Question: Are both director of film Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back and director of film The Accused (1949 Film) from the same country?

He came to prominence with the low- budget comedy film" Clerks"( 1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob. Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith's follow- up films" Mallrats Chasing AmyDogmaJay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and" Clerks II", which were set primarily in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films frequently featured crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon described by fans as the" View Askewniverse", named after his production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier. Since 2011, Smith has mostly made films in the horror genre, including" Red State"( 2011) and the comedy horror films" Tusk"( 2014) and" Yoga Hosers"( 2016), two in a planned series of three such films set in Canada dubbed the" True North" trilogy. Kevin Patrick Smith( born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He has also served as a director- for- hire for material he did not write, including the buddy cop action comedy" Cop Out"( 2010) and various television series episodes. In 2019, he wrote and directed" Jay and Silent Bob Reboot", a follow- up to the original Jay and Silent Bob movies. Smith is the owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, a comic book store in Red Bank, New Jersey that is the subject of the reality television show" Comic Book Men"( 2012–2018). He also hosts the movie- review television show" Spoilers". As a podcaster, Smith co-hosts several shows on his own SModcast Podcast Network, including" SModcastFatman Beyond", and the live show" Hollywood Babble- On". Smith is well known for participating in long, humorous Q&A sessions that are often filmed for DVD release, beginning with" An Evening with Kevin Smith". <SEP> Jay and Silent Bob Reboot is a 2019 American buddy comedy film written, directed, edited and starring Kevin Smith. Referring to his 2001 comedy" Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", Smith has described the film as" literally the same fuсking movie all over again". It is the seventh film in the View Askewniverse. The film also stars Jason Mewes, and features cameos from Jason Lee, Shannon Elizabeth, Rosario Dawson and Ben Affleck. It was theatrically released with sessions around North America on October 15 and 17, 2019 and had the second highest per-screen average of 2019( behind" Parasite"), thanks to its ongoing travelling roadshow. <SEP> Chasing Amy is a 1997 American romantic comedy- drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee. The film is about a male comic artist( Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian woman( Adams), to the displeasure of his best friend( Lee). It is the third film in Smith's View Askewniverse series. The film was originally inspired by a brief scene from an early film by a friend of Smith's. In Guinevere Turner's" Go Fish", one of the lesbian characters imagines her friends passing judgment on her for" selling out" by sleeping with a man. Smith was dating Adams at the time he was writing the script, which was also partly inspired by her. The film received mostly positive reviews, praising the humor, performances and Kevin Smith's direction. The film won two awards at the 1998 Independent Spirit Awards( Best Screenplay for Smith and Best Supporting Actor for Lee). Characters from the film would go on to appear in later Askewniverse films" Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"( 2001) and" Jay and Silent Bob Reboot"( 2019), direct spin- offs of" Chasing Amy", with Affleck, Lee, Adams and Ewell reprising their roles in cameo appearances; Smith describing the characters' roles in" Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" as being an" eight- page sequel" to" Chasing Amy". <SEP> The film stars Loretta Young and Robert Cummings. The Accused is a 1949 American film noir drama film directed by William Dieterle and written by Ketti Frings, based on" Be Still, My Love", a 1947 novel written by June Truesdell. <SEP> He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. His best- known films include" The Devil and Daniel Webster The Story of Louis Pasteur"( 1936) and" The Hunchback of Notre Dame". His 1937 film" The Life of Emile Zola" won the Academy Award for Best Picture, the second biographical feature to do so. William Dieterle( July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German- American actor and film director, who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. <SEP> It focuses on the two eponymous characters, played respectively by Jason Mewes and Smith. The film features cameo appearances from Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams and Shannen Doherty among many others. The title and logo for" Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" are direct references to" The Empire Strikes Back." Originally intended to be the last film set in the Askewniverse, or to feature Jay and Silent Bob," Strike Back" features many characters from the previous Askew films, some in dual roles and reprising roles from the previous entries. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 American buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite" Clerks". The film was a minor commercial success, grossing$ 33.8 million worldwide from a$ 22 million budget, and received mixed reviews from critics. Five years later and following the commercial failure of" Jersey Girl", Smith reconsidered and decided to continue the series with" Clerks II", resurrecting Jay and Silent Bob in supporting roles. Smith announced in February 2017 that he was writing a sequel called" Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" and started filming in February 2019 and was released on October 15 that same year.