Question: Do director of film The Exception and director of film Romeo And Juliet (1968 Film) share the same nationality?

Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a 1982 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's" Romeo and Juliet", directed by William Woodman and starring Alex Hyde- White as Romeo and Blanche Baker as Juliet. <SEP> The film stars Jai Courtney, Lily James, Janet McTeer, and Christopher Plummer. The plot is a fictionalized account of the life of exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II( Plummer). When a Wehrmacht officer( Courtney) is ordered to determine whether or not a British spy has infiltrated the Kaiser's residence with a view to assassinating the deposed monarch. He falls in love with one of the Kaiser's maids( James) during his investigation. The film is set in Occupied Holland during World War II. The Exception is a 2016 romantic war drama directed by David Leveaux, in his directorial debut, and written by Simon Burke, based on Alan Judd's 2003 novel" The Kaiser's Last Kiss". In 2014, Egoli Tossell Film announced that development on a film adaptation of Judd's novel had begun. Principal photography in Belgium lasted six weeks in 2015. The film held its world premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival in the Special Presentations section. The film received a limited release and video- on- demand release on 2 June 2017 through A24 and DirecTV Cinema in the United States. The film was released on 2 October 2017 in the United Kingdom through Signature Entertainment. <SEP> He was also a senator from 1994 until 2001 for the Italian centre-right" Forza Italia" party. Some of his operatic designs and productions have become worldwide classics. He was also known for several of the movies he directed, especially the 1968 version of" Romeo and Juliet", for which he received an Academy Award nomination. His 1967 version of" The Taming of the Shrew" with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton remains the best- known film adaptation of that play as well. His miniseries" Jesus of Nazareth"( 1977) won both national and international acclaim and is still frequently shown on Christmas and Easter in many countries. A Grande Ufficiale OMRI of the Italian Republic since 1977, Zeffirelli also received an honorary British knighthood in 2004 when he was created a KBE. Gian Franco Corsi Zeffirelli( 12 February 1923 – 15 June 2019), commonly known as Franco Zeffirelli, was an Italian director and producer of operas, films and television. He was awarded the Premio Colosseo in 2009 by the city of Rome. <SEP> He directs both in the UK, working at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Almeida Theatre, and the Donmar Warehouse, on Broadway, and also in Tokyo. David Leveaux( born 13 December 1957) is a British theatre director who has been nominated for five Tony Awards as director of both plays and musicals. Leveaux made his film directorial debut with" The Exception", which will be released by A24. <SEP> Romeo and Juliet is a 1968 British- Italian romantic tragedy film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. It won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography( Pasqualino De Santis) and Best Costume Design( Danilo Donati); it was also nominated for Best Director and Best Picture, making it the last Shakespearean film to be nominated for Best Picture to date. Laurence Olivier spoke the film's prologue and epilogue and reportedly dubbed the voice of the Italian actor playing Lord Montague, but was not credited in the film. The film was directed and co-written by Franco Zeffirelli, and stars Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. The most financially successful film adaptation of a Shakespeare play at the time of its release, it was popular among teenagers partly because it was the first film to use actors who were close to the age of the characters from the original play. Several critics also welcomed the film enthusiastically.