Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning is a 1988 American crime thriller film directed by Alan Parker that is loosely based on the 1964 Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner murder investigation in Mississippi.
The film stars Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe as two FBI agents assigned to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers in fictional Jessup County, Mississippi.
The investigation is met with hostility by the town's residents, local police, and the Ku Klux Klan.
Screenwriter Chris Gerolmo began work on the script in 1985 after researching the 1964 murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.
He and producer Frederick Zollo took the script to Orion Pictures, and Parker was subsequently hired by the studio to direct the film.
Both the writer and director had disputes over the script, which resulted in Orion allowing Parker to make uncredited rewrites.
The film was shot in a number of locations in Mississippi and Alabama, with principal photography lasting from March 1988 to May of that year.
Upon release, "Mississippi Burning" was criticized by activists involved in the civil rights movement and the families of Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner for the film's fictionalization of history.
Critical reaction was mixed at the time, though the performances of Hackman, Dafoe, and Frances McDormand were generally praised.
The film grossed $34.6 million in North American box-office revenue, against a production budget of $15 million.
It received seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and won for Best Cinematography.
Pretty Baby (1978 film)
Pretty Baby is a 1978 American historical drama film directed by Louis Malle, and starring Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, and Susan Sarandon.
The screenplay was written by Polly Platt.
The plot focuses on a 12- year- old prostitute in the red-light district of New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century.
The title of the film is inspired by the Tony Jackson song," Pretty Baby", which is used in the soundtrack.
Although the film was mostly praised by critics, it caused significant controversy due to its depiction of child prostitution and the nude scenes of Brooke Shields, who was 12 years old.
Weekend of Shadows
Weekend of Shadows is a 1978 film directed by Tom Jeffrey and starring John Waters.
Alan Parker
Sir Alan William Parker( born 14 February 1944) is an English filmmaker.
Parker's early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements.
After about ten years of filming adverts, many of which won awards for creativity, he began screenwriting and directing films.
Parker is noted for having a wide range of filmmaking styles and working in differing genres.
He has directed musicals, including" Bugsy Malone"( 1976)," Fame"( 1980)," Pink Floyd – The Wall"( 1982)," The Commitments"( 1991) and" Evita"( 1996); true- story dramas, including" Midnight Express"( 1978)," Mississippi Burning"( 1988)," Come See the Paradise"( 1990) and" Angela's Ashes"( 1999); family dramas, including" Shoot the Moon"( 1982), and horrors and thrillers including" Angel Heart"( 1987) and" The Life of David Gale"( 2003).
His films have won nineteen BAFTA awards, ten Golden Globes and six Academy Awards.
Parker was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the British film industry and knighted in 2002.
He has been active in both British cinema and American cinema, along with being a founding member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain and lecturing at various film schools.
In 2013 he received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest honour the British Film Academy can give a filmmaker.
Parker donated his personal archive to the British Film Institute's National Archive in 2015.
Pensione paura
Pensione paura is a 1978 film directed by Francesco Barilli.
Chris Gerolmo
Chris Gerolmo is a Golden Globe nominated screenwriter, director, and singer- songwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the multi-Academy Award nominated film" Mississippi Burning" and the less successful" Miles from Home" starring Richard Gere.
He has also written a book about the death of his wife, Joan, from cancer in 2007.
This is titled" Death for Beginners", published by Patcheny Press in 2011.
He lives in Brentwood, California with his three children and stepson.
Pretty Baby (1950 film)
Pretty Baby is a 1950 American comedy film starring Dennis Morgan, Betsy Drake, Zachary Scott and Edmund Gwenn.
A young woman's little white lie leads to unforeseen complications.
Cary Grant aggressively promoted Betsy Drake, his wife, to Jack L. Warner for the lead in" Pretty Baby".
Louis Malle
Louis Marie Malle( 30 October 1932 – 23 November 1995) was a French film director, screenwriter and producer.
His film" Le Monde du silence" won the Palme d' Or in 1956 and the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1957, although he was not credited at the ceremony; the award was instead presented to the film's co-director Jacques Cousteau.
Later in his career he was nominated multiple times for Academy Awards.
Malle is also one of only four directors to have won the Golden Lion twice.
Malle worked in both French cinema and Hollywood, and he produced both French and English language films.
His most famous films include the crime film" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud"( 1958), the World War II drama" Lacombe, Lucien"( 1974), the romantic crime film" Atlantic City"( 1980), the comedy- drama" My Dinner with Andre"( 1981), and the autobiographical film" Au revoir les enfants"( 1987).
Mae Mercer
Mae Mercer( June 12, 1932 – October 29, 2008) was an American blues singer and actress who appeared in many films, including" Dirty Harry"( 1971)," The Beguiled"( 1971)," Frogs"( 1972)," Cindy"( 1978), and" Pretty Baby"( 1978).
She was also executive producer of the documentary film" Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary"( 1972).
Mercer spent eight years in the 1960s singing in a blues bar in Paris, the Blues Club, owned by publisher Maurice Girodias and touring Europe.
She returned to the United States in the early 1970s to begin a career as an actress in films and television.
Diana Scarwid
Diana Elizabeth Scarwid( born August 27, 1955) is an American actress.
She is best known for her portrayal of Christina Crawford in the cult classic" Mommie Dearest"( 1981).
She earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance in the 1980 film" Inside Moves", and an Emmy Award nomination for her work in the television film" Truman"( 1995).
Scarwid has over 70 film and television credits to her name, including" Pretty Baby"( 1978)," Rumble FishSilkwood"( both 1983)," Psycho IIIExtremities"( both 1986)," The Neon Bible"( 1995)," What Lies Beneath"( 2000)," Party Monster"( 2003)," The Clearing"( 2004), and" Another Happy Day"( 2011).

Question: Do both Pretty Baby (1978 film) and Mississippi Burning films have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no