NBC television film directed by Irvin Kershner.  It is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of hostages at Entebbe Airport in Entebbe, Uganda on July 4, 1976.  The portrayal of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was Peter Finch's final performance; he died five days after the film's release. S*P*Y*S is a 1974 comedy about two bumbling men who are spies and targeted for elimination by the CIA, KGB and a French terrorist group.  The film was directed by Irvin Kershner, and stars Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, and Zouzou.  The film was screened at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, but wasn't entered into the main competition. Never Say Never Again is a 1983 James Bond spy film starring Sean Connery, directed by Irvin Kershner, produced by Jack Schwartzman, and written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. with uncredited additional co-writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, from a story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham, and Ian Fleming.  It is the second adaptation of Fleming's "Thunderball", which was previously adapted as the 1965 film of the same name.  Unlike the majority of James Bond films, "Never Say Never Again" was not produced by Eon Productions, but by an independent production company, one of whose members was Kevin McClory, one of the original writers of the "Thunderball" story, who retained the filming rights of the novel following a legal dispute over them. Irvin Kershner (born Isadore Kershner; April 29, 1923November 27, 2010) was an American actor and director of film and television.  He gained notice early in his career as a filmmaker for directing quirky, independent films early in his career, later moving on to films such "The Empire Strikes Back", the James Bond adaptation "Never Say Never Again", and "RoboCop 2". Stakeout on Dope Street is a 1958 crime film directed by Irvin Kershner and written by Andrew J. Fenady, Irvin Kershner and Irwin Schwartz.  It follows three teenagers who inadvertently get themselves involved in a drug ring.  It was the directorial debut of Kershner.  The film stars Yale Wexler, Abby Dalton, Morris Miller, Allen Kramer and Jonathon Haze.  The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 3, 1958. The Hoodlum Priest is a 1961 film by Irvin Kershner, based on the life of Father Charles Clark of St. Louis, who ministered to street gangs.  It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.  The movie stars Don Murray who also co-produced and co-wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym Don Deer.
Answer: American actor and director