Question: Are director of film Knock Off (film) and director of film Lady in the Lake both from the same country?

<P0-S0> He was also the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. <P0-S1> He began his acting career on the stage, but was soon hired by MGM. <P0-S2> Initially assigned roles in comedies, he soon proved he was able to handle dramatic ones as well. <P0-S3> During World War II, he drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk evacuation. <P0-S4> When the United States entered the war on December 8, 1941, he enlisted in the Navy, and was present at the invasion at Normandy. <P0-S5> Robert Montgomery( born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer. <P0-S6> After the war, he returned to Hollywood, where he worked in both films and, later, in television. <SEP> <P1-S0> The picture also features Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames and Jayne Meadows. <P1-S1> The murder mystery was an adaptation of the 1943 Raymond Chandler novel" The Lady in the Lake". <P1-S2> The film was Montgomery's last for Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer( MGM), after eighteen years with the studio. <P1-S3> Montgomery's ambition was to create a cinematic version of the first- person narrative style of Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels. <P1-S4> With the exception of a couple of times when Montgomery( in character) addresses the audience directly, the entire film is shot from the viewpoint of the central character. <P1-S5> The audience sees only what he does. <P1-S6> Lady in the Lake is a 1947 American film noir that marked the directorial debut of Robert Montgomery, who also stars in the film. <P1-S7> MGM promoted the film with the claim that it was the first of its kind and the most revolutionary style of film since the introduction of the talkies. <P1-S8> The movie was also unusual for having virtually no instrumental soundtrack, the music in the film being instead provided by a wordless vocal chorus. <P1-S9> The film did not use Raymond Chandler's own 195- page screenplay adaptation dated July 5, 1945 which he wrote for MGM, but instead used a 125- page version written by Steve Fisher, which was filmed two years later. <P1-S10> The film's script changes the novel's midsummer setting to Christmastime, frequently using holiday themes as an ironic counterpoint to the grim aspects of the story. <P1-S11> The opening credits are shown on a series of Christmas cards, which turn out to be concealing a gun. <SEP> <P2-S0> The film was released in the United States on September 4, 1998. <P2-S1> The title is a double entendre, as the term colloquially refers to both counterfeit goods as well as targeted killing. <P2-S2> Knock Off is a 1998 Hong Kong- American action film directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jean- Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider. <P2-S3> The film is one of the last in the world to feature Kai Tak Airport still in use; the airport closed in 1998. <P2-S4> It was Hark's second and last American film; he returned to Hong Kong after" Knock Off", feeling unsatisfied with his work in the United States. <SEP> <P3-S0> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> <P4-S0> Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television. <SEP> <P5-S0> Tsui Hark( born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter. <P5-S1> Tsui has directed several influential Hong Kong films such as" Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain"( 1983), the" Once Upon a Time in China" film series( 1991 – 1997) and" The Blade"( 1995). <P5-S2> Tsui also has been a prolific writer and( a very hands- on) producer; his productions include" A Better Tomorrow"( 1986)," A Chinese Ghost Story"( 1987)," The Killer"( 1989)," The Legend of the Swordsman"( 1992)," The Wicked City"( 1992)," Iron Monkey"( 1993) and" Black Mask"( 1996). <P5-S3> He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema and is regarded by critics as" one of the masters of Asian cinematography". <P5-S4> In the late 1990s, Tsui had a short- lived career in the United States, directing the Jean- Claude Van Damme –led films" Double Team"( 1997) and" Knock Off"( 1998). <P5-S5> Both films were commercially unsuccessful and critically panned; Tsui himself was unsatisfied with his lack of creative control and returned to Hong Kong to continue his career. <P5-S6> He has since found new commercial and critical success with blockbusters such as the" Detective Dee" film series( 2010 – present)," Flying Swords of Dragon Gate"( 2011), and" The Taking of Tiger Mountain"( 2014).