The Day After (2017 film)
The Day After  is a 2017 South Korean drama film composed, written, produced, and directed by Hong Sang-soo.
It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
The Pledge (film)
The Pledge is a 2001 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Sean Penn.
The film features an ensemble cast, starring Jack Nicholson, Aaron Eckhart, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Vanessa Redgrave, Sam Shepard, Mickey Rourke, and Benicio del Toro.
It is based on Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1958 novella .
Dürrenmatt wrote "The Pledge" to refine the theme he originally developed in the screenplay for the 1958 German film "
It Happened in Broad Daylight" with Heinz Rühmann.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor, director, and filmmaker.
He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama "Mystic River" (2003) and the biopic "Milk" (2008).
Penn began his acting career in television, with a brief appearance in episode 112 of "Little House on the Prairie" on December 4, 1974, and directed by his father Leo Penn.
Following his film debut in the drama "Taps" (1981), and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, including "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982), Penn garnered critical attention for his roles in the crime dramas "At Close Range" (1986), "State of Grace" (1990), and "Carlito's Way" (1993).
He became known as a prominent leading actor with the drama "Dead Man Walking" (1995), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's comedy-drama "Sweet and Lowdown" (1999) and the drama "
I Am Sam" (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for "Mystic River" and a second one in 2008 for "Milk".
He has also won a Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for the Nick Cassavetes-directed "
She's So Lovely" (1997), and two Best Actor Awards at the Venice Film Festival for the indie film "Hurlyburly" (1998) and the drama "21 Grams" (2003).
Penn made his feature film directorial debut with "The Indian Runner" (1991), followed by the drama film "The Crossing Guard" (1995) and the mystery film "The Pledge" (2001).
Penn directed one of the 11 segments of "11'09"01 September 11" (2002), a compilation film made in response to the September 11 attacks.
His fourth feature film, the biographical drama survival movie "Into the Wild" (2007), garnered critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations.
In addition to his film work, Penn has engaged in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Hong Sang-soo
Hong Sang Soo (홍상수) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.

Question: Do director of film The Day After (2017 film) and director of film The Pledge (film) share the same nationality?
Answer: no