The Buddy Holly Story
The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 biographical film which tells the life story of rock musician Buddy Holly.
It features an Academy Award- winning musical score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Oscar- nominated lead performance by Gary Busey.
The film also stars Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan, and Maria Richwine, who played Maria Elena Holly.
It was adapted by Robert Gittler from" Buddy Holly: His Life and Music", the biography of Holly by John Goldrosen, and was directed by Steve Rash.
Alex Andreas
Alex Andreas( formerly Alex Andrea)( born 9 September 1970) is an English actor/ singer.
He trained at the London School of Musical Theatre( LSMT), and is probably best known for his portrayal on stage of The Big Bopper in" The Buddy Holly Story", between 1996 – 2001, in Hamburg, Germany, and on tour in the UK.
He is currently playing Tony Scibelli in The Bodyguard Musical UK No. 1 Tour.
Before Andreas did his formal training at LSMT, he worked as a bodyguard for The Gap Band and Eurythmics.
After leaving LSMT, Andreas went on to play The Big Bopper in" The Buddy Holly Story".
He then went on to work in film and television, including" Snatch".
Some of his television credits include the BBC comedy" My Hero" and the Channel 4 show" Make My Day".
Toto the Sheik
Toto the Sheik is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.
It is a parody of desert films such as" The Son of the Sheik" and" Siren of Atlantis".
Mario Mattoli
Mario Mattòli( 30 November 1898 – 26 February 1980) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
He directed 86 films between 1934 and 1966.
His 1939 film" Defendant, Stand Up!" was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
Samson Against the Sheik
Samson Against the Sheik( also known as" Maciste Against the Sheik") is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Domenico Paolella.
Tex Rudloff
Walter Cecil" Tex" Rudloff( August 8, 1926 – October 10, 2015) was an American sound engineer.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film" The Buddy Holly Story".
His son, Gregg Rudloff, also worked in sound.
Robert Gittler
Robert Gittler was an American writer best known for writing the screenplay for" The Buddy Holly Story", an Oscar- winning( for its music) motion picture.
Gittler committed suicide in 1978, two days before the theatrical release of" The Buddy Holly Story".
E. M. Hull
Edith Maud Hull( 16 August 1880 – 11 February 1947) was a British writer of romance novels, typically under the pen name E. M. Hull.
She is best known for" The Sheik", which became an international best seller in 1921.
" The Sheik" is credited with setting off a major and hugely popular revival of the" desert romance" genre of romantic fiction.
Hull followed" The Sheik" with several other novels with desert settings, such as" The Shadow of the East The Desert Healer", and" The Sons of the Sheik".
Joel Fein
Joel Fein( June 19, 1944 – September 22, 2007) was an American sound engineer.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film" The Buddy Holly Story".
Steve Rash
Steve Rash is an American film director and producer best known for directing such films as" The Buddy Holly StoryCa n't Buy Me LoveQueens Logic" and.

Question: Do both films, The Buddy Holly Story and Toto The Sheik, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no