Mong-Yu
Mong -yu( N23°58' 23" E97°59'00"), Burma, was at the junction of the World War II- famed Ledo Road and the Burma Road.
It is located about 10 miles( 17 kilometers) southwest of Wanting( N24°05 E98°04) in southwestern China, where the Burma Road crossed the Burma- China border.
Nicol Smith (writer)
Nicol Smith was an American writer who wrote of his travels during the 1930s and 1940s.
His works include" Burma Road: The Story of the World's Most Romantic HighwayBlack Martinique ... Red GuianaInto Siam: Underground Kingdom", and" Golden Doorway to Tibet".
When Nicol Smith was 29 years old, he decided to attempt to drive the Burma road, but the Chinese government forbade it because they considered the road to be their primate military secret.
He also chose to attempt this feat during the wet season when roads were nearly impassable.
Nevertheless, he succeeded.
His book," Burma Road: The Story of the World's Most Romantic Highway", tells of his travels from British Burma through the mountain wilderness of Yunnan in 1939.
In the Spring of 1941, Nicol Smith traveled to Martinique and French Guiana.
He was the only American writer permitted to visit those colonies in 1941.
On April 5, 1942," The New York Times" printed a short piece on the subject of Smith's book," Black Martinique ... Red Guiana".
In 1995, Sharon E. Karr wrote a biography of Nicol Smith's life titled" Traveler of the Crossroads; The Life of Adventurer Nicol Smith".
A Yank on the Burma Road
A Yank on the Burma Road is a 1942 drama film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Laraine Day and Barry Nelson.
It is also known as China Caravan and Yanks on the Burma Road.
The Texas Promise
The Texas Promise is a 2014 documentary film about public education in Texas.
The film follows the 83rd Texas Legislature, as state lawmakers battle over school funding after making$ 5.4 billion in cuts to public education in the previous legislative session.
The film also covers the school finance court case, in which nearly two- thirds of Texas public school districts sued the state alleging that state funding of public education continues to be inadequate and inequitable.
The film also covers other major education issues that came up during the 2013 session, like high- stakes testing, school choice, and charter reform.
" The Texas Promise" was produced and directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth.
The film premiered on October 25, 2014 at the Austin Film Festival.
Behind the Burma Road
Behind the Burma Road is a 1963 book by William R. Peers and Dean Brelis that describes the American guerrilla warfare operations, including those of OSS Detachment 101, during the Burma Campaign in the China Burma India Theater during World War II.
George B. Seitz
George Brackett Seitz( January 3, 1888 – July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director.
He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as" The Perils of Pauline"( 1914) and" The Exploits of Elaine"( 1914).
Seitz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, started his career as a playwright, and also wrote some fiction for" up- market" pulp magazines such as" Adventure" and" People's Magazine".
Seitz did much of his early work in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there.
He was the director of more than one hundred films, the writer of more than thirty screenplays, and an actor in seven films.
He worked at Columbia Pictures and at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer where he directed eleven films in the" Andy Hardy" series of the 1930s& 1940s.
He died in Hollywood, California in 1944.
Although an acquaintance of the cinematographer John F. Seitz, they were not related.
He was the father of George B. Seitz Jr., who was a writer/ director active in the 1940s and 1950s in films and television.
Burma Convoy
Burma Convoy is a 1941 film about a truck convoy on the Burma Road directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Charles Bickford and Evelyn Ankers.
It was also known as Halfway to Shanghai.
Vanessa Roth
Vanessa Roth is an American filmmaker who writes, produces and directs non-fiction films and heads up social issue reform efforts through storytelling.
She has won a number of film awards for her works, including a 2008 Academy Award for Best Short Documentary for" Freeheld", an Emmy Honors Award for Social Impact and a IDA Nomination for best doc series for her Netflix series, Daughters of Destiny( https://www.emmys.com/tags/daughters-destiny)
( https://www.emmys.com/video/2018-television-academy-honors-recipient-daughters-destiny), an Alfred I duPont- Columbia award for" Taken In: The Lives of America's Foster Children", Impact Doc Awards for Outstanding Achievement in filmmaking for The Girl and The Picture as well as two Sundance Special Jury Prizes, Cine Golden Eagles, Casey Medals and a MacArthur Grant.
She is currently( 2019) Directing the Untitled Mary J Blige Documentary feature for Amazon Studios.
( https://deadline.com/2019/12/mary-j-blige-documentary-in-production-with-amazon- studios -eone- 1202799370 /)
Some of her award- winning films include Liberation Heroes:
The Last Eyewitnesses, The Girl and the Picture," FreeheldClose to HomeAging OutThe Third Monday in October9/ 11 ’s Toxic DustNo Tomorrow The Other SideAmerican Teacher", and" The Texas Promise".
She is also the executive producer, writer and director of" Daughters of Destiny: The Journey of Shanti Bhavan"- a 4 part Netflix Original documentary series released July 28, 2017 ..
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.
China Girl (1942 film)
China Girl is a 1942 drama film which follows the exploits of a newsreel photographer in China and Burma against the backdrop of World War II.
The film was directed by Henry Hathaway, and stars Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari and Victor McLaglen.
It is also known as A Yank In China, Burma Road and Over The Burma Road.

Question: Do both directors of films The Texas Promise and A Yank On The Burma Road have the same nationality?
Answer: yes