Question: Are the directors of films The Mangler (Film) and Fear Of Clowns both from the same country?

<P0-S0> The British Film Institute cited Hooper as one of the most influential horror filmmakers of all time. <P0-S1> Born in Austin, Texas, Hooper's feature film debut was the independent" Eggshells"( 1969), which he co-wrote with Kim Henkel. <P0-S2> The two reunited to co-write" The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"( 1974), which Hooper also directed. <P0-S3> The film went on to become a classic of the genre, and was described in 2010 by" The Guardian" as" one of the most influential films ever made." <P0-S4> Hooper subsequently directed the horror film" Eaten Alive"( 1977), followed by the 1979 miniseries" Salem's Lot", an adaptation of the novel by Stephen King. <P0-S5> Following this, Hooper signed on to direct" The Funhouse"( 1981), a major studio slasher film distributed by Universal Pictures. <P0-S6> Willard Tobe Hooper( January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror genre. <P0-S7> The following year, he directed the supernatural thriller" Poltergeist", written and produced by Steven Spielberg. <P0-S8> In the mid-1980s, Hooper directed two science fiction horror films:" Lifeforce"( 1985) and" Invaders from Mars"( 1986), followed by" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2"( 1986), a big- budget sequel to his original film. <P0-S9> The 1990s saw Hooper directing various horror and sci-fi projects, including" Spontaneous Combustion"( 1990), which he also co-wrote; the television anthology film" Body Bags"( 1993); and" The Mangler"( 1995), another adaptation of a Stephen King story. <P0-S10> Hooper directed several projects throughout the 2000s, including the monster film" Crocodile"( 2000), an episode of the sci-fi miniseries" Taken"( 2002), and two episodes of" Masters of Horror"( 2005 – 2006). <P0-S11> He died in 2017 at the age of 74 of natural causes. <SEP> <P1-S0> The Mangler Reborn is a 2005 American horror film and the third entry in the" Mangler" film series based on a short story by Stephen King. <P1-S1> The movie was released straight to DVD on November 29, 2005 by Lions Gate Entertainment and Baseline StudioSystems. <P1-S2> Directors Gardner and Cunningham intended the film to be a" rebirth" of the film franchise, with the film not requiring viewers to have seen the prior two films. <SEP> <P2-S0> The film is based upon the Stephen King short story of the same name, which appeared in his inaugural short story collection" Night Shift". <P2-S1> It stars Robert Englund and Ted Levine. <P2-S2> The Mangler is a 1995 horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and co-written by Hooper and Harry Alan Towers( under the pseudonym of Peter Welbeck). <P2-S3> It also spawned two sequels" The Mangler 2" and" The Mangler Reborn". <SEP> <P3-S0> He is a screenwriter and director of horror films and films about serial killers. <P3-S1> Many of his films have been shot in his home state of Maryland. <P3-S2> Kevin Kangas is an American film maker. <SEP> <P4-S0> The Mangler 2( also known as The Mangler 2: Graduation Day) is a 2002 film and a direct- to- video sequel to the 1995 theatrical release" The Mangler", which was based on a short story of the same name by Stephen King. <P4-S1> It stars Lance Henriksen and Chelse Swain. <P4-S2> While the original was about a demon-possessed industrial laundry- machine, this film places the demon in a private school's computer network, where it manifests as a destructive computer virus with some of the same abilities as a ouija board. <P4-S3> The film was critically panned for, among other things, its similarity to another King adaptation," The Lawnmower Man"( whose producers King sued to remove his name from the marketing, given its threadbare connection to his original story), and lack of relevance to its predecessor. <SEP> <P5-S0> Fear of Clowns is a 2004 horror film written and directed by Kevin Kangas. <P5-S1> It was followed by a 2007 sequel entitled" Fear of Clowns 2".