Question: Are director of film The Hairy Ape (Film) and director of film Whisky Galore! (1949 Film) both from the same country?

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and later moved to Scotland. He began making television commercials before moving into post-production editing and directing films, most notably for Ealing Studios where his films include" Whisky Galore!"( 1949)," The Man in the White Suit"( 1951), and" The Ladykillers"( 1955). After his first American film" Sweet Smell of Success"( 1957), his career as a director declined and he became Dean of the CalArts School of Film/ Video in California. Alexander Mackendrick( September 8, 1912 – December 22, 1993) was an American- Scottish director and teacher. He was the cousin of the Scottish writer Roger MacDougall. <SEP> Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films. <SEP> Whisky Galore! is a 1949 British comedy film produced by Ealing Studios, starring Basil Radford, Bruce Seton, Joan Greenwood and Gordon Jackson. The story —based on a true event—concerns a shipwreck off a fictional Scottish island, the inhabitants of which have run out of whisky because of wartime rationing. The islanders find out the ship is carrying 50,000 cases of whisky, which they salvage, against the opposition of the local Customs and Excise men. It was the directorial debut of Alexander Mackendrick; the screenplay was by Compton Mackenzie, an adaptation of his 1947 novel" Whisky Galore", and Angus MacPhail. It was filmed on the island of Barra; the weather was so poor that the production over- ran its 10- week schedule by five weeks, and the film went £ 20,000 over budget. Michael Balcon, the head of the studio, was unimpressed by the initial cut of the film, and one of Ealing's directors, Charles Crichton, added footage and re-edited the film before its release. Like other Ealing comedies," Whisky Galore!" explores the actions of a small insular group facing and overcoming a more powerful opponent. An unspoken sense of community runs through the film, and the story reflects a time when the British Empire was weakening. " Whisky Galore!" was well received on release. It came out in the same year as" Passport to Pimlico" and" Kind Hearts and Coronets", leading to 1949 being remembered as one of the peak years of the Ealing comedies. In the US, where" Whisky Galore!" was renamed" Tight Little Island", the film became the first from the studios to achieve box office success. It was followed by a sequel," Rockets Galore! Whisky Galore!" has since been adapted for the stage, and a remake was released in 2016. <SEP> The Hairy Ape is a 1944 American drama film based upon the play of the same name by Eugene O'Neill. It was directed by Alfred Santell and adapted by Robert Hardy Andrews and Decla Dunning. The film stars William Bendix, Susan Hayward, John Loder, Dorothy Comingore, Roman Bohnen, Tom Fadden and Alan Napier. The film was released on July 2, 1944, by United Artists. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Santell directed over 60 films, beginning in 1917, most of which were two- reel comedy short subjects for Hal Roach and other productions companies. Taking up feature films from about 1924, Santell worked for several major studios. In 1934, he was married to actress Jane N. Keithley; they remained married until her death. Alfred Allen Santell, also known as Al Santell( 1895 – 1981), was an American film director and film producer. He left the business in 1947 after a contract dispute with Republic Studios. Santell died on June 19, 1981 in Salinas, California.