Question: Do both directors of films The Sicilian (film) and The Master (2012 film) share the same nationality?

His films have been nominated for 25 Academy Awards, winning three for cast and crew. An alumnus of the Sundance Institute, Anderson directed his first feature film," Hard Eight", in 1996. He achieved critical and commercial success with" Boogie Nights"( 1997), set during the Golden Age of Porn. His 2007 film" There Will Be Blood", about an oil prospector during the Southern California oil boom, is often cited as one of the best films of the 2000s. Anderson's other films include" Magnolia"( 1999)," Punch- Drunk Love"( 2002)," The Master"( 2012)," Inherent Vice"( 2014), and" Phantom Thread"( 2017). Paul Thomas Anderson( born June 26, 1970) is an American filmmaker. <SEP> Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors. <SEP> Irina Bulmaga( born 11 November 1993) is a Moldovan- born Romanian chess player, who has achieved the FIDE titles of Woman Grand Master( 2012) and International Master( 2013). <SEP> The Sicilian is a 1987 action film based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo. It was directed by Michael Cimino and stars Christopher Lambert, Joss Ackland and Terence Stamp. It is based on the life of Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano. <SEP> It tells the story of Freddie Quell( Phoenix), a World War II Navy veteran struggling to adjust to a post-war society, who meets Lancaster Dodd( Hoffman), a leader of a religious movement known as" The Cause". Dodd sees something in Quell and accepts him into the movement. Freddie takes a liking to" The Cause", and begins traveling with Dodd's family along the East Coast to spread his teachings. It was produced by Annapurna Pictures and Ghoulardi Film Company and distributed by The Weinstein Company. With a budget of$ 30 million, filming began in June 2011, with cinematography provided by Mihai Mălaimare Jr., editing by Peter McNulty, and an original music score by Jonny Greenwood. The film's inspirations were varied: it was partly inspired by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, as well as by early drafts of Anderson's" There Will Be Blood", the novel" V." by Thomas Pynchon, drunken Navy stories that Jason Robards had told to Anderson as he was terminally ill while filming" Magnolia", and the life story of author John Steinbeck. " The Master" was shot almost entirely on 65 mm film stock, making it the first fiction feature to be shot and released in 70 mm since Kenneth Branagh's" Hamlet" in 1996. The Master is a 2012 American psychological drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. Initially, the film was set up with Universal, but fell through due to script and budget problems. It was first publicly shown on August 3, 2012, at the American Cinematheque in 70 mm and screened variously in the same way, before officially premiering at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, where it won the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film. It was released in theaters on September 14, 2012, in the United States to critical acclaim, with its acting, screenplay, direction, plausibility, and realistic portrayal of post -World War II Americans praised. It further received three Oscar nominations: Best Actor for Phoenix, Best Supporting Actor for Hoffman, and Best Supporting Actress for Adams. In 2016," The Master" was voted the 24th greatest film of the 21st century by 177 critics from around the world. Anderson has repeatedly claimed that" The Master" is his favorite film that he has made to date. <SEP> Born in New York City, he graduated with a BA in graphic arts from Michigan State University in 1959 and a BFA and MFA from Yale University in 1961 and 1963 and began his career filming commercials. He moved to Los Angeles to take up screenwriting in 1971. After co-writing the script of" Magnum Force" and" Silent Running" he wrote the preliminary script" Thunderbolt and Lightfoot." Michael Cimino( February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and author. Clint Eastwood read the script and sent it to his personal production company, which allowed Cimino to direct the film. After its success, Cimino co -wrote, directed, and produced the 1978 Academy Award- winning film" The Deer Hunter." His next film," Heaven's Gate"( 1980), proved to be a financial failure. Cimino directed four films after" Heaven's Gate", and all failed commercially.