John Shea
John Victor
Shea III( born April 14, 1949) is an American actor, and producer.
His career began on Broadway where he starred in" Yentl," subsequently winning his first major award, the 1975 Theatre World Award.
Shortly after his Off- Broadway career began, Lee Strasberg invited Shea to join the Actors Studio where he spent several years studying method acting.
He made his television film debut in" The Nativity"( 1978), alongside Madeleine Stowe.
Billed alongside Helen Mirren, he starred in the noir film" Hussy"( 1980), and the Academy Award- winning drama," Missing"( 1982).
In 1988, Shea won his first Emmy for his performance as William Stern in" Baby M".
Shea's subsequent films include the comedy thriller" Coast to Coast"( 1987), the drama" Windy City"( 1984), the dark crime feature" Small Sacrifices"( 1989), the political thriller The Insurgents( 2006), the Tamil language thriller" Achchamundu! Achchamundu!"( 2009), the drama" An Invisible Sign"( 2010), and the foreign film" The Italian Key"( 2011).
His breakthrough came when he was cast as Lex Luthor in the 1990s TV series subsequently being cast as Adam Kane in the 2000s" Mutant X" series.
Shea's public profile increased in 2012 after his five- year role as Harold Waldorf, Blair Waldorf's father on" Gossip Girl".
Shea has been also noted for his political involvement in social equity which in 1984 led him to organize the largest peace rally in the history of the United States garnering praise by various non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International.
In 2014, Shea announced his directorial debut with" Grey Lady" released in mid-2017.
Happy Endings?
Happy Endings?
is a 2009 cinéma vérité documentary film directed and produced by Tara Hurley.
Filmed over 27 months, it chronicles the lives of the women in massage parlors in Rhode Island during a battle in the state legislature to once again make prostitution illegal.
During the period of filming, prostitution in Rhode Island was legal as long as it was conducted behind closed doors.
The expression" happy ending" is a colloquial term for the practice of a masseuse giving a sexual release to a client.
Tara Hurley
Tara Hurley( born August 6, 1976) is an American director of the 2009 documentary" Happy Endings?".
Hurley was born in Providence, Rhode Island and grew up in the Riverside section of East Providence.
She graduated from Providence College in 1998, where she received a bachelor's degree in Humanities.
She studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain her junior year.
Grey Lady (film)
Grey Lady is a 2017 American film directed by John Shea.
The film centers on a Boston homicide detective, Doyle( Eric Dane) who searches for clues about a serial killer that murdered both his sister and his partner( Rebecca Gayheart).
His search leads him to Nantucket where he uncovers secrets about his family's past.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
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.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.

Question: Are both director of film Grey Lady (Film) and director of film Happy Endings? from the same country?
Answer: yes