Question: Do director of film Loggerheads (2005 Film) and director of film Ellis Island (1936 Film) have the same nationality?

Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films. <SEP> Ellis Island is a 1936 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon and Jack La Rue. <SEP> He directed 142 films between 1915 and 1949. He was born in Marienburg, German Empire( now, Malbork, Poland), grew up in Machias, Maine, and died in Hollywood, California of a heart attack. He was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers. Philip E. Rosen( May 8, 1888 – October 22, 1951) was an American film director and cinematographer. Rosen was married to model and actress Joyzelle Joyner. <SEP> After its debut at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize," Loggerheads" screened at festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad. The film won the Audience Award at both the Nashville Film Festival and the Florida Film Festival, and took the top prize at Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Loggerheads is an independent film written and directed by Tim Kirkman, produced by Gill Holland and released in the United States by Strand Releasing in October 2005. The film also stars Robin Weigert, Ann Owens Pierce, Valerie Watkins, Trevor Gagnon, Kelly Mizell, Craig Walker, Michael Esper and Joanne Pankow. Irish singer- songwriter and composer Mark Geary wrote the original score as well as two songs for the film. The music of singer- songwriter Patty Griffin is also featured prominently, and sona BLAST! Records released the soundtrack. " Loggerheads" was filmed on location primarily in Wilmington, North Carolina in May, 2004. <SEP> Kirkman's feature film debut," Dear Jesse", was released theatrically by Cowboy Pictures in 1998. Tim Kirkman is an American screenwriter and director. A documentary film about the political and personal parallels between the gay filmmaker and the notoriously anti-gay U.S. Senator Jesse Helms," Dear Jesse", made its cable television debut on HBO/ Cinemax's" Reel Life" series and was nominated for an Emmy Award in the News/ Documentary Writing category in 2000. The TV broadcast version of the film featured an interview with Matthew Shepard, a college student whose murder called attention to gay- bashing and hate crimes. His second film, the performance documentary" The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me", David Drake's solo off- Broadway hit play about writer Larry Kramer, was released by FilmNext in 2000. He also directed" 2nd Serve'," written by James Markert and starring Josh Hopkins, Cameron Monaghan, Alexie Gilmore, Sam McMurray, Guillermo Diaz, Kevin Sussman and Dash Mihok. Kirkman's narrative feature debut," Loggerheads", which he wrote and directed, premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature and won prizes at several film festivals across the United States, including the Grand Jury Prize at Outfest. The film, which stars Tess Harper, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Kelly, Michael Learned, Kip Pardue, Chris Sarandon and Robin Weigert, was released by Strand Releasing in October 2005. Kirkman most recent film, Lazy Eye, which he wrote, directed, and produced( with Todd Shotz) was released in 2016 and starts Lucas Near- Verbrugghe, Aaron Costa Ganis and Michaela Watkins.