Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Penelope (2006 film)
Penelope is a 2006 British- American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Mark Palansky and starring Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O' Hara, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, and Reese Witherspoon.
Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe( born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
Mark Palansky
Mark Palansky is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.
He got his start working as an assistant director on titan film productions such as" Armageddon" and" Pearl Harbor".
He then worked as a second unit director on" The Island" and" The Amityville Horror".
His directorial debut was a 2001 short film called" The Same" starring Josh Hartnett.
The short film was later featured on in the 2005 compilation film" Stories of Lost Souls".
Palansky made his big screen debut in 2006 with the modern day fairytale" Penelope", starring Christina Ricci as a young blueblood cursed with a pig snout.
The film received mixed reviews from critics.
In October 2009, it was announced that Palansky was set to direct for Sony Pictures Entertainment an action- adventure film" Iron Jack", a project that sparked a bidding war in 2008.
The story takes place in the 1930s and tells of a renowned novelist and his quest to unearth a legendary treasure.
Sony picked up up- and- coming screenwriter Johnny Rosenthal's spec script for$ 1.25 million against$ 2 million, beating offers made from CBS Films, MGM and Spyglass.
No production schedule was announced for the film and no further development has been made as of January 2019.
In a 2008 interview, Palansky revealed that he was working on two other projects with actor Peter Dinklage.
These were" Mendel's Dwarf", described as a scientific love story, and" Hop Frog", based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe
The latter was set to start principal photography in the second half of 2016, with the title changed to" The Jester".
In 2017, he directed Dinklage in the science fiction- drama" Rememory".
That same year, he directed a two- part episode of the Netflix series" A Series of Unfortunate Events", based on the book series by Lemony Snicket.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
The Bandit Buster
The Bandit Buster is a 1926 American silent film western.
Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film stars Buddy Roosevelt, Molly Malone, and Lafe McKee.
It was released on December 19, 1926.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.

Question: Do director of film Penelope (2006 film) and director of film The Bandit Buster share the same nationality?
Answer: no