Stephen Frears
Stephen Arthur Frears( born 20 June 1941) is an English film and television director.
Frears has directed numerous films since the 1980s including" My Beautiful LaundretteDangerous Liaisons High Fidelity The QueenPhilomena", and" Florence Foster Jenkins".
He has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director: for" The Grifters" and" The Queen".
In 2008" The Daily Telegraph" named him among the 100 most influential people in British culture.
After the Ball (1932 film)
After the Ball is a 1932 British- American comedy film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Esther Ralston, Basil Rathbone and Marie Burke.
It was filmed at Lime Grove Studios in West London.
The film's sets were designed by Alfred Junge.
Prick Up Your Ears
Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 British film, directed by Stephen Frears, about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell.
The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the biography by John Lahr.
The film stars Gary Oldman as Orton, Alfred Molina as Halliwell, Wallace Shawn as Lahr, and Vanessa Redgrave as Peggy Ramsay.
The Opera Ball
The Opera Ball is a 1931 German musical comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Iván Petrovich, Liane Haid and Georg Alexander.
It was part of a large group of operetta films made during the decade.
The following year it was remade in French as" Beauty Spot".
A British remake is" After the Ball"( 1932).
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Karl Weber and Erich Zander.
The film is not based on the operetta" Der Opernball".
Margaret Tyzack
Margaret Maud Tyzack( 9 September 193125 June 2011) was an English actress.
Her television roles included" The Forsyte Saga"( 1967) and" I, Claudius"( 1976).
She won the 1970 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC serial" The First Churchills", and the 1990 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for" Lettice and Lovage", opposite Maggie Smith.
She also won two Olivier Awards.
Her film appearances included( 1968)," A Clockwork Orange"( 1971)," Prick Up Your Ears"( 1987) and" Match Point"( 2005).
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter.
He made his screen debut in "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab" (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956.
In 1926 he directed his first film "The Woman Juror" and went on to direct another 16 films between 1926 and 1938.
He died in Chesham, Buckinghamshire in 1971.
Simon Bent
Simon Bent is a British screenwriter and playwright, notable for work including BBC TV drama( 2006), the screenplay for the feature film" Christie Malry's Own Double- Entry"( 2000), and the Joe Orton biographical play" Prick Up Your Ears" based on John Lahr's book.
Bert Parnaby
James Bertram" Bert" Parnaby( 4 March 1924 – 30 July 1992) was a British actor who was notable for a string of TV and Film roles from the 1960s through the 1980s.
His TV roles included performances in" Blackadder By the Sword DividedJuliet BravoInspector Morse" and" Last of the Summer Wine".
In 1988, he appeared as Father Christmas in the BBC adaptation of" The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".
His film credits included" Prick Up Your Ears"( 1987)," The Dressmaker"( 1988) and" The Reunion"( 1989).
Bert was also a schoolmaster, teaching English at Manchester Grammar School during the 1950s and early 1960s, and subsequently becoming an HMI( one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools).
He died in July 1992 at the age of 68, shortly after the death of his wife Jane.
A bench in their memory was later erected in Drummer Street, Cambridge.
Frances Barber
Frances Barber( born Frances Brookes, 13 May 1957) is an English actress.
She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays" Camille"( 1985), and" Uncle Vanya"( 1997).
Her film appearances include three collaborations with Gary Oldman in" Prick Up Your Ears"( 1987)," We Think the World of You"( 1988) and" Dead Fish"( 2005), as well as" Sammy and Rosie Get Laid"( 1987)," Soft Top Hard Shoulder"( 1992), and" Film Stars Do n't Die in Liverpool"( 2017).
Barber's numerous television credits include" The Street"( 2009)," Doctor Who"( 2011), and" Silk"( 2012–14).
Sheila Kelley (British actress)
Sheila Kelley is a British television actress.
Her career began in 1974, in the series" Village Hall".
Further notable appearances were in the series" Within These Walls"( 1978)," Empire Road"( 1978)," Play for Today"( 1975, 1976, 1982)," A Touch of Frost"( 1994)," Dangerfield"( 1998) and" Dalziel and Pascoe"( 1997, 2000).
She also acted in movies, including" Wish You Were Here"( 1987) and" Secrets& Lies"( 1996).
She was married to actor Stephen Bill( known from" Prick Up Your Ears").
Their son Leo Bill is also an actor( known from" 28 Days Later").

Question: Do both films, Prick Up Your Ears and After The Ball (1932 Film), have the directors who are from the same country?