Question: Are the directors of films The Debussy Film and Upstream (film) both from the same country?

<P0-S0> This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film. <P0-S1> This award is presented to the directors of the film. <SEP> <P1-S0> Upstream is a 1927 American comedy film directed by John Ford. <P1-S1> A" backstage drama", the film is about a Shakespearean actor and a woman from a knife- throwing act. <P1-S2> The film was considered to be a lost film, but in 2009 a print was discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive. <P1-S3> It is considered to be the first Ford film to show some influence of German director F. W. Murnau, who began working at Fox Studios in 1926. <P1-S4> From Murnau, Ford learned how to use forced perspectives and chiaroscuro lighting, which the American director then integrated into his own more naturalistic and direct filmmaking style. <SEP> <P2-S0> This article lists magician characters depicted on film, both real and fictional. <SEP> <P3-S0> His films in the main were liberal adaptations of existing texts, or biographies, notably of composers of the Romantic era. <P3-S1> Russell began directing for the BBC, where he made creative adaptations of composers' lives which were unusual for the time. <P3-S2> He also directed many feature films independently and for studios. <P3-S3> He is best known for his Oscar-winning film "Women in Love" (1969), "The Devils" (1971), The Who's "Tommy" (1975), and the science fiction film "Altered States" (1980). <P3-S4> Russell also directed several films based on the lives of classical music composers, such as Elgar, Delius, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, and Liszt. <P3-S5> Film critic Mark Kermode, speaking in 2006, and attempting to sum up the director's achievement, called Russell, "somebody who proved that British cinema didn't have to be about kitchen-sink realism—it could be every bit as flamboyant as Fellini. <P3-S6> Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. <P3-S7> Later in his life he turned to making low-budget experimental films such as "Lion's Mouth" and "Revenge of the Elephant Man", and they are as edgy and 'out there' as ever". <SEP> <P4-S0> The Debussy Film: Impressions of the French Composer is a 1965 British TV film about Claude Debussy. <P4-S1> It was written by Melvyn Bragg and directed by Ken Russell. <P4-S2> It marked the first collaboration between Ken Russell and Oliver Reed. <P4-S3> Russell cast Reed after seeing him in" The System". <P4-S4> It was the second last film Russell made for BBC's" MonitorAlways on Sunday" would be the last. <SEP> <P5-S0> He is renowned both for Westerns such as" Stagecoach"( 1939)," The Searchers"( 1956), and" The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"( 1962), as well as adaptations of classic 20th- century American novels such as the film" The Grapes of Wrath"( 1940). <P5-S1> His four Academy Awards for Best Director( in 1935, 1940, 1941, and 1952) remain a record. <P5-S2> One of the films for which he won the award," How Green Was My Valley", also won Best Picture. <P5-S3> John Ford( February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. <P5-S4> In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films( although most of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. <P5-S5> Ford's work was held in high regard by his colleagues, with Orson Welles and Ingmar Bergman among those who have named him one of the greatest directors of all time. <P5-S6> Ford made frequent use of location shooting and long shots, in which his characters were framed against a vast, harsh, and rugged natural terrain.