Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
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.
A Woman as a Friend
A Woman as a Friend is a 2014 romantic comedy film written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi and starring Fabio De Luigi and Laetitia Casta.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
White Bird in a Blizzard
White Bird in a Blizzard is a 2014 art drama thriller film co-produced, written, and directed by Gregg Araki and starring Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, and Christopher Meloni.
The film is based on the novel of the same name by Laura Kasischke.
The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014 before being given a limited theatrical release on October 24, 2014.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Gregg Araki
Gregg Araki( born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker.
He is noted for his heavy involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement.
His film" Kaboom"( 2010) was the first winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm.
Laura Kasischke
Laura Kasischke( born 1961) is an American fiction writer and poet.
She is best known for writing the novels" Suspicious River The Life Before Her Eyes" and" White Bird in a Blizzard", all of which have been adapted to film.
Giovanni Veronesi
Giovanni Veronesi( born 1962) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director.
Born in Prato, he is the brother of the writer Sandro Veronesi.
He has written scripts for Francesco Nuti, Leonardo Pieraccioni, Massimo Ceccherini, Carlo Verdone, before being a commercial success film maker with" Che ne sarà di noi"( 2004) and specially boxoffice winners" Manuale d'amore"( 2005) and" Manuale d'amore 2"( 2007).
His current partner is actress Valeria Solarino, whom Veronesi directed in" Che ne sarà di noi".

Question: Are director of film A Woman as a Friend and director of film White Bird in a Blizzard both from the same country?
Answer: no