Captain Fracasse (1919 film)
Captain Fracasse( Italian:Capitan Fracassa) is a 1919 Italian silent historical film directed by Mario Caserini.
It is based on the 1863 novel of the same name by Théophile Gautier.
Abel Gance
Abel Gance( 25 October 188910 November 1981) was a French film director and producer, writer and actor.
A pioneer in the theory and practice of montage, he is best known for three major silent films:" J'accuse"( 1919)," La Roue"( 1923), and" Napoléon"( 1927).
Captain Fracasse (1943 film)
Captain Fracasse( French: Le Capitaine Fracasse) is a 1943 French- Italian historical adventure film directed by Abel Gance and starring Fernand Gravey, Assia Noris and Alice Tissot.
It is an adaptation of the novel" Captain Fracasse" by Théophile Gautier.
The scenario and dialogue is by Abel Gance and Claude Vermorel and the music composed by Arthur Honegger.
Honegger's score for the film( H. 166 in his catalogue of works) consists of around 50 minutes of music for chorus and large orchestra.
On the same subject, there were also a 1929 silent version directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, and a 1961 colour version directed by Pierre Gaspard- Huit both with the same title.
Jim Ojala
James Ojala( born May 6, 1977) is an American special effects and makeup artist, screenwriter and film director.
Ojala grew up in Duluth, Minnesota, where he developed an early love of film through horror movies and the works of directors such as Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, George A. Romero and Buddy Giovinazzo.
Following his graduation from Duluth Central High School in 1995, Ojala began his career working in public- access television.
There, he and his friends created the series" My Three Scums", a horror comedy sitcom about a dysfunctional family of mutants and monsters which he described as" sort of an obscene punk rock" Munsters" on crack".
The series ran locally for three years, after which Ojala sent tapes of the show- in a large box filled with inflated helium balloons reading" I LOVE MY THREE SCUMS"- to Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, who was impressed enough by both the series and its eye -catching promotion to offer Ojala an internship on the feature film.
Upon receiving the news, Ojala immediately quit his job as a medical records filing clerk and moved to New York to work on the film.
During the production of" Citizen Toxie", Ojala stepped into an open spot in the film's makeup effects department, working alongside Tim Considine of special effects company Direct FX.
At the film's completion, Considine offered Ojala a full- time assisting position within his company.
With Direct FX, Ojala worked on numerous features, commercials and theater, which included manufacturing an entire line of bald caps whose clients included" Saturday Night Live" and several Broadway productions.
Ojala also worked alongside B-movie auteur Larry Fessenden on the 2001 horror film" Wendigo" and was involved with the Millennium Film Workshop, where he learned how to work with 16 mm film under the supervision of underground filmmaker Mike Kuchar.
Captain Fracasse (1961 film)
Captain Fracasse( French :Le Capitaine Fracasse) is a French adventure film from 1961, directed by Pierre Gaspard- Huit, written by Pierre Gaspard- Huit and Pierre Gaspard- Huit, starring Jean Marais and Louis de Funès.
The film is also known under the titles:" Capitan Fracassa"( Italy)," Captain Fracasse"( English title)," Fracasse, der freche Kavalier"( West Germany).
the scenario was based on the 1863 novel" Captain Fracasse" by Théophile Gautier.
Mr. Right (2009 film)
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Strange Nature (film)
Strange Nature is a 2018 independent ecothriller film written and directed by special- effects artist Jim Ojala in his directorial debut.
Inspired by a real- life pandemic of mass frog deformities discovered in Minnesota, the plot of" Strange Nature" follows a former pop star( Lisa Sheridan) and her young son( Jonah Beres) moving to rural Minnesota to reconnect with her estranged father( Bruce Bohne), only to find themselves in danger when the mutations begin infecting animals and humans.
The film features an ensemble cast that includes Stephen Tobolowsky, Carlos Alazraqui, John Hennigan, and Tiffany Shepis.
Shot in Minnesota in the summer of 2014," Strange Nature" spent several years in post-production before making its theatrical debut in September 2018, where it was met with mixed critical reviews.
Elsa De Giorgi
Elsa De Giorgi( 26 December 1914 – 12 September 1997) was an Italian film actress.
She appeared in twenty seven films, including" Captain Fracasse"( 1940).
Rickshaw Man
The film is a remake of a 1943 film of the same name.
Captain Fracasse (1940 film)
Captain Fracasse( Italian: Capitan Fracassa) is a 1940 Italian historical adventure film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Elsa De Giorgi, Giorgio Costantini and Osvaldo Valenti.
It was made at the Cinecittà studios in Rome.
The film is based on the 1863 novel of the same name by Théophile Gautier.
Another adaptation" Captain Fracasse" was made three years later as a co-production between France and Italy.

Question: Do both directors of films Strange Nature (Film) and Captain Fracasse (1943 Film) share the same nationality?
Answer: no