Question: Are Souleymane Cissé and Bertrand Blier foreign film directors?

Context articles: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Georges Dancigers
Abderrahmane Sissako
If I Were a Spy
Souleymane Cissé
Miou-Miou
Balla Moussa Keïta
Bertrand Blier
Buffet froid
How Much Do You Love Me?

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (French: Préparez vos mouchoirs ) is a 1978 French romantic comedy film directed by Bertrand Blier and starring Carole Laure, Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere and Riton Liebman.
 The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.
Georges Dancigers (17 February 1908 Tukums, Russian Empire(now Latvia) – 1 November 1993 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a Russian-born, French film producer.
 His most notable film was Bertrand Blier's "Get out your Handkerchief" (1978), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
 He was awarded an Honorary César award in 1982.
Abderrahmane Sissako (born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian film director and producer.
 Sissako is, along with Ousmane Sembène, Souleymane Cissé, Idrissa Ouedraogo and Djibril Diop Mambety, one of the few filmmakers from Africa to reach a measure of international influence.
 His film "Waiting for Happiness" ("Heremakono") was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, winning the FIPRESCI Prize.
 His 2007 film "Bamako" received much attention.
 Sissako's themes include globalisation, exile and the displacement of people.
 His 2014 film "Timbuktu" was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
If I Were a Spy (French: Si j'étais un espion ) is a 1967 French crime film directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Bernard Blier and Bruno Cremer.
 It tells the story of a medical doctor who gets into trouble when one of his patients turns out to be hunted by the mafia.
 Filming took place from 15 November to 18 December 1966.
 The film was released in France in August 1967.
Souleymane Cissé (born April 21, 1940) is a Malian film director.
Miou-Miou (] ; born Sylvette Herry on 22 February 1950) is a French actress.
 In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle.
 A 10-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film "Memoirs of a French Whore".
 Her other films include "This Sweet Sickness" (1977), "Entre Nous" (1983), "May Fools" (1990), "Germinal" (1993), "Dry Cleaning" (1997) and "Arrêtez-moi" (2013).
Balla Moussa Keïta (1934 – March 6, 2001) was a Malian actor and comedian, and a West African cinema pioneer who was well known in the West (especially France).
 Born in the Ségou Region of Mali, he was originally a radio producer.
 He later turned to acting and acted in a number of movies by notable Mali directors like Cheick Oumar Sissoko, Souleymane Cissé and Abdoulaye Ascofaré.
 Among his critically acclaimed roles are those of the tribal king "Rouma Boll" in "Yeelen" and as Mambi in "Guimba, un tyrant, une époque".
 He received the Best Male Interpretation award at the FESPACO for his role in the Guinean film "Séré, le témoin".
Bertrand Blier (born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer.
 His 1978 film "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.
Buffet froid is a 1979 French film written and directed by Bertrand Blier, starring Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Bernard Blier and Jean Carmet.
 The film is a crime thriller, but displays a high degree of black humour, with contemporary urban life depicted as alienating and having a dehumanizing effect on city dwellers.
 The film won a César Award for Best Writing, and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Editing, and Production Design.
How Much Do You Love Me?
 (French: Combien tu m'aimes ? )
 is a 2005 French romantic comedy film written and directed by Bertrand Blier.
 It was released on 26 October 2005 in France and Belgium, and had a limited United States release on 18 March 2006.
 It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where Blier won the Silver George for Best Director.