Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Chester Bennett
Chester Bennett( 1892- 1943) was an American film director.
He was executed by the Japanese during the Occupation of Hong Kong in 1943.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
The Last Starfighter
The Last Starfighter is a 1984 American space opera film directed by Nick Castle.
The film tells the story of Alex Rogan( Lance Guest), a teenager recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war.
It also features Robert Preston, Dan O' Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Norman Snow, and Kay E. Kuter.
" The Last Starfighter", along with Disney's" Tron", has the distinction of being one of cinema's earliest films to use extensive computer- generated imagery( CGI) to depict its many starships, environments and battle scenes.
It is one of the first films to use CGI to represent" real- life" objects instead of digital imaging.
" The Last Starfighter" was Preston's final role on the big screen( though he did cameos in TV movies afterwards until his death in 1987).
His character, a" lovable con-man", was a nod to his most famous role as Harold Hill in" The Music Man".
There was a subsequent novelization of the film by Alan Dean Foster, as well as a video game based on the production.
In 2004, it was also adapted as an off- Broadway musical.
The Painted Lady (1924 film)
The Painted Lady is a 1924 American drama film directed by Chester Bennett and written by Thomas Dixon Jr..
The film stars George O'Brien, Dorothy Mackaill, Harry T. Morey, Lucille Hutton, Lucille Ricksen and Margaret McWade.
The film was released on September 28, 1924, by Fox Film Corporation.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
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.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Nick Castle
Nicholas Charles Castle( born September 21, 1947) is an American screenwriter, film director and actor.
He is known for playing Michael Myers in John Carpenter's horror film" Halloween"( 1978).
Castle also co-wrote" Escape from New York"( 1981) with Carpenter.
After" Halloween", Castle became a director, taking the helm of films such as" The Last Starfighter"( 1984)," The Boy Who Could Fly"( 1986)," Dennis the Menace"( 1993), and" Major Payne"( 1995).
He reprised the role of Michael Myers in" Halloween"( 2018).

Question: Are director of film The Last Starfighter and director of film The Painted Lady (1924 Film) both from the same country?
Answer: yes