Question: Are director of film The Deep Blue Sea (1955 Film) and director of film Little Nikita from the same country?

Little Nikita is a 1988 American cult drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier. The film marks the first collaboration between Phoenix and Poitier( the second being" Sneakers" in 1992). <SEP> He began his theatrical training at age 13 in Petrograd. Litvak was notable for directing little- known foreign actors to early fame, often winning them Academy Awards. In 1936 he directed" Mayerling", a film which made Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux international stars. He returned Swedish star Ingrid Bergman to popularity with American audiences in 1956 with" Anastasia", which won her an Oscar. He directed Olivia de Havilland to an Academy Award nomination for" The Snake Pit" in 1948. He also directed Jean Gabin in his screen debut, and directed Elia Kazan in his earliest acting role," City for Conquest". Litvak directed" Confessions of a Nazi Spy" in 1939 starring Edward G. Robinson, which used actual newsreel footage from U.S. Nazi rallies. As a refugee from Nazi Germany, Litvak was among the few directors who tried to open Hollywood's eyes to the threat Germany posed to Europe and the world. Anatole Litvak( May 21, 1902 – December 15, 1974) was a Ukrainian- born, Lithuanian- American filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in various countries and languages. During World War II, he enlisted and co-directed documentaries with Frank Capra, including" Why We Fight" films. His solo- directed," The Battle of Russia", in 1943, won numerous awards and was nominated for an Oscar. Because of Litvak's ability to speak Russian, German, and French, he supervised the filming of the D- Day Normandy landings. He also filmed aerial warfare with the U.S. Eighth Air Force. For his volunteer wartime efforts, he ended the war as a full colonel, receiving special awards from the governments of France, Britain, and the United States. <SEP> The picture was based on the play of the same name by Terence Rattigan. The Deep Blue Sea is a 1955 British drama film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Vivien Leigh and Kenneth More, and released by Twentieth Century Fox. The movie tells the story of a woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaving her husband for a younger and more ardent lover. <SEP> Deep Blue Sea is a 1999 American science fiction horror film directed by Renny Harlin. It stars Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Rapaport, and rapper LL Cool J. Set in an isolated underwater facility, the film follows a team of scientists and their research on mako sharks to help fight Alzheimer's disease. The situation plunges into chaos when multiple genetically engineered sharks go on a rampage and flood the facility. " Deep Blue Sea" had a budget of$ 82 million and represented a test for Harlin, who had not made a commercially successful film since" Cliffhanger" in 1993. The film was primarily shot at Fox Baja Studios in Rosarito, Mexico, where the production team constructed sets above the large water tanks that had been built for James Cameron's 1997 film" Titanic". Although" Deep Blue Sea" features some shots of real sharks, most of the sharks used in the film were either animatronic or computer generated. Trevor Rabin composed the film score; LL Cool J contributed two songs to the film:" Deepest Bluest( Shark's Fin)" and" Say What". Released in theaters during the film industry's summer season," Deep Blue Sea" was a moderate commercial success, grossing more than$ 73 million in the United States and Canada, and$ 164 million worldwide. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics, who praised its suspense, pacing, and action sequences. Criticism was targeted at its unoriginality and B movie conventions. Retrospectively," Deep Blue Sea" has been regarded as a successful shark film, especially within a limited genre that has been dominated by Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller" Jaws". A direct- to- video sequel," Deep Blue Sea 2", was released in 2018. <SEP> He has starred in a number of well- known film productions, including" Goodbye, Columbus"( 1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth;" Catch- 22"( 1970), from the Joseph Heller best- seller;" Westworld"( 1973), a science- fiction thriller by Michael Crichton; and" The Sunshine Boys"( 1975), written by Neil Simon. After directing for television, his first film as director was the 1982 comedy" My Favorite Year". Richard Samuel Benjamin( born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. His other films as director include" City Heat"( 1984), starring Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood," The Money Pit"( 1986) with Tom Hanks, and" Made in America"( 1993) with Whoopi Goldberg. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.