Frank McDonald (director)
Frank McDonald( November 9, 1899 Baltimore, Maryland – March 8, 1980 Oxnard, California) was an American film and television director, active from 1935 to 1966.
He directed more than 100 films, including many Westerns starring Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, and numerous TV show episodes.
He is interred at Conejo Mountain Memorial Park in Camarillo, California.
Sirpy
Narayanan, known by his stage name Sirpy( born 25 May 1962), is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer.
He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films apart from working in Telugu and Malayalam films.
He has also sung a few of his own compositions.
Valley of the Sun (film)
Valley of the Sun is a 1942 film directed by George Marshall and starring Lucille Ball and James Craig.
Apart from Life
Apart from Life( translit.
Chi no mure) is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai.
It was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival.
Bharani (composer)
Bharani is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer.
He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films apart from working in Telugu and Kannada films.
He has also sung few of his own compositions.
The Old Homestead (1942 film)
The Old Homestead is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan.
The film stars Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver, Dick Purcell, Jed Prouty and Anne Jeffreys.
The film was released on August 17, 1942, by Republic Pictures.
The Old Homestead (1935 film)
The Old Homestead is a 1935 American romantic western musical film directed by William Nigh.
Fingers at the Window
Fingers at the Window is a 1942 film directed by Charles Lederer and released by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer.
Raghunatha Reddy
Raghunatha Reddy is an Indian actor from Andhra Pradesh.
He acted in more than 370 films.
Apart from Telugu, he also acted in Tamil, Hindi and Bhojpuri films.
He appears in Telugu TV serials also.
Kei Kumai
He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his first film," Nihon rettō", in 1965.
His 1972 film" Shinobu Kawa" was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.
His 1974 film" Rise, Fair Sun" was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.
Perhaps his best- known film is" Sandakan No. 8", which received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World War II.
Kinuyo Tanaka won the Best Actress Award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival for her performance.
The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards.
Kumai's follow- up film was 1976's" Cape of North", starring French actress Claude Jade as a Swiss nun who falls in love with a Japanese engineer on a trip from Marseilles to Yokohama.
His 1986 film" The Sea and Poison" won the Silver Bear- Special Jury Prize at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1992, his film" Luminous Moss" was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.
Other works include" Ocean to CrossDeath of a Tea Master" starring Toshirō Mifune as Sen no Riky ū( Silver Lion at the 1989 Venice Film Festival) and the 2002 film" The Sea Is Watching", based on Akira Kurosawa's posthumous script.
" The Sea Is Watching" is the only Kei Kumai film to receive an official NTSC release by Sony( Columbia/ Tri- Star).
More of his films can be found in other region formats with optional English subtitles," The Sands of Kurobe"( 1968) being one example.

Question: Are the directors of films The Old Homestead (1942 film) and Apart from Life both from the same country?
Answer: no