Dayyan Eng
Dayyan Eng, known as Wu Shixian in China  (Born in Taiwan in 1975), is a Chinese-American filmmaker.
He studied film arts at the University of Washington and transferred to the Beijing Film Academy, where he finished his undergraduate studies in directing.
In 2001, he wrote and directed "Bus 44"  starring Chinese film star Gong Beibi.
The film premiered and won awards at the 2001 Venice Film Festival and 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and was invited to 2002 Cannes Film Festival "
Directors' Fortnight" - becoming the first Chinese short film to be invited in all three festivals' history.
The film was covered extensively in the Chinese media and was critically acclaimed in both China and Europe and gained TV and theatrical distribution in territories worldwide.
In 2005, Eng wrote and directed a Chinese independent feature film "Waiting Alone" , starring an ensemble cast of Chinese stars including Xia Yu, Gong Beibi, Li Bingbing, and featuring cameos from some of Asia's most well-known actors including Chow Yun-fat.
The film has been called one of 2005 "best films" by over 50 media. "
Waiting Alone " became a hit after its September 2005 domestic China wide-release, and went on to receive 3 nominations (including Best Picture) at the Chinese Academy Awards (Golden Rooster Awards) -- the first ever in the history of the awards by a foreign director.
The film remains the highest-rated romantic comedy in China on Douban and other review sites.
Eng was invited, in 2007, to direct the first-ever opening short for the Chinese academy awards.
He got some of Asia’s biggest stars, Ziyi Zhang, Liu Ye and Ge You, to spoof the action-movie genre in a humorous send-up on national TV in China.
In 2011, Eng wrote, directed, and produced "Inseparable" starring Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, Daniel Wu, Gong Beibi, Yan Ni, and Peter Stormare.
The quirky psychological suspense/dramedy debuted at the Busan International Film Festival in 2011 to positive reviews and was released in China in May 2012.
Inseparable was named as one of The Wall Street Journal’s
Top 10 Most Notable Asian Films of the Year.
In 2015, Eng was invited to be on the five-member jury of the prestigious China Film Director's Guild Awards.
In 2017, Eng returned to his comedy roots with an indie film (co-written by Justin Malen) "Wished" (Chinese: 反转人生; Pinyin: Fan Zhuan Ren Sheng), which debuted in third place at the Chinese box office (behind "Transformers 5" and a Chinese action film).
It went on to beat market expectations and gross an estimated RMB$70 million.
The fantasy-comedy had the highest audience scores (averaging 8.0/10) for live-action comedies released that summer, and gained a total of 100,000,000 paid views across the top three online movie platforms in just over two weeks in China.
Wished stars Xia Yu, Yan Ni, K-pop star Victoria Song along with cameos from China’s biggest names including Daniel Wu, Wang Baoqiang, Bao Bei'er et al.
Wished went on to win a Golden Angel Award at the 2017 Chinese American Film Festival, and Best Fantasy Film and Best Director awards (in addition to wins in several other major categories, including Best Actor/Actress, Best Editing, Best VFX) at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Awards and New York Film Awards.
It was an official selection at the 37th Hawaii International Film Festival.
John Schneider (screen actor)
John Richard Schneider( born April 8, 1960) is an American actor and country music singer.
He is best known for his portrayal of Beauregard" Bo" Duke in the American television action/ comedy series" The Dukes of Hazzard",( opposite Tom Wopat, Catherine Bach and James Best), Jonathan Kent in the 2001 – 11 TV series" Smallville"( an adaptation of" Superman"), and James" Jim" Cryer on the television series" The Haves and the Have Nots", created by Tyler Perry.
Alongside his acting career, Schneider has been a singer since the early 1980s, releasing nine studio albums and a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles.
This total includes" I've Been Around Enough to KnowCountry Girls What's a Memory Like You", and" You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight", all of which reached the top of the" Billboard" country singles charts.
I Want Your Love (film)
I Want Your
Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film.
Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews.
The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons.
The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes.
The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword.
This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively.
Satan Town
Satan Town is a 1926 American Western film featuring Harry Carey.
Prints of the film have survived.
Smothered (film)
Smothered is a 2016 horror comedy directed and written by John Schneider.
The movie stars Kane Hodder, Bill Moseley, R. A. Mihailoff, Malcolm Danare, and Don Shanks as several horror icons that find themselves the focus of a murderous hunt.
Eriko Kitagawa
In 2009, Kitagawa made her directorial debut in the coming- of- age film" Halfway", which she also wrote and co-edited.
She then wrote and directed the 2012 film" I Have to Buy New Shoes", a contemporary romantic comedy set in Paris.
Both films were produced by her friend Shunji Iwai, and Kitagawa appeared in his 2011 documentary" Friends after 3.11", which explores the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
Wished (film)
Wished is a Chinese fantasy comedy film directed by Dayyan Eng, written by Justin Malen& Dayyan Eng.
The film stars Xia Yu, Yan Ni, Pan Binglong and Victoria Song.
It was released in China on June 30, 2017.
Wished had the highest audience scores( averaging 8.0/ 10) across the top 4 ticketing platforms for local Chinese comedies released that summer.
As an indie- film on limited screens, Wished debuted in third place at the Chinese box office -- behind and a Chinese sci -fi action film.
It went on to beat market expectations and gross RMB$ 70 million at the box office.
According to Entgroup Data, Wished was the most watched feature film online across all movie sites in China during its first week of online release, and racked a total of 100,000,000+ paid viewings across three of the top movie sites in China after just over two weeks.
Wished was invited to the 2017 Hawaii International Film Festival and won several awards at the Chinese American Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Awards and New York Film Awards.
Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director.
He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
William Henry (actor)
William Albert Henry( November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor who worked in both films and television.

Question: Do both films: Wished (Film) and Smothered (Film) have the directors from the same country?
Answer: yes