Question: Are the directors of films Who Is Chris Rock? and Topaze (1936 film) both from the same country?

Marcel Pagnol( 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable than it once was, Pagnol is still generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th- century writers and is notable for the fact that he excelled in almost every medium—memoir, novel, drama and film. <SEP> The film is remake of the 1936 film drama of the same name" Sisters of the Gion" by Kenji Mizoguchi. <SEP> Who Is Chris Rock? is a short film about the life of comedian Chris Rock directed by Michael J. Dennis. It showcased Rock and his mother talking about his life and work. <SEP> A graduate of both New York University and The American Film Institute, his short films and documentaries have won numerous awards and have screened worldwide. Michael J. Dennis( b. Philadelphia, PA) is an African- American filmmaker and film promoter. In 1999, Dennis founded Reelblack, a full- service production company based in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to producing work- for-hire, it is responsible for Reelblack TV, an entertainment/ newsmagazine originally broadcast on Philly CAM/ DUTV. Partnered with YouTube, it has over 5 million views. Reelblack Presents and Soul Food Cinema are monthly film screenings designed to showcase classic films and work by up- and- coming filmmakers that relate to the Black experience. Since 2002, Reelblack has screened and/ or promoted over 900 films. As a filmmaker, Dennis specializes in music- related work, having documented the burgeoning Philly Neo- Soul scene in his films" Jazzyfatnastees: In Process( 2002) A Taste Of Lady Alma( 2004) Kindred: In This Life Together( 2006)" and the upcoming" Last Night At The Five Spot( 2011)". His documentary feature," Philly Boy: A Movie About M.C. Breeze", made its debut at the first annual H2O Hip Hop Film Festival in 2002. His narrative short," Next Tuesday", produced for WYBE- TV in Philadelphia( and later aired on BET) is noted for its early soundtrack appearances by John Legend and Jazmine Sullivan. In 2008, Dennis won the first ever CNN IReport Film Festival's Jury Prize for" The 13th Amendment", a short film about his 90- year- old grandmother getting the opportunity to vote for Barack Obama. It premiered at the 2008 Urbanworld Film Festival and went on to screen at festivals worldwide as well as on BET ’s Real Stories and YouTube ’s Screening Room, where it racked up 300,000 views in its first three days. 2008 also brought the premiere of the half- hour documentary" Ursula Rucker: Poet", which also premiered at Urbanworld. In February 2010, he was selected as one of" 5 “ Artists To Watch," by Philadelphia Weekly. Also that year, an early NYU video project," Who Is Chris Rock?"( 1989), was posted on YouTube, where it quickly gained notice by The Huffington Post, The Comic ’s Comic and New Yorker Magazine blogs. <SEP> Mario Joyner( born October 3, 1961) is an American stand- up comedian best known as the host of MTV's" Half Hour Comedy Hour" from 1988 – 1992. He is a longtime friend and collaborator of comedians Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld. He appeared regularly on" The Chris Rock Show" and" Everybody Hates Chris". He also guest starred in the" Seinfeld" episodes" The Engagement" and" The Puerto Rican Day," playing two different characters, and voiced the character Jackson in the film" Bee Movie". He has opened on national tours for Chris Rock( during his" No Apologies" tour) and for Jerry Seinfeld. <SEP> It is based on the Pagnol's own 1928 play" Topaze". Topaze is a 1936 French comedy film directed by Marcel Pagnol and starring Alexandre Arnaudy, Sylvia Bataille and Pierre Asso. A separate adaptation" Topaze" had been directed by Louis J. Gasnier three years earlier.