Question: Are the directors of films Friends with Money and Naked Lunch (film) both from the same country?

Naked Lunch is a 1991 drama film co-written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider. It is an adaptation of William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel of the same name, and an international co-production of Canada, Britain and Japan. The film was released on December 27, 1991, in the United States and April 24, 1992, in the United Kingdom by 20th Century Fox. It received positive reviews from critics, but was a box office bomb, garnering only$ 2.6 million out of a$ 17–18 million budget due to a limited release. It won numerous honours, including the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director and seven Genie Awards, notably Best Motion Picture. " Naked Lunch" has since become a cult film. <SEP> Naked Lunch are an English band formed in 1979, by Tony Mayo who advertised for like- minded people in the" Melody Maker". Mick Clarke replied and they then moved into a flat to work on further material. In preparation to play live further members were advertised for and Tim Yorke, Paul Nicholas Davies and Cliff Chapman joined and then, in 1981, by Mark Irving who replaced Tim. The band was one of the first synth based groups, and as such were featured on the" Some Bizzare Album" alongside Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, Blancmange and The The. Tony Mayo, the lead singer with the band, had close connections with Stevo Pearce and aided with pulling the artists for this album together. Naked Lunch also recorded at Abbey Road recording studios for EMI and the track Horrow Shock Horror was released on the EMI compilation" Silly Not to Terpsichore". Subsequently, the band's were featured on the London Weekend Television program" 20th Century Box"( see ref) and during the making of this program, Tony Mayo bought the attention of the program makers of Depeche Mode, who were then featured on the program and was part of their rise to fame. The Depeche Mode biography Stripped makes several references( see ref's below) to Naked Lunch and explained how they had been around since the early days of the UK electronic music movement and had paved the way for other bands such as Depeche Mode. A brief history of the band includes the fact that as early as 1979 they performed in a show alongside the likes of Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Cabaret Voltaire, Fad Gadget, B- Movie and Clock DVA organised by the band and Stevo Pearce( who managed Some Bizzare Records), who Tony had DJed with previously. The band undertook the Naked Lunch's Electronic Indoctrination Tour in 1980 which included a show at Leeds Futurama, which was filmed and eventually broadcast on BBC2. Naked Lunch then set about helping Pearce find artists and recordings to make up the" Some Bizzare Album" to which the band itself contributed" La Femme"( a song originally called" Le Femme" but Phonogram who released the album was licensed to change it to grammatically correct French, missing the point of the androgyny of the electronic music scene and that the song was about that). After a parting with Pearce, Naked Lunch became managed by Ramkup with the single" Rabies" backed by" Slipping Again" being released, though it suffered from a ban on daytime radio play due to the title but did receive good play and support from the likes of John Peel and Nicky Horne on their nighttime shows. Line- up changes continued before the band split in 1981 with Mayo retaining the name Naked Lunch, which he registered with Companies House in May 1981. A second version of the band emerged as a live act until 1985 and though Mayo continued with Naked Lunch projects, the band as such was a quiet presence. 2010 saw Tony Mayo link up again with early member Paul Davies and writing new material, with Mick Clark and Cliff Chapman joining in 2011, both in the original line- up. Their first gig for over 30 years came at BAS II with the addition of Mark Irving coming in early 2012 and Anastasia Coburg linking up in June 2013. During 2013, Naked Lunch appeared at the Roundhouse in London, the Dark Waters Alternative Music festival( both of which had positive reviews) and also headlined at the Slimelight Club in London. The band has been recording new material and have released their first album" Beyond Planets" in 2014 after signing with Sub Culture Records for digital distribution, Deadfall management and Dark Independent bookings. Naked Lunch: Beyond Planets – Louder Than War, album review& interview with Tony Mayo. * <SEP> He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infection, technology and the intertwining of the psychological with the physical. In the first third of his career he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction films such as" Scanners"( 1981) and" Videodrome"( 1983), although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences alike; he has earned critical acclaim and has sparked controversy for his depictions of gore and violence. " The Village Voice" called him" the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English- speaking world". His films have won numerous awards, including, for" Crash", the Special Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, a unique award that is distinct from the Jury Prize as it is not given annually, but only at the request of the official jury, who in this case gave the award" for originality, for daring and for audacity". David Paul Cronenberg( born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and actor. <SEP> She has directed five feature films, including" Friends with Money" and" Enough Said", as well as various television series. Holofcener was a student of director Martin Scorsese. Nicole Holofcener( born March 22, 1960) is an American film and television director and screenwriter. Along with Jeff Whitty, Holofcener received a 2019 Academy Award nomination for Adapted Screenplay and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the film" Can You Ever Forgive Me?". <SEP> Friends with Money is a 2006 comedy- drama film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener. It opened the 2006 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2006, and went into limited release in North America on April 7, 2006. <SEP> Jennifer Willems( 13 August 1947 – 13 November 2015) was a Dutch actress, well known in film and television, particularly for her role in the children's television series" De film van ome Willem"( 1974- 1989). Her other notable roles included the ones in the films" Naked Over the Fence"( 1974) and" Keetje Tippel"( 1975).