Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Mighty Joe Young( also known as Mr. Joseph Young of Africa and The Great Joe Young) is a 1949 American black and white fantasy film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and produced by the same creative team responsible for" King Kong"( 1933).
Produced by Merian C. Cooper, who wrote the story, and Ruth Rose, who wrote the screenplay, the film was directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and stars Robert Armstrong( who appears in both films), Terry Moore, and Ben Johnson in his first credited screen role.
Animation effects were handled by Ray Harryhausen, Pete Peterson and Marcel Delgado.
" Mighty Joe Young" tells the story of a young woman, Jill Young, living on her father's ranch in Africa, who has raised the title character, a large gorilla, from an infant and years later brings him to Hollywood seeking her fortune in order to save the family homestead.
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack( June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979) was an American motion picture cinematographer, producer, and director.
He worked on several films with Merian C. Cooper including" King Kong" and
Bob Merrill (wrestler)
Bob Merrill is a retired American professional wrestler.
He used a number of ring names over his career, including Bob Stanlee, Rip Miller, The Golden Terror, Giant Evans, and Mighty Joe Thunder.
Robert G. Vignola
Robert G. Vignola( born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 5, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian- born American actor, screenwriter and film director.
A former stage actor, he appeared in many motion pictures produced by Kalem Company and later moved to directing, becoming one of the silent screen's most prolific directors.
He also directed a handful of films in the early years of talkies but his career essentially ended in the silent era.
Pete Peterson (animator)
Pete Peterson( born Svend Aage Pedersen; September 30, 1903- February 24, 1962) was an American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, best remembered for his work with Willis H. O'Brien on" Mighty Joe Young"( 1949)," The Black Scorpion"( 1957) and" The Giant Behemoth"( 1959).
John Dragon Young
John Dragon Young (1949–1996) was a scholar of Chinese history and Hong Kong politician.
John Walters (broadcaster)
John Walters (11 July 1939 – 30 July 2001) was a British radio producer, presenter and musician.
Initially a schoolteacher and a jazz enthusiast
, he played trumpet in The Mighty Joe Young Jazz Men and the 1960s pop group The Alan Price Set before joining BBC Radio 1 in 1967, where he was John Peel's producer from 1969 to 1991.
Willis H. O'Brien
Willis Harold O'Brien( March 2, 1886 – November 8, 1962) was an American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, who according to ASIFA- Hollywood" was responsible for some of the best- known images in cinema history," and is best remembered for his work on" The Lost World"( 1925)," King Kong"( 1933) and" Mighty Joe Young"( 1949), for which he won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
The Thirteenth Commandment
The Thirteenth Commandment is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Robert G. Vignola and written by Alice Eyton.
The film stars Ethel Clayton, Charles Meredith, Monte Blue, Anna Q. Nilsson, Irving Cummings and Winter Hall.
It is based on the 1916 novel" The Thirteenth Commandment" by Rupert Hughes.
The film was released on January 17, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.
It is not known whether the film currently survives.
Mighty Joe Young (musician)
Joseph Young Jr.( September 23, 1927 – March 24, 1999), known as Mighty Joe Young, was an American Chicago blues guitarist.

Question: Do both films, The Thirteenth Commandment and Mighty Joe Young (1949 Film), have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: yes