Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
The Little Irish Girl
The Little Irish Girl is a 1926 silent film romantic drama produced and distributed by Warner Bros., directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Dolores Costello.
Based on the story" The Grifters", written by Edith Joan Lyttleton, it is considered to be a lost film.
Roy Del Ruth
Roy Del Ruth( October 18, 1893, Delaware – April 27, 1961) was an American film director.
Anatole Litvak
Anatole Litvak( May 21, 1902 – December 15, 1974) was a Ukrainian- born, Lithuanian- American filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in various countries and languages.
He began his theatrical training at age 13 in Petrograd.
Litvak was notable for directing little- known foreign actors to early fame, often winning them Academy Awards.
In 1936 he directed" Mayerling", a film which made Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux international stars.
He returned Swedish star Ingrid Bergman to popularity with American audiences in 1956 with" Anastasia", which won her an Oscar.
He directed Olivia de Havilland to an Academy Award nomination for" The Snake Pit" in 1948.
He also directed Jean Gabin in his screen debut, and directed Elia Kazan in his earliest acting role," City for Conquest".
Litvak directed" Confessions of a Nazi Spy" in 1939 starring Edward G. Robinson, which used actual newsreel footage from U.S. Nazi rallies.
As a refugee from Nazi Germany, Litvak was among the few directors who tried to open Hollywood's eyes to the threat Germany posed to Europe and the world.
During World War II, he enlisted and co-directed documentaries with Frank Capra, including" Why We Fight" films.
His solo- directed," The Battle of Russia", in 1943, won numerous awards and was nominated for an Oscar.
Because of Litvak's ability to speak Russian, German, and French, he supervised the filming of the D- Day Normandy landings.
He also filmed aerial warfare with the U.S. Eighth Air Force.
For his volunteer wartime efforts, he ended the war as a full colonel, receiving special awards from the governments of France, Britain, and the United States.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
The Long Night (film)
The Long Night is a 1947 American film noir crime- drama directed by Anatole Litvak and produced by RKO Pictures.
It is a remake of" Le Jour Se Lève"( 1939) by Marcel Carné.
The drama stars Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price and Ann Dvorak.
The title of the original French film is an idiom which translates roughly as" dawn is breaking".
" The Long Night" was the first screen appearance by character actress Barbara Bel Geddes and it served as a springboard for Bel Geddes's career.
RKO signed Bel Geddes to a seven- year contract.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.

Question: Do director of film The Long Night (Film) and director of film The Little Irish Girl have the same nationality?
Answer: yes