Sean S. Cunningham
Sean Sexton Cunningham( born December 1941) is an American filmmaker, director, producer, and writer.
He is best known for directing and producing several horror films, beginning in the early 1970s.
Raised in Connecticut, Cunningham graduated from Franklin& Marshall College before earning an MFA from Stanford University.
After completing his education, he worked as a manager for various theater companies, including New York City's Lincoln Center and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
While working for a documentary company in New York, Cunningham made his feature film directorial debut with" The Art of Marriage"( 1970).
While editing his second film, he met Wes Craven, with whom he collaborated as a producer of Craven's exploitation horror film" The Last House on the Left"( 1972).
Cunningham went on to co-create and direct the slasher film" Friday the 13th"( 1980), which was a major box- office success.
He went on to produce several horror films throughout the 1980s, including" House"( 1986) and it s sequel,( 1988).
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
The Gambling Ghost
The Gambling Ghost is a 1991 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Clifton Ko.
It stars Sammo Hung in three roles as different generations of the same family- son, father and ghostly grandfather.
Hung's co-star, Man Hoi also worked as the film's action director.
The opening scene of the film parodies another Hong Kong film," God of Gamblers".
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Clifton Ko
Clifton Ko( born 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer and scriptwriter.
He graduated from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, and entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director Clifford Choi.
In this period he wrote Choi's" No U- Turn"( 1981) and" Teenage Dreamers", and John Woo's comedy" Once a Thief".
In 1982 Ko entered Raymond Wong's the newly founded Cinema City& Films Co., and directed his first film" The Happy Ghost" in 1984.
The film series, like all his major works, is a slapstick comedy with moral teaching, family value, and optimism.
Ko, together the company, is prolific in making" Chinese New Year movies".
Important titles include family comedy series" It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World"( beginning in 1987);" Chicken and Duck Talk", a collaboration with comedian/ writer Michael Hui; and ensemble comedy series" All's Well, Ends Well"( beginning in 1992); and" It's a Wonderful Life"( 1994)( Stokes).
XCU: Extreme Close Up
XCU: Extreme Close
Up is a 2001 thriller film directed by Sean S. Cunningham and starring Susan Egan, Sarah Chalke, Jay Michael Ferguson, Reggie Lee, and Danica McKellar.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.

Question: Are both director of film XCU: Extreme Close Up and director of film The Gambling Ghost from the same country?
Answer: no