Question: Do both films Frankie And Johnny (1966 Film) and Worth Winning have the directors from the same country?

The director was Frederick De Cordova, who was the director and producer of" The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" beginning in 1970. Frankie and Johnny is a 1966 American musical film starring Elvis Presley as a riverboat gambler. The role of" Frankie" was played by Donna Douglas from" The Beverly Hillbillies" TV series. The film reached# 40 on the" Variety" weekly national box office list for 1966. The budget of the film was estimated at$ 4.5 million. <SEP> Liz Story( born October 28, 1956) is an American pianist. Story was born in San Diego, California and played classical music as a child. She studied at Juilliard School and was a student at Hunter College when she saw jazz pianist Bill Evans perform at a club in New York City. She dropped out of Hunter and studied jazz piano with Sanford Gold, whom Evans recommended. Story returned to California, studying music at UCLA and at the Dick Grove Music Workshops. She took a job playing piano at a French restaurant, but the piano lacked a stand for holding up sheet music, so she was compelled to improvise. She sent some tapes of her work to William Ackerman of Windham Hill Records, and he signed her to the label. For the 1989 film" Worth Winning", Story composed and performed" Forgiveness" and" Worth Winning". Her hands were used in the film to simulate the piano playing by actress Madeline Stowe. <SEP> Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Mackenzie began his professional career as an actor, making his Broadway debut in 1965 in the original production of the musical" Half a Sixpence". During the original run of" Hello, Dolly!", he stepped into the role of Cornelius Hackl created by Charles Nelson Reilly, and he also appeared in the plays" Sheep on the Runway" by Art Buchwald and" Scratch" by Archibald MacLeish and a revival of" Much Ado About Nothing". Off- Broadway he was featured in" As You Like It" and directed a revival of" I Do! I Do!" with David Garrison and Karen Ziemba. On television, Mackenzie made guest appearances in" Route 66 ABC Stage 67 That Girl The Mod SquadRhoda"," Baretta", and" All in the Family", and he had a recurring role in" The Bob Newhart Show". His sole feature film credit as an actor was in" The Landlord". Will Mackenzie( born July 24, 1938) is an American television director and actor. Mackenzie made his television directorial debut with" The Bob Newhart Show" and went on to direct multiple episodes of" The Stockard Channing ShowToo Close for ComfortBosom BuddiesWKRP in CincinnatiGimme a Break!NewhartMoonlighting Family TiesDay by DayMajor DadPhenom The Boys are BackDharma& GregEverybody Loves RaymondScrubs", and" Reba". Mackenzie has been nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series five times and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction of a Drama Series once. He won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Drama Series twice for" Moonlighting" and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series once, for" Family Ties" episode" A, My Name Is Alex". He also directed the 1989 romantic comedy" Worth Winning". <SEP> Frankie and Johnny( also known as" Frankie and Johnnie") is a 1936 American film. The film was shot on location in The Bronx, New York and sat on the shelf for two years before being released by the studio due to interference from United States film censors. <SEP> He is best known for his work on" The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". Frederick Timmins de Cordova( October 27, 1910 – September 15, 2001) was an American stage, motion picture and television director and producer. <SEP> It was written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott, based on the novel by Dan Lewandowski. Worth Winning is a 1989 romantic comedy film directed by Will Mackenzie and starring Mark Harmon, Madeleine Stowe and Lesley Ann Warren.