James Whale
James Whale( 22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theater director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood.
He is best remembered for several horror films:" Frankenstein"( 1931)," The Old Dark House"( 1932)," The Invisible Man"( 1933) and" Bride of Frankenstein"( 1935), all considered classics.
Whale also directed films in other genres, including the 1936 film version of the musical" Show Boat".
He became increasingly disenchanted with his association with horror, and many of his non-horror films have fallen into obscurity.
Whale was born into a large family in Dudley, Worcestershire.
He discovered his artistic talent early on and studied art.
With the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the British Army and became an officer.
He was captured by the Germans and during his time as a prisoner of war he realized he was interested in drama.
Following his release at the end of the war he became an actor, set designer and director.
His success directing the 1928 play" Journey's End" led to his move to the US, first to direct the play on Broadway and then to Hollywood, California, to direct films.
He lived in Hollywood for the rest of his life, most of that time with his longtime companion, producer David Lewis.
Apart from" Journey's End"( 1930), which was released by Tiffany Films, and" Hell's Angels"( 1930), released by United Artists, he directed a dozen films for Universal Pictures between 1931 and 1937, developing a style characterized by the influence of German Expressionism and a highly mobile camera.
At the height of his career as a director Whale directed" The Road Back"( 1937), a sequel to" All Quiet on the Western Front".
Studio interference, possibly spurred by political pressure from Nazi Germany, led to the film's being altered from Whale's vision and it was a critical and commercial failure.
A run of similar box- office disappointments followed and, while he would make one final short film in 1950, by 1941 his film directing career was effectively over.
He continued to direct for the stage and also rediscovered his love for painting and travel.
His investments made him wealthy and he lived a comfortable retirement until suffering strokes in 1956 that robbed him of his vigor and left him in pain.
He committed suicide on 29 May 1957 by drowning himself in his swimming pool.
Whale was openly gay throughout his career, something that was very unusual in the 1920s and 1930s.
As knowledge of his sexual orientation has become more common, some of his films," Bride of Frankenstein" in particular, have been interpreted as having a gay subtext and it has been claimed that his refusal to remain in the closet led to the end of his career.
Frankenstein (1931 film)
Frankenstein is a 1931 American pre-Code science- fiction horror film from Universal Pictures.
It is about a scientist and his assistant who dig up corpses to build a man animated by electricity.
The project goes awry when Frankenstein's assistant accidentally gives the creature an abnormal, murderer's brain.
The film was directed by James Whale, and adapted from the play by Peggy Webling, which in turn was based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel" Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus."
The created" monster" is portrayed by Boris Karloff in the film.
A hit with both audiences and critics, the film was followed by multiple sequels and has become one of the most famous horror films in history.
" Frankenstein" stars Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles and Karloff, and features Dwight Frye and Edward van Sloan.
The Webling play was adapted by John L. Balderston and the screenplay written by Francis Edward Faragoh and Garrett Fort, with uncredited contributions from Robert Florey and John Russell.
The make- up artist was Jack Pierce.
In 1991, the Library of Congress selected" Frankenstein" for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 psychological thriller film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, from a screenplay by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou.
It stars Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Alicia Silverstone, and Bill Camp.
The story is based on the ancient Greek tragedy" Iphigenia at Aulis" by Euripides.
The film follows a cardiac surgeon( Farrell) who secretly befriends a teenage boy( Keoghan) with a connection to his past.
He introduces the boy to his family, who begin to fall mysteriously ill.
" The Killing of a Sacred Deer" was selected to compete for the Palme d' Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on October 20, 2017, by A24, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 3, 2017, by Curzon Artificial Eye.
It has received positive reviews, and grossed over$ 6 million worldwide.
Barry Keoghan
Barry Keoghan( born 18 October 1992) is an Irish actor.
He has appeared in the films" Dunkirk The Killing of a Sacred Deer", for which he won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor; and" Trespass Against Us".
He also played the" heartless cat killer" Wayne in the RTÉ drama" Love/ Hate".
Keoghan is an ambassador for Dior.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Georgios" Yorgos" Lanthimos( born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter.
He has received four Academy Award nominations for his work, including Best Foreign Language Film for" Dogtooth", Best Original Screenplay for" The Lobster"( 2015), and Best Picture and Best Director for" The Favourite"( 2018).
Raffey Cassidy
Raffey Camomile Cassidy( born 12 November 2001) is an English actress.
She has had roles in films including" The Killing of a Sacred Deer"( 2017)," Snow White and the Huntsman"( 2012)," Mr Selfridge"( 2013), and" Tomorrowland"( 2015).
Frank Marcus
Frank Ulrich Marcus( 30 June 1928 – 5 August 1996) was a British playwright, best known for" The Killing of Sister George".
Conor Clune
Conor Clune( Irish name Conchobhair Mac Clúin; 1893 – 21 November 1920) was one of three men along with Dick McKee and Peadar Clancy killed in controversial circumstances in Dublin Castle on Bloody Sunday, 1920, a day that also saw the killing of a network of British spies by the" Squad" unit of the Irish Republican Army and the killing of 14 people in Croke Park by British forces.
Clune was 27 years old.
Bernhard Kaun
Bernhard Kaun (5 April 1899 – 1 March 1980) was an American composer and orchestrator.
He is known for "Frankenstein" (1931) theme.
Sunny Suljic
Sunny Suljić( born August 10, 2005) is an American child actor and skateboarder of Bosniak origin.
He is known for his roles as Bob in Yorgos Lanthimos 2017 drama" The Killing of a Sacred Deer" and as the voice and motion capture actor for Atreus, the son of Kratos in the 2018 video game," God of War" for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Performance in a Video Game.
Suljić had his first lead role in Jonah Hill's film" Mid90s", also in 2018.

Question: Do both Frankenstein (1931 film) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer films have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no