Question: Are Gene Nelson and Rainer Werner Fassbinder both American directors?

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Gene Nelson: Gene Nelson (March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director.

New German Cinema: New German Cinema (German: "Neuer Deutscher Film" ) is a period in German cinema which lasted from the late 1960s into the 1980s.  It saw the emergence of a new generation of directors.  Working with low budgets, and influenced by the French New Wave, such directors as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge, Harun Farocki, Volker Schlöndorff, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Margarethe von Trotta and Wim Wenders made names for themselves and produced a number of 'small' motion pictures that caught the attention of art house audiences, and enabled these directors (particularly Wenders and Schlöndorff) to create better-financed productions which were backed by the big US studios.  However, most of the films were commercial failures and, by 1977, 80% of a budget for a typical German film was ensured by a subsidy.

Fassbinder's Women: The film consists of several interviews with the women who part of the professional and personal lives of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.  These include: Hanna Schygulla, the director's favorite actress; Ursula Strätz, who founded the Munich Action Theater, where Fassbinder began his career on the stage and actresses Barbara Valentin and Brigitte Mira, the star of Fassbinder’s "Fear Eats the Soul".

Martha (1974 film): Martha is a 1974 drama film made for German television directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.  It features Margit Carstensen in the title role with Karlheinz Böhm as her abusive husband.  It is one of the earliest of Fassbinder's films to be influenced by the American work of Douglas Sirk.  The plot was loosely based on a short story "For the Rest of Her Life" by Cornell Woolrich.

1976 Toronto International Film Festival: The 1st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place at Windsor Arms Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada between October 18 and October 24, 1976.  Initially its name was "Festival of Festivals", which remained until 1994 after which it become "Toronto International Film Festival".  It showcased 127 feature films from 30 different countries with the audience of 35,000.  It featured some of the best films from film festivals around the world.  Most of the Hollywood studios later withdrew their submissions citing reason that Toronto audiences would be too parochial for their films. " Cousin Cousine", a French film directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella was selected as the opening film and screened at Ontario Place Cinesphere and "Queen of the Gypsies" was the closing film.  German cinema was focused upon, with films from German directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog.

Filmverlag der Autoren: Filmverlag der Autoren is a German film distributor that was founded in 1971 to help finance and distribute independent films by German "Autorenfilm" directors, that is directors who are renowned for predominantly adapting their own screenplays.  Many directors of the "New German Cinema" movement were associated with it such as Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wim Wenders, and Alexander Kluge; whose films were produced and distributed by the "Filmverlag" and many of whom were members of the "Filmverlag"'s board.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (] ; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982) was a West German filmmaker, actor, playwright and theatre director, part of the New German Cinema movement.

Beware of a Holy Whore: Beware of a Holy Whore (German: Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte ) is a 1971 West German drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder that features Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Hanna Schygulla and Fassbinder himself.

In a Year of 13 Moons: In a Year of 13 Moons (German: "In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden" ) is a 1978 West German drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Volker Spengler.  The film was made in response to the suicide of Fassbinder's lover at the time, Armin Meier.  In a "Top 10" list of his own films, Fassbinder placed "In a Year of 13 Moons" second, after "Beware of a Holy Whore".

The Marriage of Maria Braun: The Marriage of Maria Braun (German: Die Ehe der Maria Braun ) is a 1979 West German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.  The film stars Hanna Schygulla as Maria, whose marriage to the soldier Hermann remains unfulfilled due to World War II and his post-war imprisonment.  Maria adapts to the realities of post-war Germany and becomes the wealthy mistress of an industrialist, all the while staying true to her love for Hermann.  The film was one of the more successful works of Fassbinder and shaped the image of the New German Cinema in foreign countries.  The film is the first installment of Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy, followed by "Veronika Voss" and "Lola".

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Answer: no