Question: Are the directors of both films Richard Iii (1955 Film) and His Days Are Numbered from the same country?

<P0-S0> Elio Petri( 29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982) was an Italian political filmmaker best known for the 1970 Academy Award- winning film" Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion". <SEP> <P1-S0> United States Numbered Highways in the U.S. state of Connecticut, are numbered by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials( AASHTO) and maintained by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, a total of as a system of state highways and are numbered from 1 to 202. <SEP> <P2-S0> He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. <P2-S1> His family had no theatrical connections, but Olivier's father, a clergyman, decided that his son should become an actor. <P2-S2> After attending a drama school in London, Olivier learned his craft in a succession of acting jobs during the late 1920s. <P2-S3> In 1930 he had his first important West End success in Noël Coward's" Private Lives", and he appeared in his first film. <P2-S4> In the 1940s, together with Richardson and John Burrell, Olivier was the co-director of the Old Vic, building it into a highly respected company. <P2-S5> There his most celebrated roles included Shakespeare's Richard III and Sophocles's Oedipus. <P2-S6> In the 1950s Olivier was an independent actor-manager, but his stage career was in the doldrums until he joined the" avant garde" English Stage Company in 1957 to play the title role in" The Entertainer", a part he later played on film. <P2-S7> His later films included" The Shoes of the Fisherman"( 1968)," Sleuth"( 1972)," Marathon Man"( 1976), and" The Boys from Brazil"( 1978). <P2-S8> Olivier's honours included a knighthood( 1947), a life peerage( 1970) and the Order of Merit( 1981). <P2-S9> For his on- screen work he received four Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. <P2-S10> The National Theatre's largest auditorium is named in his honour, and he is commemorated in the Laurence Olivier Awards, given annually by the Society of London Theatre. <P2-S11> He was married three times, to the actresses Jill Esmond from 1930 to 1940, Vivien Leigh from 1940 to 1960, and Joan Plowright from 1961 until his death. <P2-S12> Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier,( 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. <SEP> <P3-S0> It was awarded best film at the Mar del Plata Film Festival. <P3-S1> It also won the Silver Ribbon for Best Original Story. <P3-S2> I giorni contati( internationally released as His Days Are Numbered," The Days are Numbered" and" Numbered Days") is a 1962 Italian drama film directed by Elio Petri. <SEP> <P4-S0> The National Institute of Standards and Technology succeeded the National Bureau of Standards in 1988. <P4-S1> Following is a list of the directors of both agencies. <SEP> <P5-S0> Richard III is a 1955 British Technicolor film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play of the same name, also incorporating elements from his" Henry VI, Part 3". <P5-S1> Featuring many noted Shakespearean actors, including a quartet of actors who later became knights, the film depicts Richard plotting and conspiring to grasp the throne from his brother King Edward IV, played by Sir Cedric Hardwicke. <P5-S2> It was directed and produced by Laurence Olivier, who also played the lead role. <P5-S3> In the process, many are killed and betrayed, with Richard's evil leading to his own downfall. <P5-S4> The prologue of the film states that history without its legends would be" a dry matter indeed", implicitly admitting to the artistic licence that Shakespeare applied to the events of the time. <P5-S5> Of the three Shakespearean films directed by Olivier," Richard III" received the least critical praise at the time, although it was still acclaimed. <P5-S6> It was the only one not to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, though Olivier's acting performance was nominated. <P5-S7> The film gained popularity in the US through a 1966 re-release, which broke box office records in many US cities. <P5-S8> Many critics now consider Olivier's" Richard III" his best screen adaptation of Shakespeare. <P5-S9> The British Film Institute has pointed out that, given the enormous TV audience it received when shown in the United States on NBC, Sunday afternoon, March 11, 1956, the film" may have done more to popularise Shakespeare than any other single work".