Question: Do both Those Merry Souls and The Last Starfighter films have the directors from the same country?

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Sandy McLeod is an independent filmmaker. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Charles K. Gifford is an American banker and businessman. He is the chairman emeritus of Bank of America having served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2016. The Last Starfighter is a 1984 American space opera film directed by Nick Castle. The film tells the story of Alex Rogan( Lance Guest), a teenager recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war. It also features Robert Preston, Dan O' Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Norman Snow, and Kay E. Kuter. " The Last Starfighter", along with Disney's" Tron", has the distinction of being one of cinema's earliest films to use extensive computer- generated imagery( CGI) to depict its many starships, environments and battle scenes. It is one of the first films to use CGI to represent" real- life" objects instead of digital imaging. " The Last Starfighter" was Preston's final role on the big screen( though he did cameos in TV movies afterwards until his death in 1987). His character, a" lovable con-man", was a nod to his most famous role as Harold Hill in" The Music Man". There was a subsequent novelization of the film by Alan Dean Foster, as well as a video game based on the production. In 2004, it was also adapted as an off- Broadway musical. Lance R. Guest( born July 21, 1960) is an American film and television actor, best known for his starring role in 1984's" The Last Starfighter". Lau Kar Wing( born 1944) is a Hong Kong martial arts film director, action choreographer and actor. Nicholas Charles Castle( born September 21, 1947) is an American screenwriter, film director and actor. He is known for playing Michael Myers in John Carpenter's horror film" Halloween"( 1978). Castle also co-wrote" Escape from New York"( 1981) with Carpenter. After" Halloween", Castle became a director, taking the helm of films such as" The Last Starfighter"( 1984)," The Boy Who Could Fly"( 1986)," Dennis the Menace"( 1993), and" Major Payne"( 1995). He reprised the role of Michael Myers in" Halloween"( 2018). There are two parts of the film: the first part and the second part. Both parts have the same staff and the same actors. Those Merry Souls is a 1985 Hong Kong action comedy horror film directed by Lau Kar-wing and starring Yuen Biao and Eric Tsang. Norman Snow( born March 29, 1950) is an American actor who is probably best known for his role as the evil tyrant Xur in the science fiction film" The Last Starfighter"( 1984). Snow is acknowledged in the acting community as an accomplished character actor, with the vast majority of his work being roles in television series since the late 1970s, in series such as" Man from AtlantisQuantum LeapL.A. Law" and" Beverly Hills, 90210". A highlight of Snow's television career is the role of Torin in an episode of called" Rightful Heir" during the series' sixth season. His film career has been more sporadic with roles ranging from the aforementioned" The Last Starfighter" in 1984, to the FBI agent Springfield in the 1986 Michael Mann' Hannibal Lecktor' thriller" Manhunter". Snow returned to cinema screens in 2001 in the film" Moonbeams" and is slated to be next seen in" The Last Starfighter" sequel," Starfighter", reuniting Snow with the film's original director Nick Castle. Robert Stone is a British- American documentary filmmaker. His work has been screened at dozens of film festivals and televised around the world, notably seven of his films have appeared on PBS's" American Experience" series and four of his films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival( including Closing Night Film in 2009).

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The Last Starfighter is a 1984 American space opera film directed by Nick Castle. Lau Kar Wing( born 1944) is a Hong Kong martial arts film director, action choreographer and actor. Nicholas Charles Castle( born September 21, 1947) is an American screenwriter, film director and actor.