Question: Are the directors of both films I.K.U. and God'S Step Children from the same country?

<P0-S0> Although the short- lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled by black filmmakers, Micheaux is regarded as the first major African- American feature filmmaker, a prominent producer of race film, and has been described as" the most successful African- American filmmaker of the first half of the 20th century". <P0-S1> He produced both silent films and sound films when the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors. <P0-S2> Oscar Devereaux Micheaux( January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an African- American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. <SEP> <P1-S0> Cheang received a BA in History from the National Taiwan University in 1976 and an MA in Cinema Studies from New York University in 1979. <P1-S1> Shu Lea Cheang( born April 13, 1954, Taiwan) is a multimedia artist who works in the fields of net- based installation, social interface and film production. <P1-S2> Over the past decade, she has emerged as a prominent figure in new media art. <P1-S3> Cheang is one of the leading multimedia artists dealing with multidisciplinary topics. <P1-S4> She is regarded as a pioneering figure in internet- based art, with her multimedia approach at the interface between film, video, internet- based installation, software interaction and durational performance. <P1-S5> Her work is often interactive. <P1-S6> She is most noted for her individual approach in the realm of art and technology, creatively intermingling social issues with artistic methods. <P1-S7> Cheang's work employs film, video, net- based installation, and interface to explore" ...ethnic stereotyping, the nature and excesses of popular media, institutional- and especially governmental- power, race relations, and sexual politics." <P1-S8> Cheang has also written and directed feature films I.K.U. and Fluidø. <P1-S9> She has been a member of the Paper Tiger Television collective since 1981. <P1-S10> Though originally based in New York, Cheang is currently living and working in Paris, France. <SEP> <P2-S0> Matt Beckett( born 13 July 1973) is a Welsh former- professional cyclist who was born in Lancaster. <P2-S1> He represented Wales in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. <P2-S2> He was briefly one of the directors of Welsh Cycling in 2006. <SEP> <P3-S0> The film is inspired by a combination of elements shared from two previous released Hollywood productions:" Imitation of Life" and" These Three". <P3-S1> God's Step Children is a 1938 American drama film directed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Jacqueline Lewis. <SEP> <P4-S0> I Want Your <P4-S1> Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film. <P4-S2> Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews. <P4-S3> The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons. <P4-S4> The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes. <P4-S5> The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword. <P4-S6> This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively. <SEP> <P5-S0> It was marketed as" a Japanese Sci -Fi Porn Feature". <P5-S1> The film was partially inspired by" Blade Runner"( 1982). <P5-S2> " I.K.U."'s premise involves a futuristic corporation sending shapeshifting cyborgs out into New Tokyo to collect" orgasm data" by means of sexual intercourse. <P5-S3> I.K.U.( pronounced" ai- kei- ju", abbreviated as" iku") is a 2001 independent film directed by Taiwanese- American experimental filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang. <P5-S4> The title is a pun on the Japanese word which, in sexual slang, is used to express an orgasm. <P5-S5> " I.K.U." premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. <P5-S6> It was the first pornographic film ever screened in the festival. <P5-S7> Critical reception was poor.