Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
The Mummy (1999 film)
The Mummy is a 1999 American action horror film written and directed by Stephen Sommers.
It is a remake loosely based on the 1932 film of the same title and stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the titular role as the reanimated mummy.
The film follows adventurer Rick O'Connell as he travels to Hamunaptra, the city of the dead, with a librarian and her brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep, a cursed high priest from the reign of the pharaoh Seti I. Filming began in Marrakech, Morocco, on May 4, 1998, and lasted seventeen weeks.
The crew endured dehydration, sandstorms, and snakes during work in the Sahara desert.
The film was the first to use the natural crater formation Gara Medouar, which was later used in the Bond movie" Spectre"( 2015) and others.
Industrial Light& Magic provided visual effects and blended film and computer- generated imagery to create the mummy.
Jerry Goldsmith provided the orchestral score.
" The Mummy" opened on May 7, 1999, and grossed$ 43 million in 3,210 theaters during its opening weekend in the United States.
The film went on to gross$ 416 million worldwide.
The great success at the box office led to two sequels —" The Mummy Returns"( 2001) and( 2008) —as well as an animated series and the prequel/ spin- off film" The Scorpion King"( 2002).
Stephen Sommers
Stephen Sommers( born March 20, 1962) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for big- budget movies, such as" The Mummy"( 1999), its sequel," The Mummy Returns"( 2001)," Van Helsing"( 2004), and( 2009).
He also directed Disney's live action version of" Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book"( 1994) and the cult classic horror film Deep Rising( 1998).
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Paint Cans
Paint Cans is a 1994 Canadian comedy film written, produced and directed by Paul Donovan and based on his book of the same name.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a 2008 American action- adventure fantasy film directed by Rob Cohen, written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and produced by Stephen Sommers( director of" The Mummy"( 1999) and" The Mummy Returns"( 2001)), Bob Ducsay, Sean Daniel, and James Jacks.
The film is set in China, departing from the Egyptian setting.
It is the third and final installment in" The Mummy" trilogy.
The film stars Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Luke Ford, Anthony Wong and Michelle Yeoh.
" The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" premiered in Moscow on July 24, 2008 and was released in the United States on August 1, 2008.
The film grossed$ 401.1 million worldwide and is the lowest- grossing film in" The Mummy" trilogy.
A sequel was in the works, titled," The Mummy: Rise of the Aztec" with Fraser, Bello, Hannah, Ford reprising their roles and Antonio Banderas to play the villain.
However, the film was cancelled and Universal Pictures instead opted to release a reboot in 2017 as the first installment in the Dark Universe franchise.
Paul Donovan (writer)
Paul Donovan is a Canadian television and film writer, director and producer best known as the creator of the science- fiction TV series" LEXX".
He co-founded Salter Street Films( SSF) with his brother Michael Donovan.
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.

Question: Are director of film Paint Cans and director of film The Mummy (1999 Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no