A Civil Action (film)
A Civil Action is a 1998 American legal drama film written and directed by Steven Zaillian, based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr.
Starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall, it tells the true story of a court case about environmental pollution that took place in Woburn, Massachusetts, in the 1980s.
The film and court case revolve around the issue of trichloroethylene, an industrial solvent, and its contamination of a local aquifer.
A lawsuit was filed over industrial operations that appeared to have caused fatal cases of leukemia and cancer, as well as a wide variety of other health problems, among the citizens of the city.
The case involved is" Anne Anderson, et al., v. Cryovac, Inc., et al.".
The first reported decision in the case is at 96 F.R.D. 431( denial of defendants' motion to dismiss).
Duvall was nominated for an Oscar for his performance.
Sándor Ferenczi
Sándor Ferenczi( 7 July 1873 – 22 May 1933) was a Hungarian psychoanalyst, a key theorist of the psychoanalytic school and a close associate of Sigmund Freud.
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Danford B. Greene and starring Bud Cort.
Danford B. Greene
Danford B." Danny" Greene( June 26, 1928 – August 13, 2015) was an American film and television editor with about twenty five feature film credits.
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for" MASH"( 1970- directed by Robert Altman) and, with John C. Howard, for" Blazing Saddles"( 1974- directed by Mel Brooks).
Greene graduated from the University of Southern California in 1952.
After assisting at Metro Goldwyn Mayer, he became the head of sound editing at Universal Studios, where he worked on" Psycho"( 1960).
In the 1960s Greene worked mostly as an editor for episodes of television series such as" Thriller" and" Judd, for the Defense".
He broke into feature films with" That Cold Day in the Park"( 1969), which was directed by Robert Altman.
The following year he edited" MASH"( 1970) with Altman, which was an anti-war comedy that became a phenomenal success while the U.S. was still fighting the Vietnam War.
The film was the third highest- grossing film in the U.S. in 1970, making more than$ 36 million in the U.S. on a budget of$ 3 million.
Editing was an important aspect of the film's success.
The film spawned a long- running television series, and in 1996 was listed on the National Film Registry.
Following" MASH" Greene worked regularly editing feature films through 1994, although he did not work with Robert Altman again.
He directed one feature film" The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud"( 1984).
Other films edited by Greene include" Blazing Saddles"( 1974)," Fun with Dick and Jane"( 1977)," American Hot Wax"( 1978), and" Rocky II"( 1979).
Greene's last feature credit was for" There Goes My Baby"( 1994), which was his fourth collaboration with director Floyd Mutrux.
He then taught editing at the American Film Institute and the Los Angeles Film School.
Very early in his editing career, Greene was nominated for the American Cinema Editors Eddie award for a 1962 episode of the television series" It's a Man's World".
Greene's editing of" MASH"( 1970) was widely recognized, and he was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award and the Eddie award for the film.
He was again nominated for the Academy Award for" Blazing Saddles"( 1974).
Kurt R. Eissler
Kurt R. Eissler( 2 July 1908 – 17 February 1999) was an Austrian psychoanalyst and a close associate and follower of Sigmund Freud.
Ernest Jones
Alfred Ernest Jones (1 January 1879 – 11 February 1958) was a Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst.
A lifelong friend and colleague of Sigmund Freud from their first meeting in 1908, he became his official biographer.
Jones was the first English-speaking practitioner of psychoanalysis and became its leading exponent in the English-speaking world.
As President of both the International Psychoanalytical Association and the British Psycho-Analytical Society in the 1920s and 1930s, Jones exercised a formative influence in the establishment of their organisations, institutions and publications.
Steven Zaillian
Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian( born January 30, 1953) is an American screenwriter, director, film editor, and producer.
He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay" Schindler's List"( 1993) and has also earned Oscar nominations for" Awakenings Gangs of New York" and" Moneyball".
He was presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 2011.
Zaillian is the founder of Film Rites, a film production company.
Jennifer Lynch
Jennifer Chambers Lynch is an American film and television director and screenwriter.
She is the daughter of filmmaker David Lynch.
She is also known as the author of the book" The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer".
James Strachey
James Beaumont Strachey( 26 September 1887, London25 April 1967, High Wycombe) was a British psychoanalyst, and, with his wife Alix, a translator of Sigmund Freud into English.
He is perhaps best known as the general editor of" The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud" ... the international authority".
Karl Abraham
Karl Abraham( 3 May 1877 – 25 December 1925) was an influential German psychoanalyst, and a collaborator of Sigmund Freud, who called him his' best pupil'.

Question: Are the directors of both films A Civil Action (Film) and The Secret Diary Of Sigmund Freud from the same country?
Answer: yes