Sam Shepard
Samuel Shepard Rogers III( November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017), known professionally as Sam Shepard, was an American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose career spanned half a century.
He won ten Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most won by any writer or director.
He wrote 44 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs.
Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play" Buried Child" and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film" The Right Stuff".
He received the PEN/ Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009.
" New York" magazine described Shepard as" the greatest American playwright of his generation."
Shepard's plays are known for their bleak, poetic, surrealist elements, black comedy, and rootless characters living on the outskirts of American society.
His style evolved from the absurdism of his early off- off- Broadway work to the realism of later plays like" Buried Child" and" Curse of the Starving Class".
The Man Who Laughs (1966 film)
The Man Who Laughs is a 1966 Italian historical drama film based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Silent Tongue
Silent Tongue is a 1994 American western horror film written and directed by Sam Shepard.
It was filmed in the spring of 1992, but not released until 1994.
It was filmed near Roswell, New Mexico and features Richard Harris, Sheila Tousey, Alan Bates, Dermot Mulroney and River Phoenix.
A Woman Who Understood
A Woman Who Understood is a 1920 American silent drama film, directed by William Parke, distributed by Robertson- Cole, and starring Bessie Barriscale.
Nunnally Johnson
Nunnally Hunter Johnson( December 5, 1897 – March 25, 1977) was an American filmmaker who wrote, produced, and directed motion pictures.
The Man Who Changed His Mind
The Man Who Changed His Mind is a 1936 British science fiction horror film starring Boris Karloff and Anna Lee.
It was directed by Robert Stevenson and was produced by Gainsborough Pictures.
The film was also known as" The Brainsnatcher" or" The Man Who Lived Again".
The Man Who Wasn't There (1987 film)
The Man Who Was n't
There is a 1987 French thriller film directed by René Féret and based on Roderick MacLeish's novel" The Man Who Was n't There".
The Man Who Understood Women
The Man Who Understood Women is a 1959 American drama film written and directed by Nunnally Johnson from a novel by Romain Gary, and starring Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron, Renate Hoy and Cesare Danova.
The Man Who Knew Everything
The Man Who Knew Everything  is a 2009 Russian film directed by on the same name novel by .

Question: Are both directors of films The Man Who Understood Women and Silent Tongue from the same country?
Answer: yes