The Noah's Ark Principle
The Noah's Ark Principle is a 1984 West German science fiction film written and directed by Roland Emmerich as his thesis at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München( HFF).
While his fellow students typically raised and spent 20,000 Deutsche Mark for their final work, Emmerich managed to collect a budget of 1,200,000 DM( around US$ 600,000).
This film, shot in color with mono sound, received a rating of 12 in West Germany, and was sold to 20 countries.
It was submitted to the 34th Berlin International Film Festival and received some acclaim for technical skill and special effects, but won no prizes.
Walter D. Edmonds
Walter" Walt" Dumaux Edmonds( July 15, 1903 – January 24, 1998) was an American writer best known for historical novels.
One of them," Drums Along the Mohawk"( 1936), was adapted as a Technicolor feature film in 1939, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert.
John Ford
John Ford( February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director.
He is renowned both for Westerns such as" Stagecoach"( 1939)," The Searchers"( 1956), and" The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"( 1962), as well as adaptations of classic 20th- century American novels such as the film" The Grapes of Wrath"( 1940).
His four Academy Awards for Best Director( in 1935, 1940, 1941, and 1952) remain a record.
One of the films for which he won the award," How Green Was My Valley", also won Best Picture.
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films( although most of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation.
Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who have named him one of the greatest directors of all time.
Ford made frequent use of location shooting and long shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain.
Adam Helmer
Adam F. Helmer( c.1754 – April 9, 1830), also known as John Adam Helmer and Hans Adam Helmer, was an American Revolutionary War hero among those of the Mohawk Valley and surrounding regions of New York State.
He was made nationally famous by Walter D. Edmonds' popular 1936 novel" Drums Along the Mohawk" with its depiction of" Adam Helmer's Run" of September 16, 1778, to warn the people of German Flatts of the approach of Joseph Brant and his company of Indians and Tories.
Drums Along the Mohawk
Drums Along the Mohawk is a 1939 American historical drama film based upon a 1936 novel of the same name by American author Walter D. Edmonds.
The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by John Ford.
Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert portray settlers on the New York frontier during the American Revolution.
The couple suffer British, Tory, and Indian attacks on their farm before the Revolution ends and peace is restored.
Edmonds based the novel on a number of historic figures who lived in the valley.
The film—Ford's first Technicolor feature—was well received.
It was nominated for two Academy Awards and became a major box office success, grossing over US$1 million in its first year.
In Search of Noah's Ark
In Search of Noah's Ark is a 1976 documentary film released by Sunn Classic Pictures that explores the alleged final resting place of Noah's Ark.
George Henry Martin Johnson
George Henry Martin Johnson(" Onwanonsyshon")
( October 7, 1816 – February 19, 1884) was a member of the Wolf clan and selected as a hereditary chief of the Mohawk of the Six Nations in Canada; he also served as an official interpreter and informal diplomat between the Mohawk and Canadian governments.
His home of Chiefswood, built in 1856 on the Grand River, has been designated and preserved as a National Historic Site; it is the only First Nations mansion from the pre-Canadian Confederation era.
Roland Emmerich
Roland Emmerich( born November 10, 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer, widely known for his disaster films.
His films, most of which are English- language Hollywood productions, have made more than$ 3 billion worldwide, including just over$ 1 billion in the United States, making him the country's 11th- highest- grossing director of all time.
He began his work in the film industry by directing the film" The Noah's Ark Principle"( 1984) as part of his university thesis and also co-founded Centropolis Entertainment in 1985 with his sister.
He is a collector of art and an active campaigner for the LGBT community, and is openly gay.
The Great Meadow
The Great Meadow is a 1931 Pre- Code adventure produced and distributed by MGM with direction by Charles Brabin.
The film starred Eleanor Boardman and Johnny Mack Brown.
The story of" The Great Meadow," written by Elizabeth Madox Roberts, is similar in theme to that of" Drums Along the Mohawk, by" Walter D. Edmonds which was made into a 1939 film of the same name directed by John Ford.
Mohawk (1956 film)
Mohawk is a 1956 Pathécolor drama directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Scott Brady and Rita Gam.
It is about an 18th- century Boston artist sent to the Mohawk Valley to paint landscapes and portraits of Native Americans.
The film reuses many sequences from the 1939 film" Drums Along the Mohawk".

Question: Do both films, The Noah's Ark Principle and Drums Along the Mohawk, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no