Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Josette Banzet
Josette Banzet, Marquise de Bruyenne( born April 6, 1938) is an American- based actress.
She won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film for her performance in" Rich Man, Poor Man".
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Rex Ingram (director)
Rex Ingram( born Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock, 15 January 1892 – 21 July 1950) was an Irish film director, producer, writer and actor.
Director Erich von Stroheim once called him" the world's greatest director".
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Black Orchids (film)
Black Orchids is a 1917 American silent drama film written and directed by Rex Ingram.
The film was released as" The Fatal Orchids" in the United Kingdom.
The feature stars Cleo Madison, Francis McDonald and Dick La Reno.
Ingram later remade the film as" Trifling Women"( 1922).
" Black Orchids" is considered a lost film.
J. Searle Dawley
James Searle Dawley( May 13, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American producer, director and screenwriter.
He directed 149 silent films between 1907 and 1926.
He was born in Del Norte, Colorado, and died in Hollywood, California.
Searley is best remembered for directing the Thomas Edison version of" Frankenstein" in 1910.
He reportedly referred to himself as" the first motion picture director", which was not accurate.
He worked for a while at Edison's studio, then started his own production company, being quite successful financially, although most of his films are little known today.
When critics began to regard the films of his day to be immoral, Searley became one of the founding members of the MPDA( Motion Picture Directors Association) which sought to give filmmakers who advocated good taste the power of self- censorship.
Rich Man, Poor Man (1918 film)
Rich Man, Poor Man is a lost 1918 American silent romantic drama film starring Marguerite Clark and directed by J. Searle Dawley.
It is based on a 1916 Broadway play by George Broadhurst.
It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Question: Are director of film Black Orchids (Film) and director of film Rich Man, Poor Man (1918 Film) from the same country?
Answer: no