Strikebound
Strikebound is a 1984 Australian film directed by Richard Lowenstein and based on the Wendy Lowenstein novel" Dead Men Do n't Dig Coal".
The film got several AFI Award nominations and won in the Best Achievement in Production Design category.
" Strikebound" is the dramatised story of a coal- miners' strike in 1930s Australia, in the small south Gippsland town of Korumburra.
The story is told through the struggles of Agnes and Wattie Doig, two Scottish immigrants, who were real people.
Rachel Feldman
Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Quicksand (1950 film)
Quicksand is a 1950 American film noir that stars Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre and portrays a garage mechanic's descent into crime.
It was directed by Irving Pichel shortly before he was included in the Hollywood blacklist( which was instituted by the House Un- American Activities Committee to block screenwriters with suspected Communist affiliation from obtaining employment).
The film provided Rooney with an opportunity to play against type, performing in a role starkly different from his earlier role as the innocent" nice guy" in MGM's popular Andy Hardy film series.
Hanro Smitsman
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Irving Pichel
Irving Pichel( June 24, 1891 – July 13, 1954) was an American actor and film director, who won acclaim both as an actor and director in his Hollywood career.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Richard Lowenstein
Richard Lowenstein( born 1 March 1959) is an Australian film- maker.
He has written, produced and directed: feature films, including" Strikebound"( 1984)," Dogs in Space"( 1986) and" He Died with a Felafel in His Hand"( 2001); music videos for bands such as INXS and U2; concert performance films,( 1987) and" U2: LoveTown"( 1989); and TV adverts.

Question: Are director of film Strikebound and director of film Quicksand (1950 film) both from the same country?
Answer: no