Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Cecil Hepworth
Cecil Milton Hepworth (19 March 1874 – 9 February 1953) was a British film director, producer and screenwriter.
He was among the founders of the British film industry and continued making films into the 1920s at his Walton Studios.
In 1923 his company Hepworth Pictures went into receivership.
His works include "Alice in Wonderland" (1903), the first film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's children's book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
Annie Laurie (1916 film)
Annie Laurie is a 1916 British silent romance film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome and Lionelle Howard.
It is loosely based on the poem" Annie Laurie".
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Widgey R. Newman
Widgey R. Newman( 1900 – 1944) was a British screenwriter, producer and film director.
He was a major force in the British B film industry of the 1930s, overseeing the production of a number of quota quickies.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
On Velvet
On Velvet is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Widgey R. Newman and starring Wally Patch, Joe Hayman and Vi Kaley.
It is a musical revue and was distributed by the American company Columbia Pictures.

Question: Are director of film Annie Laurie (1916 Film) and director of film On Velvet from the same country?
Answer: yes