Question: Do both directors of films The Eighth Day of the Week and Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round have the same nationality?

<P0-S0> The Eighth Day of the Week  is a 1958 Austrian drama film directed by Aleksander Ford. <SEP> <P1-S0> And in 1945, he won NCAA individual championships in both the outdoor mile run and the outdoor 880- yard run. <P1-S1> Robert Hume set the school record for the mile, and Ross set the record in the half mile. <P1-S2> United Press columnist Bob Meyer noted that they “ deliberately have finished in a dead heat for first place in every mile except one in which both were entered this year, ” and suggested that the twins “ possibly may forget their sentimental trick of locking hands for a dead- heat finish in order to defeat a tough field and slice another second or 2 off their CCC time. ” <P1-S3> They were co-winners in every mile event they entered in 1944 except one. <P1-S4> The brothers were inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1990. <P1-S5> Ross was named an NCAA All- American three times and was selected as the captain of Michigan ’s track team in 1945. <P1-S6> After graduating from Canonsburg High School, the Hume twins enrolled at the University of Michigan to run track under Coach Ken Doherty. <P1-S7> A columnist in Massachusetts wrote: ” As the twins finished their sophomore year at Michigan,[ Coach Ken] Doherty decided to run them in the mile and two mile races together … this proved to be a happy solution … <P1-S8> His brother Robert became a general surgeon. <P1-S9> During the 1944 track season, the Hume twins tied for the win in nine straight mile races, including the Big Ten Conference and NCAA championships. <P1-S10> Associated Press columnist Jimmy Jordan dubbed them the “ dead heat twins. ” <P1-S11> He also won Big Ten championships in the two- mile run in the 1944 outdoor and 1945 indoor conference championship meets. <P1-S12> Big <P1-S13> Another writer referred to them as the “ Dead Heat Kids. ” <P1-S14> The publicity peaked in June 1944 when “ Michigan's famous distance running twins raced to their ninth straight dead- heat victory in the mile run of the 23rd National Collegiate Athletic Association track and field championship meet tonight, finishing hand- in- hand more than 100 yards ahead of the next runner. ” <SEP> <P2-S0> He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1990. <P2-S1> … this proved to be a happy solution … the twins like to run together .. <P2-S2> they’ve been doing that since before their school days .. <P2-S3> Robert Humiston Hume (September 18, 1922 – February 28, 1999) was the 1941 NCAA champion in the outdoor mile run. <P2-S4> Associated Press columnist Jimmy Jordan dubbed them the "dead heat twins." <P2-S5> Another writer referred to them as the "Dead Heat Kids." <P2-S6> A columnist in Massachusetts wrote: "As the twins finished their sophomore year at Michigan, [Coach Ken] Doherty decided to run them in the mile and two mile races together <P2-S7> His Big Ten championships were in the indoor and outdoor mile runs in 1944 and 1945, all four of which were shared "dead heat" wins with his brother. <P2-S8> The publicity peaked in June 1944 when "Michigan's famous distance running twins raced to their ninth straight dead-heat victory in the mile run of the 23rd National Collegiate Athletic Association track and field championship meet tonight, finishing hand-in-hand more than 100 yards ahead of the next runner." <P2-S9> He won four Big Ten championships from 1943-1946. <P2-S10> One sports columnist in 1945 noted that the Humes were "twins in every possible manner, facial resemblance, running style, the clothes they wear, and the courses they are taking." <P2-S11> As a result of the Humes’ practice, the NCAA passed a rule in 1946 stating that athletes would no longer be able to tie in any track meets. <P2-S12> Robert Hume set the school record for the mile, and Ross set the record in the half mile. <P2-S13> Their best time in a "dead heat" mile with hands clasped was 4:14.6 at the Central Collegiate Conference meet in 1944; the time broke a University of Michigan school record of 4:16.4 that had been set by H.L. Carroll 28 years earlier in 1916. <P2-S14> United Press columnist Bob Meyer noted that they "deliberately have finished in a dead heat for first place in every mile except one in which both were entered this year," and suggested that the twins "possibly may forget their sentimental trick of locking hands for a dead-heat finish in order to defeat a tough field and slice another second or 2 off their CCC time." <SEP> <P3-S0> Bernard Girard (1918–1997) was an American screenwriter, producer and film director. <SEP> <P4-S0> Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round is a 1966 crime film written and directed by Bernard Girard, starring James Coburn, Camilla Sparv, Aldo Ray, Nina Wayne, Todd Armstrong, Robert Webber, and Rose Marie. <P4-S1> Harrison Ford also appears (in his uncredited film debut) as a bellhop. <SEP> <P5-S0> Following the war he was appointed director of the Film Polski company. <P5-S1> In 1948 he was appointed as a professor of the National Film School in Łódź (Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa). <P5-S2> Roman Polanski was among his students. <P5-S3> Another of Ford's protégés was the Polish film director Andrzej Wajda. <P5-S4> Following the anti-Semitic purge in the communist party in Poland, in 1968 Ford emigrated to Israel and from there through Germany and Denmark, to the United States. <P5-S5> Aleksander Ford (born Mosze Lifszyc; 24 November 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire – 4 April 1980 in Naples, Florida, United States) was a Polish film director; and head of the Polish People's Army Film Crew in the Soviet Union during World War II. <P5-S6> He committed suicide in 1980 in Naples, Florida.