Question: Are both directors of films The Firemen'S Ball and Who'S Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Film) from the same country?

<P0-S0> The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is an adaptation of the play of the same name by Edward Albee. <P0-S1> The film stars Elizabeth Taylor as Martha and Richard Burton as George, with George Segal as Nick and Sandy Dennis as Honey. <P0-S2> The film was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Mike Nichols, and is one of only two films to be nominated in every eligible category at the Academy Awards( the other being" Cimarron"). <P0-S3> All of the film's four main actors were nominated in their respective acting categories. <P0-S4> The film won five awards, including a second Academy Award for Best Actress for Elizabeth Taylor and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Sandy Dennis. <P0-S5> However, the film lost to" A Man for All Seasons" for the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay awards, and both Richard Burton and George Segal failed to win in their categories. <P0-S6> In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". <P0-S7> Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a 1966 American black comedy- drama film directed by Mike Nichols in his directorial debut. <SEP> <P1-S0> George Segal( born February 13, 1934) is an American actor and musician. <P1-S1> Segal became popular in the 1960s and 1970s for playing both dramatic and comedic roles. <P1-S2> Some of his most acclaimed roles are in films such as" Ship of Fools"( 1965)," King Rat"( 1965)," Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"( 1966)," The St. Valentine's Day Massacre"( 1967)," Where's Poppa?"( 1970)," The Hot Rock"( 1972)," Blume in Love"( 1973)," A Touch of Class"( 1973)," California Split"( 1974)," For the Boys"( 1991), and" Flirting with Disaster"( 1996). <P1-S3> He was one of the first American film actors to rise to leading man status with an unchanged Jewish surname—thus helping pave the way for artists such as Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand. <P1-S4> He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and has won two Golden Globe Awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in" A Touch of Class". <P1-S5> On television, he is best known for his roles as Jack Gallo on" Just Shoot Me!"( 1997–2003) and as Albert" Pops" Solomon on" The Goldbergs"( 2013 – present). <P1-S6> Segal is also an accomplished banjo player. <P1-S7> He has released three albums and has also performed the instrument in several of his acting roles and on late night television. <SEP> <P2-S0> He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and for his aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience. <P2-S1> Nichols began his career in the 1950s with the comedy improvisational troupe <P2-S2> Their live improv act was a hit on Broadway, and the first of their three albums won a Grammy Award. <P2-S3> Mike Nichols( born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian. <P2-S4> After Nichols and May disbanded in 1961, he began directing plays, and quickly became known for his innovative productions and ability to elicit polished performances. <P2-S5> His Broadway directing debut was Neil Simon's" Barefoot in the Park" in 1963, with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. <P2-S6> In 2012, he won his sixth Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play with a revival of" Death of a Salesman". <P2-S7> Nichols directed and/ or produced more than twenty- five Broadway plays. <P2-S8> The groundbreaking film inspired some critics to declare Nichols the" new Orson Welles". <P2-S9> Nichols's next film," The Graduate"( 1967) starred then unknown actor Dustin Hoffman, alongside Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. <P2-S10> Among the other films Nichols directed were" Catch- 22"( 1970)," Carnal Knowledge"( 1971)," Silkwood"( 1983)," Working Girl"( 1988)," Wolf"( 1994)," The Birdcage"( 1996)," Closer"( 2004) and" Charlie Wilson's War"( 2007). <P2-S11> His films received a total of 42 Academy Award nominations, and seven wins. <SEP> <P3-S0> It is set at the annual ball of a small town's volunteer fire department, and the plot portrays the series of disasters that occur during the evening. <P3-S1> The film uses few professional actors – the firemen portrayed are primarily played by the firemen of the small town where it was filmed. <P3-S2> In its portrayal of the prevailing corruption of the local community, and the collapse even of well- intentioned plans, the film has widely been interpreted as a satire on the East European Communist system, and it was" banned forever" in Czechoslovakia following the Soviet invasion of 1968. <P3-S3> " The Firemen's Ball" was the last film Forman made in his native Czechoslovakia before going into exile. <P3-S4> The Firemen's Ball( or The Fireman's Ball) is a 1967 comedy film directed by Miloš Forman. <P3-S5> It is also the first film he shot in color, and a milestone of the Czechoslovak New Wave. <SEP> <P4-S0> Amy Morton( born January 1, 1958) is an American actress and director, best known for her work in theatre. <P4-S1> Morton was nominated two times for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performances in and" Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". <P4-S2> On screen, she is known for her performances in films" Rookie of the Year"( 1993)," Up in the Air"( 2009)," The Dilemma"( 2011) and" Bluebird"( 2013). <P4-S3> In 2014, Morton began starring as Sergeant Trudy Platt in the NBC drama series" Chicago P.D." <SEP> <P5-S0> Forman was an important figure in the Czechoslovak New Wave. <P5-S1> Film scholars and Czechoslovakian authorities saw his 1967 film" The Firemen's Ball" as a biting satire on Eastern European Communism, and it was banned for many years in his home country. <P5-S2> He left Czechoslovakia for the United States, and his films" One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"( 1975) and" Amadeus"( 1984) acquired particular renown and for both films he won the Academy Award for Best Director. <P5-S3> " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was the second film to win all five major Academy Awards( Best Picture, Actor in Leading Role, Actress in Leading Role, Director, and Screenplay). <P5-S4> Jan Tomáš" Miloš" Forman( 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech- American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States 1968. <P5-S5> Forman also received an Academy Award nomination for a Best Director for" The People vs. Larry Flynt"( 1996). <P5-S6> He also won Golden Globe, Cannes, Berlinale, BAFTA, Cesar, David di Donatello, European Film Academy, and Czech Lion awards.