Sam Peckinpah
David Samuel Peckinpah( February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic" The Wild Bunch"( 1969).
He was known for the visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre.
Peckinpah's films generally deal with the conflict between values and ideals, as well as the corruption and violence in human society.
His characters are often loners or losers who desire to be honorable, but are forced to compromise in order to survive in a world of nihilism and brutality.
He was given the nickname" Bloody Sam" owing to the violence in his films.
Peckinpah's combative personality, marked by years of alcohol and drug abuse, affected his professional legacy.
Many of his films were noted for behind- the- scenes battles with producers and crew members, damaging his reputation and career during his lifetime.
Some of his films, including" Major Dundee"( 1965)," Straw Dogs"( 1971)," The Getaway"( 1972)," Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid"( 1973)," Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia"( 1974) and" Cross of Iron"( 1977), remain controversial.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
Night Life of the Gods
Night Life of the Gods( also known as Thorne Smith's Night Life of the Gods) is a 1935 American fantasy film released by Universal Pictures.
Based on a 1931 novel by Thorne Smith, the film was directed by Lowell Sherman and starred Alan Mowbray as a scientist who devises a ray that can turn people to stone and bring statues to life.
For many years believed to be a lost film, a 35 mm print surfaced in the 1980s in a donation to the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Lowell Sherman
Lowell J. Sherman (October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934) was an American actor and film director.
In an unusual practice for the time, he served as both actor and director on several films in the early 1930s.
He later turned exclusively to directing.
Having scored huge successes directing the films "She Done Him Wrong" (starring Mae West) and "Morning Glory" (which won Katharine Hepburn her first Academy Award), he was at the height of his career when he died after a brief illness.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
The Killer Elite
The Killer Elite is a 1975 American action thriller film starring James Caan and Robert Duvall and directed by Sam Peckinpah.
The screenplay was written by Marc Norman and Stirling Silliphant adapted from the Robert Syd Hopkins novel," Monkey in the Middle".
The novel was written under Hopkins' pseudonym of Robert Rostand.
The film represents the last collaboration between Peckinpah and soundtrack composer Jerry Fielding.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.

Question: Do director of film Night Life of the Gods and director of film The Killer Elite share the same nationality?
Answer: yes