Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film
This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film.
This award is presented to the directors of the film.
List of Japanese films of the 1960s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1960s.
For an A- Z of films see.
List of Uruguayan films
A list of films produced in Uruguay.
Henry King (director)
Henry King( January 24, 1886 June 29, 1982) was an American actor and film director.
Seven films directed by King were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Shopgirls
Shopgirls is a 1914 British silent drama film directed by Laurence Trimble and starring Florence Turner, Sidney Sinclair and Richard Steele.
Social Briars
Social Briars is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film distributed by Mutual Film and directed by Henry King.
Mary Miles Minter starred in a screen story by Jeanne Judson.
It is not known whether the film currently survives.
List of Japanese films of the 1970s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1970s.
For an A – Z of films see.
Laurence Trimble
Laurence Norwood Trimble( February 15, 1885 – February 8, 1954) was an American silent film director, writer and actor.
Trimble began his film career directing Jean, the Vitagraph Dog, the first canine to have a leading role in motion pictures.
He made his acting debut in the 1910 silent" Saved by the Flag", directed scores of films for Vitagraph and other studios, and became head of production for Florence Turner's independent film company in England( 1913 – 1916).
Trimble was most widely known for his four films starring Strongheart, a German Shepherd dog he discovered and trained that became the first major canine film star.
After he left filmmaking he trained animals exclusively, particularly guide dogs for the blind.
List of Japanese films of the 1980s
A list of films produced in Japan ordered by year in the 1980s.
For an A- Z of films see.
List of Turkmenistan films
A list of films produced in Turkmenistan.

Question: Are the directors of films Shopgirls and Social Briars both from the same country?