question: Was a male Italian art director that wrote M0 's prequel M1
query: SELECT count(*) WHERE {
  ?x0 ns:film.film.sequel M0 .
  M1 a ns:film.film_art_director .
  M1 ns:film.writer.film ?x0 .
  M1 ns:people.person.gender ns:m.05zppz .
  M1 ns:people.person.nationality ns:m.03rjj
  }