Simon Birch
Simon Birch is a 1998 American comedy- drama film loosely based on" A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving and directed and written for the screen by Mark Steven Johnson in his directorial debut.
The film stars Ian Michael Smith, Joseph Mazzello, Jim Carrey, Ashley Judd and Oliver Platt.
It omitted much of the latter half of the novel and altered the ending.
The film does not share the book's title at Irving's request; he did not believe that his novel could successfully be made into a film.
The name" Simon Birch" was suggested by him to replace that of Owen Meany.
The opening credits of the film state that it was" suggested by" Irving's novel.
The main plot centers on 12- year- old Joe Wenteworth and his best friend Simon Birch, who was born with dwarfism.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Gladiators Seven
Gladiators Seven( also known as The Revolt of the Seven, The Spartan Gladiator and The Spartan Gladiators) is a 1964 Italian peplum film directed by Alberto De Martino and starring Tony Russel.
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.
Alberto De Martino
Alberto De Martino( 12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervisor.
De Martino's films as a director specialised in wellcrafted knock- offs of Hollywood hit films.
These films were specifically created films in Western, horror and mythology genres which were developed for the international market.
" The Telegraph" stated that his best known of these film was probably" The Antichrist The Antichrist" capitalized on the box- office appeal of" The Exorcist"( 1973) and in its first week in the United States earned a greater box office than" Jaws".
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Mark Steven Johnson
Mark Steven Johnson( born October 30, 1964) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer.
Johnson was born in Hastings, Minnesota and graduated from California State University, Long Beach.
He has written and directed the two comic book based films" Daredevil" and" Ghost Rider" as well as the film" Simon Birch".
His early writing credits are for the film" Grumpy Old Men" and its sequel" Grumpier Old Men".
Most recently, he wrote the story for the film" Christopher Robin."
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.

Question: Are both director of film Gladiators Seven and director of film Simon Birch from the same country?
Answer: no