Question: Do both The Spy Next Door and The Noah's Ark Principle films have the directors from the same country?

Filming started in late October 2008 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico and was finished in late December 2008. The film was released on January 15, 2010 in the United States by Lionsgate. The film was released on DVD, and Blu-ray on May 18, 2010. The film tributes Chan's films by showing clips, references and even referencing Chan's real life childhood. The film received negative reviews from critics and it earned$ 45.2 million on a$ 28 million budget. The Spy Next Door is a 2010 American action comedy film directed by Brian Levant, written by Jonathan Bernstein, James Greer and Gregory Poirier, produced by Robert Simonds with music by David Newman and starring Jackie Chan, Amber Valletta, Magnús Scheving, Madeline Carroll, Will Shadley, Alina Foley, Billy Ray Cyrus and George Lopez. <SEP> Levant was born in Highland Park, Illinois. He started his career in 1977 as a writer for the TV series" The Jeffersons". He also wrote for, among other TV shows," Mork& MindyStill the Beaver", and" Happy Days". He is best known for directing the films" Beethoven The Flintstones Jingle All the WaySnow Dogs" and" Are We There Yet?". Levant's work is generally disliked by film critics, with his highest rated film on Rotten Tomatoes being" Little Giants" at 36% and his lowest rated film being" Problem Child 2" at 7%. Brian Michael Levant( born August 6, 1952) is an American television and film director, writer and producer. In response to the criticism, Levant responded," I'm making movies for the audience that I was when I was sitting at home watching Garfield Goose and The Three Stooges on WGN ... To read those reviews is an act of self- flagellation, but reviews be damned when you're at Blockbuster, and you're seeing family after family grab one of your movies off the shelf off a Friday night. I ca n't tell you how many times I've seen that." <SEP> John Dion is an American lawyer who spent 31 years as an official in the United States Department of Justice. Dion was, for many years, the head of the Justice Department's counter- espionage section. This position has to be approved by the Office of Personnel Management. Dion retired on October 31, 2013, replaced by Katie Kedian. According to Elaine Shannon and Ann Blackman, in" The Spy Next Door", Dion was the first Justice Department official contacted after FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was discovered to have been an enemy spy. According to Rowan Scarborough, in" Sabotage: America's Enemies within the CIA", Dion was the first Justice Department official contacted after it was learned that senior White House aides had revealed to the press that Valerie Plame was a covert CIA case officer. <SEP> His films, most of which are English- language Hollywood productions, have made more than$ 3 billion worldwide, including just over$ 1 billion in the United States, making him the country's 11th- highest- grossing director of all time. Roland Emmerich( born November 10, 1955) is a German film director, screenwriter, and producer, widely known for his disaster films. He began his work in the film industry by directing the film" The Noah's Ark Principle"( 1984) as part of his university thesis and also co-founded Centropolis Entertainment in 1985 with his sister. He is a collector of art and an active campaigner for the LGBT community, and is openly gay. <SEP> The Noah's Ark Principle is a 1984 West German science fiction film written and directed by Roland Emmerich as his thesis at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München( HFF). While his fellow students typically raised and spent 20,000 Deutsche Mark for their final work, Emmerich managed to collect a budget of 1,200,000 DM( around US$ 600,000). This film, shot in color with mono sound, received a rating of 12 in West Germany, and was sold to 20 countries. It was submitted to the 34th Berlin International Film Festival and received some acclaim for technical skill and special effects, but won no prizes. <SEP> The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with" The Noah's Ark Principle" by Roland Emmerich. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film" Love Streams" directed by John Cassavetes. The retrospective dedicated to German- American actor, screenwriter, producer and film director Ernst Lubitsch was shown at the festival.