John Wells (filmmaker)
John Marcum Wells (born May 28, 1956) is an American theater, film and television producer, writer and director.
He is best known for his role as executive producer and showrunner of the television series "ERThird WatchThe West WingSouthlandShamelessAnimal Kingdom" and "American Woman".
His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California.
Wells is also a labor leader, having served as president of the Writers Guild of America, West from 1999 to 2001 and from 2009 to 2011.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
August: Osage County (film)
August: Osage County is a 2013 American comedy- drama film directed by John Wells.
It was written by Tracy Letts and based on his Pulitzer Prize- winning.
It is produced by George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Jean Doumanian, and Steve Traxler.
The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, and Julianne Nicholson as a dysfunctional family that reunites into the familial house when their patriarch( Sam Shepard) suddenly disappears.
" August: Osage County" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2013, and was released in the United States on December 27, 2013.
A modest commercial success, the film received mixed reviews from critics.
While much praise was given to the cast, the screenplay was praised by some and seen by others as too dark and lacking in humor.
For their performances in the film, Streep and Roberts received Oscar nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
The Last Crooked Mile
The Last Crooked Mile is a 1946 American crime film directed by Philip Ford and written by Jerry Sackheim and Jerome Gruskin.
The film stars Don" Red" Barry, Ann Savage, Adele Mara, Tom Powers, Sheldon Leonard and Nestor Paiva.
The film was released on August 9, 1946, by Republic Pictures.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Philip Ford (film director)
Philip Ford( October 16, 1900 – January 12, 1976) was an American film director and actor.
He directed 43 films between 1945 and 1964.
He also appeared 16 in films between 1916 and 1926.
He was the son of actor/ director Francis Ford and the nephew of director John Ford.
He was born with the family name Feeney in Portland, Maine, and only later took on the family name of" Ford" after his father and uncle had.
He died in Los Angeles, California.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.

Question: Are both director of film August: Osage County (Film) and director of film The Last Crooked Mile from the same country?
Answer: yes