Jesse Freitas
Jesse Freitas is the name of two former American football players, father and son, both of whom were professionally known by the same name:
Matilda (1996 film)
Matilda is a 1996 American family comedy fantasy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito, and written by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord.
Based on Roald Dahl's novel of the same name, the film stars Mara Wilson as the title character, DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz and Pam Ferris.
The film is about a young genius girl named Matilda Wormwood, who develops psychokinetic abilities and uses them to deal with her disreputable family and Agatha Trunchbull, the ruthless, oppressive and tyrannical principal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School.
Produced by DeVito's Jersey Films and released theatrically in the United States on August 2, 1996 by TriStar Pictures, the film received predominantly positive reviews from critics but was a box office bomb, grossing only$ 33 million in the United States on a$ 36 million budget.
Danny DeVito
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr.( born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.
He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series" Taxi"( 1978 – 1983), which won him a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award.
He currently plays Frank Reynolds on the FX and FXX sitcom" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"( 2006 – present).
He is known for his film roles in" One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"( 1975)," Terms of Endearment"( 1983)" Throw Momma from the Train"( 1987)," Twins"( 1988)," The War of the Roses"( 1989)," Batman Returns"( 1992)," Get Shorty"( 1995)," Matilda"( 1996)," Mars Attacks!"( 1996)," L.A. Confidential"( 1997)," Man on the Moon"( 1999)," Wiener- Dog"( 2016), and most recently" Dumbo"( 2019).
He is also known for his voice roles in such films as" Space Jam"( 1996)," Hercules"( 1997), and" The Lorax"( 2012).
DeVito and Michael Shamberg founded Jersey Films.
Soon afterwards, Stacey
Sher became an equal partner.
The production company is known for films such as" Pulp FictionGarden State", and" Freedom Writers".
De Vito also owned Jersey Television, which produced the Comedy Central series" Reno 911!".
DeVito and wife Rhea Perlman starred together in his 1996 film" Matilda", based on Roald Dahl's children's novel.
DeVito was also one of the producers nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for" Erin Brockovich".
DeVito's short stature is the result of multiple epiphyseal dysplasia( Fairbank's disease), a rare genetic disorder that affects bone growth.
Magenta (film)
Magenta is a 1996 film by Gregory Haynes.
Vibrations (film)
Vibrations is a 1996 film directed and written by Michael Paseornek.
Space Marines (film)
Space Marines is a 1996 film directed by John Weidner.
Sarah and Son
Sarah and Son is a 1930 pre-Code American drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner.
The screenplay by Zoë Akins was adapted from Timothy Shea's novel of the same name.
It stars Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, Gilbert Emery, and Doris Lloyd.
It was filmed at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles and released by Paramount Pictures.
No Way Home
No Way Home is a 1996 film written and directed by Buddy Giovinazzo.
Sarah and Karen Josephson
Sarah and Karen Josephson( born January 10, 1964) are American competitors in synchronised swimming and Olympic champions.
They won gold medals in the Women's duet at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and received silver medals in the same event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Sarah and Karen are twin sisters.
Dorothy Arzner
Dorothy Emma Arzner( January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s.
From 1927 until her retirement from feature directing in 1943, Arzner was the only female director working in Hollywood.
Additionally, she was one of a very few number of women able to establish a successful and long career in Hollywood as a film director until the 1970s.
Arzner made a total of twenty films between 1927 and 1943 and launched the careers of a number of Hollywood actresses, including Katharine Hepburn, Rosalind Russell, and Lucille Ball.
Additionally, Arzner was the first woman to join the Directors Guild of America and the first woman to direct a sound film.

Question: Are the directors of films Sarah and Son and Matilda (1996 film) both from the same country?
Answer: yes