Cookie Mueller
Dorothy Karen" Cookie" Mueller( March 2, 1949 – November 10, 1989) was an American actress, writer, and Dreamlander who starred in many of filmmaker John Waters' early films, including" Multiple Maniacs Pink Flamingos Female Trouble", and" Desperate Living".
Mark Lewis (filmmaker)
Mark Lewis( born 1958 in Mullumbimby, Australia) is an Australian documentary film and television producer, director and writer.
He is famous for his film and for his body of work on animals.
Unlike many other producers of nature films, his films do not attempt to document the animals in question or their behaviors but rather the complex relationships between people and society and the animals they interact with.
His films have earned him many awards, including a British Academy Award nomination, a nomination from the Directors Guild of America, two Emmy ’s for Outstanding Direction in documentary film, and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Science Program on American Television.
Liz Renay
Pearl Elizabeth Dobbins( April 14, 1926 – January 22, 2007), known as Liz Renay, was an American author and actress who appeared in John Waters' film" Desperate Living"( 1977).
John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr.( born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor and artist.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Waters rose to prominence in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including" Multiple Maniacs"( 1970)," Pink Flamingos"( 1972) and" Female Trouble"( 1974).
He wrote and directed the 1988 film" Hairspray", which became an international success and turned into a hit Broadway musical which has remained in almost continuous production, and a film adaptation of the Broadway musical was released in July 2007.
Waters has written and directed other successful films including" Polyester"( 1981)," Cry- Baby"( 1990)," Serial Mom"( 1994)," Pecker"( 1998) and" Cecil B. Demented"( 2000).
In 2015, the British Film Institute celebrated Waters ’ films with a retrospective in honour of his 50 year- filmmaking career.
Later that year, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for the spoken word version of his book" Carsick."
As an actor, Waters has appeared in films such as" Sweet and Lowdown"( 1999)," Seed of Chucky"( 2004)," Mangus!"( 2011)," Excision"( 2012) and" Suburban Gothic"( 2014).
More recently, he performs in his ever- changing one- man show," This Filthy World".
In addition to filmmaking and acting, Waters also works as a visual artist and across different mediums such as installations, photography, and sculpture.
He has published multiple collections of his journalistic exploits, screenplays, ruminations and artwork.
Waters ’ artwork exhibits regularly in galleries and museums around the world.
Bon Voyage Sim
Bon Voyage Sim is a 1966 film.
Joseph Losey
Joseph Walton Losey III( January 14, 1909 June 22, 1984) was an American theatre and film director.
Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States.
Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom.
Among the most critically and commercially successful were three films with screenplays by Harold Pinter," The Servant"( 1963)," Accident"( 1967) and" The Go- Between"( 1971).
Modesty Blaise (1966 film)
Modesty Blaise is a 1966 British comedy spy- fi film directed by Joseph Losey.
It was loosely based upon the popular comic strip" Modesty Blaise" by Peter O'Donnell, who co-wrote the original story upon which Evan Jones based his screenplay.
The film's music composed by Johnny Dankworth and the theme song," Modesty", sung by David and Jonathan.
" Modesty Blaise" stars Italian actress Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews, Michael Craig and Clive Revill.
It is Monica Vitti's first English- speaking role.
Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director.
He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
My Name Is Modesty
My Name Is Modesty is a 2004 American action film directed by Scott Spiegel.
Quentin Tarantino executive produced.
It was released direct-to-DVD.
The film is based on the early years of the character Modesty Blaise, a former crime boss turned secret agent.
This is the third production that brings Peter O'Donnell's character Modesty Blaise to the screen, following the feature film "Modesty Blaise" with Monica Vitti in 1966 and the TV pilot "Modesty Blaise" with Ann Turkel in 1982.
The film stars British actress Alexandra Staden as Modesty and chronicles a crucial event in the character's life some time prior to the start of the comic strip.
As such, it omits the key character of Willie Garvin, Modesty's companion throughout the run of the original comic strip and the 30-year series of spin-off novels and short stories published by O'Donnell.
Desperate Living
Desperate Living is a 1977 American comedy film directed, produced, and written by John Waters.
The film stars Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce and Jean Hill.

Question: Do both Modesty Blaise (1966 Film) and Desperate Living films have the directors from the same country?
Answer: yes