Jean-Yves Escoffier
Born in Lyon, France, Jean-Yves Escoffier (July 12, 1950 – April 1, 2003), was a French cinematographer who worked as director of photography on a number of films of Leos Carax including "Boy Meets Girl (1984)Mauvais sang (1986)", and "Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)", on a number of European and American feature films including "The Human Stain (2002)Possession (2002)Nurse Betty (2000)The Cradle Will Rock (1999)Rounders (1998)", and "Good Will Hunting (1997)", as well as Harmony Korine's "Gummo (1997)".
He also worked with Mehdi Norowzian, Jeanne Moreau for Air France, David Lynch for Nissan Motors, and on music videos, "Hurt" (2002) for Johnny Cash and Mark Romanek.
Escoffiere died in his home in Los Angeles, California during production of "The Human Stain", a film since dedicated to his memory.
William du Pont
William du Pont( August 21, 1855 – January 20, 1928) was a member of the Delaware Du Pont family.
He was the youngest son of General Henry du Pont( 1812-1889) and Louisa Gerhard du Pont( 1816-1900).
He married twice, first in 1878 to his cousin May Lammot du Pont( 1854- 1927), the daughter of Victor du Pont( 1828- 1888) and Alice Hounsfield du Pont( 1833- 1904); William and May divorced in 1892.
In June of that year, he married Annie Rogers Zinn, the daughter of the locomotive maker Theodore Rogers( d. November 18, 1871) and Mary Andrews Rogers( d. March 11, 1918); Annie was the divorced wife of George Zinn.
William and Annie had two children, William du Pont, Jr. and Marion duPont Scott.
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 1967 American musical- romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews.
The screenplay by Richard Morris, focuses on a naive young woman who finds herself in the midst of a series of madcap adventures when she sets her sights on marrying her wealthy boss.
The film also stars Mary Tyler Moore, James Fox, John Gavin, Carol Channing, and Beatrice Lillie.
The soundtrack interpolates new tunes by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn with standard songs from the 1910s and 1920s, including" Baby Face" and" Jazz Baby."
For use of the latter, the producers had to acquire the rights from General Mills, which had used the melody with various lyrics to promote Wheaties for more than 40 years.
The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.
It ranked ninth among high- grossing films of 1967.
In 2000, it was adapted for a successful stage musical of the same name.
A DVD was issued in 2003.
Klaus Michael Grüber
Klaus Michael Grüber( 4 June 1941- 22 June 2008) was a German theatre director and actor.
As an actor, he played" Hans" in Les Amants du Pont- Neuf.
Francis Gurney du Pont
Francis Gurney du Pont (May 27, 1850 – November 7, 1904) was the creator of smokeless gunpowder.
Du Pont served as superintendent of the Upper and Lower Hagley Yards and later as general manager of Carney's Point, New Jersey, in 1891.
His invention was assisted by cousin Pierre S. du Pont.
His son was E. Paul du Pont, founder of Du Pont Motors.
Leos Carax
Alex Christophe Dupont( born 22 November 1960), best known as Leos Carax, is a French film director, critic, and writer.
Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love.
His first major work was" Boy Meets Girl"( 1984), and his notable works include" Les Amants du Pont- Neuf"( 1991) and" Holy Motors"( 2012).
His professional name is an anagram of his real name,' Alex', and' Oscar'.
Les Amants du pont Saint-Jean
Les Amants du pont Saint- Jean is a 1947 French film directed by Henri Decoin.
It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
Les Amants du Pont- Neuf is a 1991 French film directed by Leos Carax, starring Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant.
The title refers to the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris.
The North American title of the film is The Lovers on the Bridge, and, in a mistranslation of the original title, the Australian title is Lovers on the Ninth Bridge( instead of" Lovers on the New Bridge").
George Roy Hill
George Roy Hill( December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film director.
He is most noted for directing such films as" Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"( 1969) and" The Sting"( 1973), both starring the acting duo Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
Other Hill films include:" Slaughterhouse- Five The World According to Garp The World of Henry Orient HawaiiThoroughly Modern Millie The Great Waldo PepperSlap ShotFunny FarmA Little Romance", and" The Little Drummer Girl".
Lammot du Pont II
Lammot du Pont II( October 12, 1880 – July 24, 1952) was an American businessman who was the head of the du Pont family's E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for 22 years.

Question: Are both directors of films Thoroughly Modern Millie and Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf from the same country?
Answer: no