Albert Capellani
Albert Capellani( 23 August 1874 – 26 September 1931) was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era.
He directed films between 1905 and 1922.
One of his brother was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani. and another the film director Roger Capellani.
Capellani, along with his brother Paul, studied acting under Charles le Bargy at the Conservatoire de Paris.
Starting his career as an actor, he worked with the director André Antoine at the Théâtre Libre and the Odéon.
He then began directing plays for the Odéon, working alongside the lauded actor and director.
In 1903, he became the head of the Alhambra music hall in Paris.
He continued to work as an actor and director until he received a job offer from the Pathé Frères studio in 1905.
Charles Pathé, who held high hopes for the artistic potential of film as a medium, invited him to join the artistic staff under the direction of Ferdinand Zecca.
When Pathé in 1908 launched a" prestige" production unit, the Société des Auteurs et des Gens de Lettres( SCAGL), Capellani became its first artistic director.
During his Pathé career, he worked as an adviser and supervisor to various directors, including Michel Carré, Georges Denola, Henri Étiévant, and Georges Monca.
He often drew upon his theatrical background to cast stage actor colleagues for his films, such as Henry Krauss, who appeared as Quasimodo in his" The Hunchback of Notre Dame"( 1911) and as Jean Valjean in his( 1912).
" Les Misérables" also gave the actress Mistinguett her first important screen role.
His films cover many genres, including melodramas, fairy tales, costume dramas with historical and biblical themes, and literary adaptations, especially after taking up directorship of SCAGL in 1908.
Characteristics of his style include a keen sense for staging actors in three- dimensional space, dynamic use of location filming, and an attention to subtle, realistic details that highlight the humanity of his characters.
In 1914 he served in the French army as an officer but was wounded in at the battle of Soissons near Champaigne First Battle of Champagne.
He was released from duty but because of the war was unable to direct films in France.
In 1915, he moved to the United States and worked for the film studios Pathé Exchange, Metro Pictures Corporation, the World Film Company, Cosmopolitan Productions, Nazimova Productions, and his own newly created studio, Capellani Productions, Inc.
Under his direction, Alla Nazimova rose to prominence as one of the greatest silent film stars in Hollywood.
Capellani returned to France in 1923, where he floated several new film projects but was unable to bring any to fruition.
He died of diabetes in 1931.
Conspiracy Theory (film)
Conspiracy Theory is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed by Richard Donner.
The original screenplay by Brian Helgeland centers on an eccentric taxi driver (Mel Gibson) who believes many world events are triggered by government conspiracies, and the Justice Department attorney (Julia Roberts) who becomes involved in his life.
The movie was a financial success, but critical reviews were mixed.
The Wild Goose Lake
The Wild Goose Lake is a 2019 Chinese crime drama film directed by Diao Yinan.
It was selected to compete for the Palme d' Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Charles D. Lane
Charles D. Lane( November 15, 1840- 1911) was a US millionaire mine owner, who is recognized as a founder of Nome, Alaska.
Lane was born in Palmyra, Missouri November 15, 1840.
His parents were Virginians of Scottish descent.
He moved to California with his father in 1852 and almost immediately took up mining.
After an unsuccessful attempt to develop a lode mine in Nevada, he achieved his first success on the Snake River in Idaho, followed some years later by a major strike at the Utica Mine at Angels, California.
Lane also developed the Fortuna Mine in Arizona.
Lane was a central figure in the industrial phase of mining on the Seward Peninsula, constructing a number of developments in support of the industry, particularly in the Nome and Council areas.
An employee of Lane's, G. W. Price, was present in the Golovin Bay area late in 1898, when the three “ lucky Swedes ”, Jafet Lindeberg, Erik O. Bloom, and J. J. Brynteson, returned from their discovery of the rich placer deposits on tributaries of the Snake River, near what is now Nome.
The three original discoverers formed a second party, including Price and a few others, and returned to the Snake River, organizing the Cape Nome mining district, and staking additional claims.
Lane quickly acquired claims in the Nome area, and in 1899 was listed as co-owner, with Price, of claim.
No. 8 Above Discovery on Anvil Creek, which was worked that season.
At about this time, Lane joined with capitalists from California and the East Coast to form the Wild Goose Mining& Trading Company.
Beginning in 1900, the Wild Goose Company began a series of major developments in support of the early mining industry on the Seward Peninsula.
These included construction of the first few miles of railroad connecting Anvil Creek to Nome and a large pumping plant that provided water for mining operations on that Creek.
The company acquired large holdings on Ophir Creek in the Council area, and was involved in developments in that district, including building roads, ditches, and another railroad.
Lane's tenure on the Seward Peninsula was brief.
In 1905 he sold the bulk of his interests in the Wild Goose Company, and by 1911 he was dead in Palo Alto.
His influence extended well beyond his lifetime, however, through the activities of the Wild Goose Company, which continued as a major actor in Seward Peninsula mining until the 1920s.
He died in 1911.
He headed the Wild Goose Mining& Trading Co.
The Wild Goose Chase (1915 film)
The Wild Goose Chase is a 1915 American comedy-drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
The film was written by DeMille's brother William and starred Ina Claire. "
The Wild Goose Chase" is now considered a lost film.
Richard Donner
Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg, April 24, 1930) is an American director and producer of film and television.
After directing the horror film "The Omen" (1976), Donner became famous for directing the first modern superhero film, "Superman" (1978), starring Christopher Reeve.
Donner later went on to direct movies such as "The Goonies" (1985) and "Scrooged" (1988), while reinvigorating the buddy film genre with "Lethal Weapon" (1987) and its sequels.
He and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner, own the production company The Donner's Company, most well known for producing the "X-Men" film series.
In 2000, he received the President's Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
Film historian Michael Barson writes that Donner is "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters".
Satan Town
Satan Town is a 1926 American Western film featuring Harry Carey.
Prints of the film have survived.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
The Wild Goose Chase (1932 film)
The Wild Goose Chase is an animated short film made by the Van Beuren Studios, and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures.
The Wild Goose (film)
The Wild Goose is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Albert Capellani and written by Gouverneur Morris.
The film stars Mary MacLaren, Holmes Herbert, Dorothy Bernard, Joseph W. Smiley, Norman Kerry, and Rita Rogan.
The film was released on June 5, 1921, by Paramount Pictures.
It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection as a 35 mm nitrate print.

Question: Do both films, Conspiracy Theory (Film) and The Wild Goose (Film), have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no