W. S. Van Dyke
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" W. S." Van Dyke II( Woody)( March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including" Tarzan the Ape Man" in 1932," The Thin Man" in 1934," San Francisco" in 1936, and six popular musicals with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.
He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director for" The Thin Man" and" San Francisco", and directed four actors to Oscar nominations: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, and Robert Morley.
Known as a reliable craftsman who made his films on schedule and under budget, he earned the name" One Take Woody" for his quick and efficient style of filming.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Marina (2013 film)
Marina is a biographical film released in 2013 and directed by Stijn Coninx.
The film is based upon the life of the Italian singer Rocco Granata who moved to Belgium when he was a young boy.
It features as Rocco Granata and Evelien Bosmans as Helena.
Most part of the film is in Italian as Rocco's parents did not speak the Dutch language.
Other parts are in Dutch and some dialogues in French and English.
The film was first shown at the Montreal World Film Festival on 25 August 2013.
It was released in Belgium in November.
The film won a Golden Award at the Ostend Film Festival and the" publics favorite award" at the Valladolid International Film Festival.
The movie contains a cameo, with Rocco Granata himself playing the role of the salesmen that sells him his first instrument.
Bitter Sweet (1940 film)
Bitter Sweet is a 1940 American Technicolor musical film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the operetta" Bitter Sweet" by Noël Coward.
It was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Cinematography and the other for Best Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons and John S. Detlie.
The film is based on Coward's stage operetta, which was a hit in 1929 in London.
It was filmed twice, first in 1933 in black- and- white( in Britain, with Anna Neagle and Fernand Gravet in the leading roles).
The 1940 film is much cut and rewritten, removing much of the operetta's irony.
The opening and closing scenes are cut, focusing the film squarely upon the relationship between MacDonald's character, Sarah, and her music teacher, Carl Linden.
The opening scene was a flash forward, in which Sarah appears as an elderly woman recalling how she fell in love.
One reason for dropping this scene is that it had been appropriated for MGM's 1937 film" Maytime".
Coward disliked the 1940 film and vowed that no more of his shows would be filmed in Hollywood.
In 1951, he told" The Daily Express I was saving up" Bitter Sweet" as an investment for my old age.
After MGM's dreadful film I can never revive it" on stage.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Stijn Coninx
Stijn, Baron Coninx( born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
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.

Question: Do director of film Bitter Sweet (1940 Film) and director of film Marina (2013 Film) share the same nationality?
Answer: no