The First Mass
The First Mass is a 1961 Brazilian drama film directed by Lima Barreto, based on Nair Lacerda's short story" Nhá Colaquinha Cheia de Graça".
It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
Bruce Marchiano
Bruce Marchiano( born February 5, 1956) is an American actor and author best known for his portrayals of Jesus Christ in the Visual Bible film series.
List of Timothy Asch films
This a list of films by the visual ethnographer Timothy Asch.
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Regardt van den Bergh
Regardt van den Bergh is a South African film and television actor, film director and screenwriter.
Visual Bible
The Visual Bible, also Visual Bible Project is the name used by two distinct projects to film, verbatim, books of the New Testament.
The first Visual Bible project produced  (1993) and  (1994) starring Italian-American actor Bruce Marchiano as Jesus.
Both films followed the New International Version word for word in the English version, and vernacular Bibles in versions dubbed into Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin.
The second Visual Bible project produced "The Gospel of John" narrated by Christopher Plummer and starring Scottish-Peruvian actor Henry Ian Cusick as Jesus.
The film followed the text of the Good News Bible.
The Visual Bible: Matthew
The Visual Bible: Matthew is a 1993 film portraying the life of Jesus as it is found in the Gospel of Matthew.
The complete Gospel is presented word- for- word based on the New International Version of the Bible.
It was directed by South African film maker Regardt van den Bergh and stars veteran actor Richard Kiley in the role of St. Matthew( who narrates the movie), newcomer Bruce Marchiano as Jesus, and Gerrit Schoonhoven as Peter.
Marchiano portrays Jesus as a joyous, earthy, personal man with a sense of humour.
The film has been dubbed into various foreign languages including Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese.
The Visual Bible: Acts
The Visual Bible: Acts is a 1994 Christian film directed by Regardt van den Bergh and starring Henry O. Arnold, James Brolin, Dean Jones, and Bruce Marchiano.
It depicts the events of the Acts of the Apostles from the New Testament.
All of the dialogue is word- for- word scripture, taken directly from the New International Version of the Bible.
The Visual Bible project had earlier produced in 1993.
Another project, also called" Visual Bible" produced" The Gospel of John" 2003.
The Visual Bible: Acts
The Visual Bible: Acts is a 1994 Christian film directed by Regardt van den Bergh and starring Henry O. Arnold, James Brolin, Dean Jones, and Bruce Marchiano.
It depicts the events of the Acts of the Apostles from the New Testament.
All of the dialogue is word- for- word scripture, taken directly from the New International Version of the Bible.
The Visual Bible project had earlier produced in 1993.
Another project, also called" Visual Bible" produced" The Gospel of John" 2003.
Bruce Marchiano
Bruce Marchiano( born February 5, 1956) is an American actor and author best known for his portrayals of Jesus Christ in the Visual Bible film series.
Lima Barreto (director)
Lima Barreto( 23 June 1906 – 23 November 1982) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter.
He directed six films between 1940 and 1961.
His film" O Cangaceiro" was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, where it was" much liked for its original and truly national flavour."

Question: Are the directors of films The First Mass and The Visual Bible: Matthew both from the same country?
Answer: no