Marion Gering
Marion Gering( June 9, 1901 in Rostov- on- Don – April 19, 1977 in New York City) was a Russian- born American stage producer and director.
He moved to the United States in 1924 as a member of a Soviet trade commission in trading Siberian furs.
He became involved in the theatrical community in Chicago, founding the Chicago Play Producing Company.
His production of Georg Kaiser's" Gas", which was presented at the Goodman Theatre on January 28, 1926, was particularly successful.
In 1927 he began producing plays in New York City, and married actress Dorothy Libaire in 1930.
Gering became a Hollywood film director for Paramount Pictures in 1931, directing Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard in" I Take This Woman" on his debut.
In 1932 he directed Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, and a young Cary Grant in" Devil and the Deep".
He collaborated several times with producer Albert Lewis, producing films together like" Ready for Love" and later stage productions like" The Walking Gentleman" at the Playhouse Theatre.
In 1935 he directed George Raft and Carole Lombard in the film" Rumba", inspired by the success of" Bolero" the previous year, but it was n't as successful.
Gering's stint with Paramount came to an end in 1936, and he then joined Columbia Pictures between 1937 and 1939, and directed the 1937 British picture" Thunder in the City" for the Atlantic Film Company.
His film career came to a halt by the end of the decade.
He tried in the subsequent period, albeit in vain, to build on his previous accomplishments as a theatre producer and to pursue film directing in Europe.
Between 1947 and 1949 he attempted to relaunch his film career in Cuba but with little success.
In 1950 he briefly returned to film directing Michael Whalen, Doris Dowling and Tommy Wonder in the musical drama" Sarumba".
He later reportedly worked as a technical assistant and caretaker in colleges.
He directed the sexploitation film" Violated Paradise"( 1963).
Thorold Dickinson
Thorold Barron Dickinson( 16 November 1903 – 14 April 1984) was a British film director, screenwriter, producer, and Britain's first university professor of film.
In recent years Dickinson's work has received much praise, with fellow director Martin Scorsese describing him as" a uniquely intelligent, passionate artist ...
They're not in endless supply."
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Westward Ho! (1940 film)
Westward Ho! is a 1940 British public information film about the evacuation of children during the Second World War, directed by Thorold Dickinson.
At the time, evacuation was a controversial policy, and the film was produced with the aim of building support for it.
" Westward Ho!" was the first of a series of five- minute propaganda films distributed weekly to cinemas between 1940 and 1942.
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.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Devil and the Deep
Devil and the Deep is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering, based on Maurice Larrouy's novel(" Sirenes et Tritons"), and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton and Cary Grant.
It follows a naval commander who has alienated his wife due to his insane jealousy over every man she speaks to.
After his obsessive behavior drives her to the arms of a handsome lieutenant, tragic drama ensues.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.

Question: Do director of film Westward Ho! (1940 film) and director of film Devil and the Deep share the same nationality?
Answer: no