Question: Are the directors of films The Dude Bandit and My Boyfriend'S Back (1993 Film) both from the same country?

The Dude Bandit is a 1933 American Pre -Code Western film directed by George Melford. <SEP> Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMille's, appearing in big bold letters above the title of his films. George H. Melford( born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. <SEP> My Boyfriend's Back is a 1993 American romantic zombie comedy film directed by Bob Balaban which tells the story of Johnny Dingle( Andrew Lowery), a teenage boy who returns from the dead as a zombie to meet Missy McCloud( Traci Lind), the girl he's in love with, for a date. The film received negative reviews. The film's title is a reference to the 1963 song of the same name by The Angels. The original title of the film," Johnny Zombie" was changed shortly before the film's theatrical release. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Matthew McConaughey, and Matthew Fox appear in small roles in the film. <SEP> Sandra Shamas( born 1957 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian comedic actress, writer, director and producer. Shamas moved to Toronto in 1980, where she held a variety of jobs before a workshop at The Second City inspired her to pursue a career in performing arts. She acted with Second City and Theatresports, and worked as a puppeteer on the children's series" Fraggle Rock" before deciding to strike out on her own. In 1987, she applied to the Edmonton Fringe Festival to perform her first show," My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry". The show, a mixture of personal stories drawn from her own life and observational humour about dating and relationships, was a smash hit of the festival, and soon Shamas was on tour performing the show across the country. In 1989, Shamas began performing the sequel," My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry II: The Cycle Continues". A third show," Wedding Bell Hell", dealing with wedding rituals such as the bridal shower and selection of the wedding rings and dress, made its debut in 1991. In 1993, Shamas took" Laundry" to the Old Vic Theatre in London for her first performance outside Canada, and was well received by the British audience and critics. After some time away from the spotlight, Shamas returned with a new series of shows," Wit's End', Wit's End II ... Heart's Desire, and Wit's End III ... Love Life." These shows revolved around her move to the country after buying a farm in Southern Ontario. Shamas has been nominated for the Governor General's Award and the Stephen Leacock Award for the" Laundry" trilogy. She won a Gemini Award in 1991 for Best Performance in Comedy, and won the Best Theatre Award at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in March 2003. In January 2018, Shamas was appointed to the Order of Ontario. <SEP> He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for" Gosford Park"( 2001), in which he also appeared. Robert Elmer Balaban( born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, producer, and director. Balaban's other film roles include the drama" Midnight Cowboy"( 1969); the science fiction films" Close Encounters of the Third Kind"( 1977)," Altered States"( 1980), and( 1984); the Christopher Guest comedies" Waiting for Guffman"( 1996)," Best in Show"( 2000)," A Mighty Wind"( 2003), and" For Your Consideration"( 2006); the dark fantasy film" Lady in the Water"( 2006); and the Wes Anderson films" Moonrise Kingdom"( 2012)," The Grand Budapest Hotel"( 2014), and" Isle of Dogs"( 2018). Balaban has directed three feature films, in addition to numerous television episodes and films. He is also an author of children's novels. <SEP> My Boyfriend's Back is the second studio album released by the American pop girl group The Angels. It was issued on the Smash Records label in September 1963. The album was produced by Robert Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer. It features the Angels' biggest hit, "My Boyfriend's Back", which reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Composed by the team of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer, "My Boyfriend's Back" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Peggy Santiglia was by this time the lead singer of the Angels but included on the album is the group's first hit "Till" which was originally recorded in 1961 with the group's previous lead singer, Linda Jansen. It is unspecified if the track was re-recorded with Santiglia on lead or not. There is also a cover version of The Chiffons' " He's So Fine" as The Chiffons had covered "My Boyfriend's Back," and a reading of "Someday My Prince Will Come" from the 1937 film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". The album sold fairly well and charted at number 33 on the US Billboard 200 Albums chart, the group's most successful effort.