Gordon Heath
Gordon Heath( September 20, 1918 – August 27, 1991) was an African- American actor and musician who narrated the animated feature film" Animal Farm"( 1954) and appeared in the title role of" The Emperor Jones"( 1953) and" Othello"( 1955), both live BBC telecasts, respectively directed by Alvin Rakoff and Tony Richardson.
The Emperor Jones (1953 TV play)
The Emperor Jones was a 1953 BBC Television production of the Eugene O' Neill play of the same title, and transmitted live on 7 July that year.
It was adapted and directed by Alvin Rakoff( uncredited), starring Gordon Heath in the title role, with music by Billy Shalanki and choreography by Boscoe Holder.
The production was not recorded, and is now lost.
As summarised in" The Radio Times The action of the play takes place on an island in the West Indies as yet not fully exploited by Western civilisation."
The BBC had previously broadcast an earlier production of O'Neil's play as two separate live and unrecorded performances on 11 and 13 May 1938, in which Robert Adams played Jones, and Frederick Burtwell the Trader.
Alvin Rakoff
Alvin Rakoff( born February 18, 1927) is a Canadian television, stage, and film director who has spent the bulk of his career in England and directed more than 100 television plays, as well as a dozen feature films and numerous stage productions.
Among other awards, he is twice winner of the International Emmy Award, for" A Voyage Round My Father", starring Laurence Olivier, and" Call Me Daddy", starring Donald Pleasence.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
Sidney J. Furie
Sidney Joseph Furie( born February 28, 1933) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his extensive work in both British and American cinema between the 1960s and early 1980s.
Like his contemporaries Norman Jewison and Ted Kotcheff, he was one of earliest Canadian directors to achieve mainstream critical and financial success outside their native country at a time when its film industry was virtually nonexistent.
He won a BAFTA Film Award and was nominated for a Palme d' Or for his work on the acclaimed spy thriller" The Ipcress File" starring Michael Caine.
He is considered by some an" auteur" director, elevating otherwise unremarkable genre films through strong, creative visuals, and atmospheric direction.
His 1981 horror film" The Entity" was declared by director Martin Scorsese as one of the scariest movies of all time, and his Vietnam War film" The Boys in Company C" was a major influence on Stanley Kubrick's" Full Metal Jacket."
He is also the co-creator of the" Iron Eagle" action film franchise, and directed three of its four entries.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
A Dangerous Age
A Dangerous Age is a 1958 film directed by Sidney J. Furie.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.

Question: Are director of film The Emperor Jones (1953 Tv Play) and director of film A Dangerous Age both from the same country?