Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
Who Are the DeBolts?
And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
is a 1977 documentary film about Dorothy and Bob DeBolt, an American couple who adopted 14 children (12 at the start of filming), some of whom are severely disabled war orphans (in addition to raising Dorothy's five biological children and Bob's biological daughter).
VHS and DVD releases use the shortened title Who Are the DeBolts?
The film was narrated by Henry Winkler, who also served as executive producer, and won an Academy Award for Best Feature-length Documentary in 1978, as well as the Directors Guild of America Award and the Humanitas Award for producer and director John Korty in 1979.
A 50-minute version of the film shown on ABC in December, 1978, earned a 1979 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Program and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Informational Program for Winkler, Korty, and producers Warren Lockhart and Dan McCann.
A sequel, "Steppin'
Out: The DeBolts Grow Up", was made in 1980 with Kris Kristofferson as host and narrator.
The DVD edition typically includes the 46-minute sequel as a featurette.
The family was also the subject of a book, "19 Steps Up the Mountain: The Story of the DeBolt Family," by Joseph P. Blank.
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John Korty
John Korty( born June 22, 1936) is an American film director and animator, best known for the television film" The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" and the documentary" Who Are the DeBolts?
And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?", as well as the theatrical animated feature" Twice Upon a Time".
He has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature( for" Who Are the DeBolts?") and several other major awards.
He is described by the film critic Leonard Maltin as" a principled filmmaker who has worked both outside and within the mainstream, attempting to find projects that support his humanistic beliefs".

Question: Are both director of film The Madonna's Secret and director of film Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? from the same country?
Answer: no