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.
Tess of the Storm Country (1914 film)
Tess of the Storm Country is a 1914 silent drama directed by Edwin S. Porter.
It is based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Grace Miller White.
It stars Mary Pickford, in a role she would reprise eight years later for the 1922 adaptation by John S. Robertson.
In 2006, the film was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress, for its" cultural, aesthetic, or historical significance".
Bab's Diary
Bab's Diary is a 1917 American silent romantic comedy film directed by J. Searle Dawley, and starring Marguerite Clark.
The film's scenario was written by Martha D. Foster, based on the screen story" Her Diary" by Mary Roberts Rinehart.
This was the first in a trilogy of" Babs" films all starring Clark.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
J. Searle Dawley
James Searle Dawley( May 13, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American producer, director and screenwriter.
He directed 149 silent films between 1907 and 1926.
He was born in Del Norte, Colorado, and died in Hollywood, California.
Searley is best remembered for directing the Thomas Edison version of" Frankenstein" in 1910.
He reportedly referred to himself as" the first motion picture director", which was not accurate.
He worked for a while at Edison's studio, then started his own production company, being quite successful financially, although most of his films are little known today.
When critics began to regard the films of his day to be immoral, Searley became one of the founding members of the MPDA( Motion Picture Directors Association) which sought to give filmmakers who advocated good taste the power of self- censorship.
Edwin S. Porter
Edwin Stanton Porter( April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company.
Of over 250 films created by Porter, his most important include" Jack and the Beanstalk"( 1902)," Life of an American Fireman"( 1903)," The Great Train Robbery"( 1903)," The Kleptomaniac"( 1905)," Life of a Cowboy"( 1906)," Rescued from an Eagle's Nest"( 1908), and" The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1913).
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
The Secret of the Storm Country
The Secret of the Storm Country was a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Charles Miller and starring Norma Talmadge( whose company also produced the film).
The film is described as not a direct sequel but a" continuation" of the 1914 film" Tess of the Storm Country", starring Mary Pickford.
The film is now considered lost.

Question: Do director of film Bab's Diary and director of film Tess of the Storm Country (1914 film) have the same nationality?
Answer: yes