Question: Are the directors of both films The Stoning of Soraya M. and The Fighting O'Flynn from the same country?

<P0-S0> Cyrus Nowrasteh born) is an American screenwriter and director of theatrical films, television shows, and made- for- TV movies. <P0-S1> He is best known for his involvement in the controversial docudrama" The Path to 9/11". <SEP> <P1-S0> Born in Oslo, he was brought to the United States and raised in Seattle, Washington. <P1-S1> He made his Broadway acting debut in 1929 in" Remote Control". <P1-S2> Arthur Pierson( June 16, 1901 – January 1, 1975) was a Norwegian- born American actor and director. <P1-S3> He continued to appear on stage throughout the 1930s, appearing in plays such as" Night of January 16th"( 1935) and a Broadway production of" Othello"( 1937). <P1-S4> His last Broadway appearance was in" The Unconquered" in 1940. <P1-S5> In 1932 he took up film acting as well, appearing in Lloyd Corrigan's" No One Man". <P1-S6> He subsequently appeared in over a dozen movies, usually in minor roles. <P1-S7> Among his best- known film roles was Capitano Lorenzo in the Laurel and Hardy comedy" The Devil's Brother"( 1933). <P1-S8> In 1947 he went behind the camera to direct" Dangerous Years". <P1-S9> He directed two other features," The Fighting O'Flynn"( 1949) and" Home Town Story"( 1951), before turning to television as a director and producer. <P1-S10> In his later years he was an executive at animation studio Hanna- Barbera. <P1-S11> He died of a heart attack on January 1, 1975, in Santa Monica, California. <SEP> <P2-S0> Ali Pourtash is an actor and comedian of Iranian cinema. <P2-S1> Having worked in numerous plays, films, TV shows and stage productions in Tehran and in Los Angeles Pourtash was most recently seen in the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M. directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. <P2-S2> Other notable roles include the role of Haji firouz, the comedic side- kick to Amoo norooz in the classic holiday special Babak and Friends- A First Norooz. <SEP> <P3-S0> The Stoning of Soraya M. is a 2008 Persian- language American drama film adapted from French- Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book" La Femme Lapidée". <P3-S1> " The Stoning of Soraya M." had its world premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Director's Choice Award. <P3-S2> It was also the second runner- up for the Cadillac People's Choice Award. <P3-S3> The film is directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, and stars Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo( as Zahra), James Caviezel( as Freidoune Sahebjam, the foreign journalist), and Mozhan Marnò( as Soraya Manutchehri, the title character). <P3-S4> The book has been banned in Iran. <SEP> <P4-S0> The film's screenplay by Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is based on the novel of the same name by Justin Huntly McCarthy. <P4-S1> The Fighting O'Flynn is a 1949 American film directed by Arthur Pierson. <P4-S2> Fairbanks stars, along with Helena Carter. <SEP> <P5-S0> Asieh Amini( born 14 September 1973) is an Iranian poet and journalist currently residing in Trondheim, Norway. <P5-S1> She is a Women's Rights activist fighting against the death penalty in general and specifically against the stoning of women and minors in Iran.