Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
William Wyler
William Wyler (born Willi Wyler ; July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
Notable works include "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), and "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture in their respective years, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners as of 2019.
Wyler received his first Oscar nomination for directing "Dodsworth" in 1936, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor, "sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness."
Film historian
Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide perfectionist", whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance, "became the stuff of legend.
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His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box-office and critical successes made him one of "Hollywood's most bankable moviemakers" during the 1930s and 1940s and into the '60s.
Through his talent for staging, editing, and camera movement, he turned dynamic theatrical spaces into cinematic ones.
He helped propel a number of actors to stardom, finding and directing Audrey Hepburn in her Hollywood debut film, "Roman Holiday" (1953), and directing Barbra Streisand in her debut film, "Funny Girl" (1968).
Both of these performances won Academy Awards.
He directed Olivia de Havilland to her second Oscar in "The Heiress" (1949) and Laurence Olivier in "Wuthering Heights" (1939), for his first Oscar nomination.
Olivier credited Wyler with teaching him how to act for the screen.
And Bette Davis, who received three Oscar nominations under his direction and won her second Oscar in "Jezebel" (1938), said Wyler made her a "far, far better actress" than she had ever been.
Other popular Wyler films include: "Hell's Heroes" (1929), "Dodsworth" (1936), "The Westerner" (1940), "The Letter" (1940), "Friendly Persuasion" (1956), "The Big Country" (1958), "The Children's Hour" (1961) and "How to Steal a Million" (1966).
Peter Hamel
Peter Hamel( 1911–1979) was a German screenwriter and a director of film and television.
He appeared as himself in the 1948 comedy" Film Without a Title".
He is the father of the composer Peter Michael Hamel.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
The Stolen Ranch
The Stolen Ranch is a 1926 American western film directed by William Wyler and starring Fred Humes, Louise Lorraine and William Bailey.
The future star Janet Gaynor appeared as an extra in the film.
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.
Marcel L'Herbier
Marcel L'Herbier( 23 April 1888 – 26 November 1979) was a French filmmaker who achieved prominence as an avant- garde theorist and imaginative practitioner with a series of silent films in the 1920s.
His career as a director continued until the 1950s and he made more than 40 feature films in total.
During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked on cultural programmes for French television.
He also fulfilled many administrative roles in the French film industry, and he was the founder and the first President of the French film school Institut des hautes études cinématographiques( IDHEC).
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
The Father of the Girl
The Father of the Girl( French: Le père de Mademoiselle) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Arletty, Suzy Carrier and André Luguet.

Question: Do director of film The Father of the Girl and director of film The Stolen Ranch share the same nationality?
Answer: no