Question: Are director of film The Sweet Hereafter (film) and director of film The Comedy (film) from the same country?

<P0-S0> Patrick James Alverson Jr.( born June 25, 1971) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician living in Richmond, VA. <P0-S1> His films have been characterized by their confrontational nature and departure from traditional 3 act structure. <SEP> <P1-S0> The film tells the story of a school bus accident in a small town that results in the deaths of numerous children. <P1-S1> A class- action lawsuit ensues, proving divisive in the community and becoming tied with personal and family issues. <P1-S2> The story is inspired by the 1989 Alton, Texas bus crash. <P1-S3> It was filmed in British Columbia and Ontario, incorporating a film score with medieval music influences and references to the story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. <P1-S4> The Sweet Hereafter is a 1997 Canadian drama film written and directed by Atom Egoyan, starring Ian Holm, Sarah Polley and Bruce Greenwood and adapted from the novel of the same name by Russell Banks. <P1-S5> Although" The Sweet Hereafter" was not a box office success, it was critically acclaimed and won three awards, including the Grand Prix, at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, along with seven Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture. <P1-S6> It also received two Academy Award nominations, for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. <P1-S7> Toronto International Film Festival critics named" The Sweet Hereafter" one of the top 10 Canadian films of all time. <SEP> <P2-S0> Supporting actors include Eric Wareheim( Tim and Eric), James Murphy( LCD Soundsystem), and Gregg Turkington( better known as Neil Hamburger). <P2-S1> The film premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and screened within such festivals as Maryland Film Festival 2012. <P2-S2> The film was distributed by Tribeca Film and was slated for theatrical release on November 9, 2012 and nationwide on demand starting October 24, 2012. <P2-S3> Despite the title and use of comedians as actors, Sundance festival chief programmer Trevor Groth says that the film is not a comedy, but instead" a provocation, a critique of a culture based at its core around irony and sarcasm and about ultimately how hollow that is." <P2-S4> The Comedy is a 2012 American drama film directed and co-written by Rick Alverson, and starring Tim Heidecker. <P2-S5> The film was deliberately leaked onto various torrent websites, though the file only shows the first ten minutes before abruptly cutting to Heidecker sitting silently on a boat behind a scrolling anti-piracy statement. <SEP> <P3-S0> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> <P4-S0> Atom Egoyan,( born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian stage and film director, writer, and producer. <P4-S1> Egoyan made his career breakthrough with" Exotica"( 1994), a film set primarily in and around the fictional Exotica strip club. <P4-S2> Egoyan's most critically acclaimed film is the drama" The Sweet Hereafter"( 1997), for which he received two Academy Award nominations, and his biggest commercial success is the erotic thriller" Chloe"( 2009). <P4-S3> His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy, or other power structures. <P4-S4> Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information. <P4-S5> In 2008, Egoyan received the Dan David Prize for" Creative Rendering of the Past". <P4-S6> Egoyan later received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest royal honour in the performing arts, in 2015. <P4-S7> He was part of a loosely- affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. <SEP> <P5-S0> Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films.