Gregory Nava
Gregory James Nava( born April 10, 1949) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
Lela Rochon
Lela Rochon Staples( born April 17, 1964), known professionally as Lela Rochon, is an American actress, best known for her starring role as Robin Stokes in the 1995 romantic drama film" Waiting to Exhale".
She also had notable roles in films" Harlem Nights"( 1989)," Boomerang"( 1992)," The Chamber"( 1996)," Gang Related"( 1997)," Knock Off"( 1998)," Why Do Fools Fall in Love"( 1998), and" Any Given Sunday"( 1999).
Paula Jai Parker
Paula Jai Parker( born August 19, 1969) is an American actress, comedian, director and singer- songwriter.
She has a number of supporting roles in films, including" Friday"( 1995)," Sprung"( 1997)," Why Do Fools Fall in Love"( 1998)," Phone Booth"( 2002)," Hustle& Flow"( 2005), and" Idlewild"( 2006).
Parker is also known for her voice of Trudy Proud in the Disney Channel animated comedy series," The Proud Family"( 2001- 2005).
Henry Jaglom
Henry David Jaglom( born January 26, 1938) is an English- born American actor, film director and playwright.
Sherman Garnes
Sherman Garnes (June 8, 1940 – February 26, 1977) was an American singer who was a member of the doo-wop group The Teenagers.
Garnes attended Edward W. Stitt Junior High School where he met Jimmy Merchant.
They formed a group, The Earth Angels, and in 1954, joined Herman Santiago and Joe Negroni to form The Coupe De Villes, which later, with the addition of Frankie Lymon, became The Teenagers who had a hit song with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love".
He died on February 26, 1977 after suffering from a heart attack.
He was only 36 years old.
Venice/Venice
Venice/ Venice is a 1992 American film written and directed by Henry Jaglom and starring Henry Jaglom, Nelly Alard, Melissa Leo, Suzanne Bertish, Daphna Kastner, David Duchovny, and John Landis.
Jon Huertas
Jon Huertas( born October 23, 1969) is an American actor.
He is best known for his role as witch hunter Brad Alcerro in Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sergeant Antonio' Poke' Espera in HBO's" Generation Kill", Joe Negroni in the film" Why Do Fools Fall in Love", homicide detective Javier Esposito in" Castle" and Miguel Rivas in" This Is Us".
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a 1998 American romantic drama film directed by Gregory Nava.
Released by Warner Bros.
Pictures, the film is a biographical film of R&B/ Rock and roll singer Frankie Lymon, lead singer of the pioneering rock and roll group Frankie Lymon& the Teenagers for one year.
Moreover, the film highlights the three women in his life, each of whom claim to have married Lymon and lay claim to his estate.
Written by Tina Andrews," Why Do Fools Fall in Love" stars Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, and Larenz Tate, who portrays Lymon.
Little Richard also appears in the film as himself.
One of the single from the soundrack" I Want You Back" by Melanie Brown featuring Missy Elliott peaked at number- one in the UK Singles Chart.
Frankie Lymon
Franklin Joseph" Frankie" Lymon( September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an American rock and roll/ rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City- based early rock and roll group The Teenagers.
The group was composed of five boys, all in their early to mid-teens.
The original lineup of the Teenagers, an integrated group, included three African- American members, Frankie Lymon, Jimmy Merchant, and Sherman Garnes; and two Puerto Rican members, Joe Negroni and Herman Santiago.
The Teenagers' first single, 1956's" Why Do Fools Fall in Love," was also its biggest hit.
After Lymon went solo in mid-1957, both his career and that of the Teenagers fell into decline.
He was found dead at the age of 25 on the floor of his grandmother's bathroom from a heroin overdose.
His life was dramatized in the 1998 film" Why Do Fools Fall In Love".
Herman Santiago
Herman Santiago( born February 18, 1941) is a Puerto Rican rock and roll pioneer and songwriter who was previously a member of the vocal group Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.
He( disputedly) co-wrote the group's iconic hit" Why Do Fools Fall in Love".

Question: Do both films: Why Do Fools Fall In Love (Film) and Venice/Venice have the directors from the same country?
Answer: yes