Question: Do both directors of films Koenigsmark (1923 film) and The Diane Linkletter Story share the same nationality?

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> It is an adaptation of the 1918 novel" Koenigsmark" by Pierre Benoit. Koenigsmark is a 1923 French silent drama film directed by Léonce Perret and starring Maurice Lehmann, Huguette Duflos and Jaque Catelain. It was the first of several screen adaptations of the work. It is also known by the alternative title of The Secret Spring. In 1926 it was released in the United States by Paramount Pictures. <SEP> He also worked as a stage actor and director. Often described as avant-garde for his unorthodox directing methods, Léonce Perret introduced innovative camera, lighting and film scoring techniques to French cinema. Léonce Perret began his career as a relatively undistinguished stage actor. He was recruited to the film industry by the Gaumont Film Company. His numerous short films gained significant accolade in French cinematography. Until his emigration to the United States in 1917, he was a fixture of the Gaumont Film Company. Léonce Joseph Perret (14 March 1880 – 12 August 1935) was a prolific and innovative French film actor, director and producer. On American soil, he produced several popular films, the most notable being "Lest We ForgetN'oublions jamais") in 1918. After returning to France, he directed the successful "Koenigsmark" in 1923. His film "Madame Sans-Gêne" (1925), starring Gloria Swanson, was the first joint Franco-American film production. In addition, Léonce Perret collaborated with many of the French and American idols of his generation such as Abel Gance, Gloria Swanson, Gaby Morlay, René Cresté, Arletty, Suzanne Grandais, Mae Murray, and Huguette Duflos. <SEP> Born and raised in Baltimore, Waters rose to prominence in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including" Multiple Maniacs"( 1970)," Pink Flamingos"( 1972) and" Female Trouble"( 1974). He wrote and directed the 1988 film" Hairspray", which became an international success and turned into a hit Broadway musical which has remained in almost continuous production, and a film adaptation of the Broadway musical was released in July 2007. Waters has written and directed other successful films including" Polyester"( 1981)," Cry- Baby"( 1990)," Serial Mom"( 1994)," Pecker"( 1998) and" Cecil B. Demented"( 2000). In 2015, the British Film Institute celebrated Waters ’ films with a retrospective in honour of his 50 year- filmmaking career. Later that year, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for the spoken word version of his book" Carsick." As an actor, Waters has appeared in films such as" Sweet and Lowdown"( 1999)," Seed of Chucky"( 2004)," Mangus!"( 2011)," Excision"( 2012) and" Suburban Gothic"( 2014). More recently, he performs in his ever- changing one- man show," This Filthy World". John Samuel Waters Jr.( born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor and artist. In addition to filmmaking and acting, Waters also works as a visual artist and across different mediums such as installations, photography, and sculpture. He has published multiple collections of his journalistic exploits, screenplays, ruminations and artwork. Waters ’ artwork exhibits regularly in galleries and museums around the world. <SEP> The Diane Linkletter Story is a 1970 16 mm short film by American filmmaker John Waters starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce, and David Lochary. <SEP> David Crawford Lochary( August 21, 1944 – July 29, 1977) was one of the regular" Dreamlander" actors in early films of the controversial" trash" film director John Waters. He starred in such films as" Pink Flamingos Female Trouble", and" Multiple Maniacs", in which he typically played exotically- dressed, sophisticated perverts. Lochary co-wrote" The Diane Linkletter Story" with Divine, and worked as an uncredited hair and makeup artist on many of Waters' films. Lochary met Divine at beauty school and used to style his wigs and makeup for parties. Divine later commented that he had" never even heard the word' drag' before David." In 1977, Lochary died from exsanguination due to a cut he sustained while intoxicated on PCP.