Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati( born Jacques Tatischeff,; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French mime, filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter.
Throughout his long career, he worked as a comic actor, writer, and director.
In a poll conducted by" Entertainment Weekly" of the Greatest Movie Directors, Tati was voted the 46th greatest of all time.
With only six feature- length films to his credit as director, he directed fewer films than any other director on this list of 50.
Tati's" Playtime"( 1967) ranked 43rd in the 2012" Sight& Sound" critics' poll of the greatest films ever made.
As David Bellos puts it," Tati, from" l' Ecole des facteurs" to" Playtime", is the epitome of what an" auteur" is( in film theory) supposed to be: the controlling mind behind a vision of the world on film".
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Playtime
Playtime( sometimes written PlayTime) is a 1967 French- Italian comedy film directed by Jacques Tati.
In" Playtime", Tati again plays Monsieur Hulot, a character who had appeared in his earlier films" Mon Oncle" and" Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot".
As mentioned on the production documentary that accompanies the Criterion Collections DVD of the film, by 1964 Tati had grown ambivalent towards playing Hulot as a recurring central role.
Unable to dispense with the popular character altogether, Hulot appears intermittently in" Playtime", alternating between central and supporting roles.
" Playtime" was made from 1964 through 1967.
Shot in 70 mm, the work is notable for its enormous set, which Tati had built specially for the film, as well as Tati's trademark use of subtle, yet complex visual comedy supported by creative sound effects; dialogue is frequently reduced to the level of background noise.
" Playtime" is considered Tati's masterpiece, as well as his most daring work.
In 2012, Playtime was 43rd in the British Film Institute's critics' list and 37th in their directors' list of" Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time".
Henry King (director)
Henry King( January 24, 1886 June 29, 1982) was an American actor and film director.
Seven films directed by King were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Ben Cura
Ben Cura( born 30 September 1988) is a British- Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Jason Moore (director)
Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.
Lightnin' (1930 film)
Lightnin' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Henry King and written by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien.
The film stars Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Helen Cohan, Jason Robards, Sr. and Luke Cosgrave.
The film was released on December 7, 1930, by Fox Film Corporation.
It is a remake of the 1925 silent film, which was directed by John Ford.

Question: Are director of film Playtime and director of film Lightnin' (1930 Film) both from the same country?
Answer: no