Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols( born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian.
He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and for his aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience.
Nichols began his career in the 1950s with the comedy improvisational troupe
The Compass Players, predecessor of The Second City, in Chicago.
He then teamed up with his improv partner, Elaine May, to form the comedy duo Nichols and May.
Their live improv act was a hit on Broadway, and the first of their three albums won a Grammy Award.
After Nichols and May disbanded in 1961, he began directing plays, and quickly became known for his innovative productions and ability to elicit polished performances.
His Broadway directing debut was Neil Simon's" Barefoot in the Park" in 1963, with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley.
He next directed" Luv" in 1964, and in 1965 directed another Neil Simon play," The Odd Couple".
He received a Tony Award for each of those plays.
In 2012, he won his sixth Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play with a revival of" Death of a Salesman".
Nichols directed and/ or produced more than twenty- five Broadway plays.
In 1966, Warner Brothers invited Nichols to direct his first film," Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
The groundbreaking film inspired some critics to declare Nichols the" new Orson Welles".
It won five Academy Awards( out of 13 nominations), and was the top- grossing film of 1966.
Nichols's next film," The Graduate"( 1967) starred then unknown actor Dustin Hoffman, alongside Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross.
It was another critical and financial success, became the highest- grossing film of the year, and received seven Academy Award nominations, winning Nichols the Academy Award for Best Director.
Among the other films Nichols directed were" Catch- 22"( 1970)," Carnal Knowledge"( 1971)," Silkwood"( 1983)," Working Girl"( 1988)," Wolf"( 1994)," The Birdcage"( 1996)," Closer"( 2004) and" Charlie Wilson's War"( 2007).
Along with an Academy Award, Nichols won a Grammy Award( the first for a comedian born outside the United States), four Emmy Awards, nine Tony Awards, and three BAFTA Awards.
His other honors included the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010.
His films received a total of 42 Academy Award nominations, and seven wins.
He is one of the few people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards.
Patrick Dahlheimer
Patrick Michael" Pat" Dahlheimer( born May 30, 1971 in York, Pennsylvania) is the bassist for the bands Live and The Gracious Few.
Live have sold over 20 million records, including the 8 x platinum album" Throwing Copper".
Gilda Live
Gilda Live is a 1980 American comedy documentary film starring Gilda Radner, directed by Mike Nichols and produced by Lorne Michaels.
Radner and Michaels and all of the writers involved with the production were alumni from the television program" Saturday Night Live".
Jack Shea (director)
Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director.
He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.
Chad Gracey
Chad Alan Gracey( born July 23, 1971 in York, Pennsylvania, US) is the drummer for the bands Live and The Gracious Few.
Live have sold over 20 million records, including the 8 x platinum album" Throwing Copper".
Drake Doremus
Drake Doremus( born March 29, 1983) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing the films" Like Crazy"( 2011) which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival," Douchebag"( 2010) which was in Dramatic competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and" Equals"( 2015).
Douchebag (film)
Douchebag is a 2010 film directed by Drake Doremus.
The film is a black comedy set in Los Angeles, focusing on Thomas Nussbaum( Ben York Jones), his older brother Sam Nussbaum( Andrew Dickler) and Sam's fiancée Steph( Marguerite Moreau).
Chad Taylor (guitarist)
Chad David Taylor (born November 24, 1970, in York, Pennsylvania) is an American guitarist and backing vocalist in the bands The Gracious Few and Live.
Live have sold over 20 million records, including the 8x platinum album "Throwing Copper".
I Want Your Love (film)
I Want Your
Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film.
Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews.
The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons.
The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes.
The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword.
This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.

Question: Do both films Douchebag (Film) and Gilda Live have the directors from the same country?
Answer: yes