Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Vin Diesel
Mark Sinclair( born July 18, 1967), better known as Vin Diesel, is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter.
He rose to international fame with his role as Dominic Toretto in" The Fast and the Furious" franchise.
Diesel began his career in 1990, but initially struggled to gain roles until he created and starred in the short film" Multi- Facial"( 1995), which attracted the attention of director Steven Spielberg, who was developing his film" Saving Private Ryan".
Spielberg re-wrote elements of the film to allow Diesel to appear in it, which helped kickstart his career.
He subsequently voiced the title character in" The Iron Giant"( 1999) and gained a reputation as an action star after starring in" The Fast and the Furious The Chronicles of Riddick", and the" XXX" series.
Later in his career, Diesel also became known for lending his voice to the character of Groot in" Guardians of the Galaxy"( 2014) and voicing a character in" Ralph Breaks the Internet"( 2018).
He also founded the production company One Race Films.
Away from action films, Diesel has enjoyed commercial success in a number of other genres, such as in the comedy film" The Pacifier"( 2005), while his performance in" Find Me Guilty"( 2006) was praised.
Diesel is attached to portray the comic book character Bloodshot in its 2020 film adaptation, and is slated to appear in the" Avatar" sequels.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Pagnol( 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker.
Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française.
Although his work is less fashionable than it once was, Pagnol is still generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th- century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film.
Topaze (1951 film)
Topaze is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Fernandel, Hélène Perdrière and Marcel Vallée.
It is based on Pagnol's own 1928 play of the same name, which has been adapted for the screen a number of times including a 1936 film directed by Pagnol.
It was shot at the Saint- Maurice Studios in Paris.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Strays (1997 film)
Strays is a 1997 American drama film written, directed, produced by, and starring Vin Diesel, which follows a drug dealer and hustler who is fed up with the repetitious life style he leads and begins looking for meaning in his life.
It marked Diesel's feature film directing debut and takes a hard look at his own adolescence and upbringing in New York City.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.

Question: Are both director of film Strays (1997 film) and director of film Topaze (1951 film) from the same country?
Answer: no