Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Albert Capellani
Albert Capellani( 23 August 1874 – 26 September 1931) was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era.
He directed films between 1905 and 1922.
One of his brother was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani. and another the film director Roger Capellani.
Capellani, along with his brother Paul, studied acting under Charles le Bargy at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Starting his career as an actor, he worked with the director André Antoine at the Théâtre Libre and the Odéon.
He then began directing plays for the Odéon, working alongside the lauded actor and director.
In 1903, he became the head of the Alhambra music hall in Paris.
He continued to work as an actor and director until he received a job offer from the Pathé Frères studio in 1905.
Charles Pathé, who held high hopes for the artistic potential of film as a medium, invited him to join the artistic staff under the direction of Ferdinand Zecca.
When Pathé in 1908 launched a" prestige" production unit, the Société des Auteurs et des Gens de Lettres( SCAGL), Capellani became its first artistic director.
During his Pathé career, he worked as an adviser and supervisor to various directors, including Michel Carré, Georges Denola, Henri Étiévant, and Georges Monca.
He often drew upon his theatrical background to cast stage actor colleagues for his films, such as Henry Krauss, who appeared as Quasimodo in his" The Hunchback of Notre Dame"( 1911) and as Jean Valjean in his( 1912).
" Les Misérables" also gave the actress Mistinguett her first important screen role.
His films cover many genres, including melodramas, fairy tales, costume dramas with historical and biblical themes, and literary adaptations, especially after taking up directorship of SCAGL in 1908.
Characteristics of his style include a keen sense for staging actors in three- dimensional space, dynamic use of location filming, and an attention to subtle, realistic details that highlight the humanity of his characters.
In 1914 he served in the French army as an officer but was wounded in at the battle of Soissons near Champaigne First Battle of Champagne.
He was released from duty but because of the war was unable to direct films in France.
In 1915, he moved to the United States and worked for the film studios Pathé Exchange, Metro Pictures Corporation, the World Film Company, Cosmopolitan Productions, Nazimova Productions, and his own newly created studio, Capellani Productions, Inc.
Under his direction, Alla Nazimova rose to prominence as one of the greatest silent film stars in Hollywood.
Capellani returned to France in 1923, where he floated several new film projects but was unable to bring any to fruition.
He died of diabetes in 1931.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Oliver's Story (film)
Oliver's Story is a 1978 American romantic drama film and a sequel to" Love Story"( 1970) based on a novel by Erich Segal published a year earlier.
It was directed by John Korty and again starred Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen.
The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and Francis Lai.
It was released by Paramount Pictures on December 15, 1978.
This film's promotional tagline is: It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special.
The House of Mirth (1918 film)
The House of Mirth is a 1918 American silent melodrama film directed by French film director Albert Capellani, starring Katherine Harris Barrymore as Lily Bart.
It is a cinema adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel" The House of Mirth" and the first- ever cinema adaptation of any of her work.
Metro Pictures put many efforts into the film in order to turn the original novel into an" All- star cast" film to earn popularity, as Metro Pictures itself announced that the film was" one of the most important productions" during 1918, and that the film contained" the strongest and the most distinguished cast ever selected for the screen".
Initially, Emmy Wehlen starred in the role of Lily Bart in the film.
Later, she was replaced by Katherine Harris Barrymore.
The film contributed to the huge success of Metro Pictures that year.
It is not known whether the film currently survives.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
John Korty
John Korty( born June 22, 1936) is an American film director and animator, best known for the television film" The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" and the documentary" Who Are the DeBolts?
And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?", as well as the theatrical animated feature" Twice Upon a Time".
He has won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature( for" Who Are the DeBolts?") and several other major awards.
He is described by the film critic Leonard Maltin as" a principled filmmaker who has worked both outside and within the mainstream, attempting to find projects that support his humanistic beliefs".
The House of Mirth (2000 film)
The House of Mirth is a 2000 drama film written and directed by Terence Davies.
An adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel" The House of Mirth", the film stars Gillian Anderson.
It is an international co-production between the United Kingdom, Germany, and United States.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.

Question: Are director of film Oliver'S Story (Film) and director of film The House Of Mirth (1918 Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no