Question: Are the directors of films The Empty Canvas and One Touch Of Venus (Film) both from the same country?

released by Universal- International, and based on the Broadway musical of the same name, book written by S. J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, with music composed by Kurt Weill( lyrics by Nash). However, the film omits most of Weill's music. The actors did their own singing, except for Ava Gardner( Venus) whose singing was dubbed by Eileen Wilson. The plot is from an original story by Thomas Anstey Guthrie. In 1945, Mary Pickford announced that she would produce a film version of this musical with the Broadway cast, including Mary Martin, filmed in Technicolor, directed by Gregory La Cava, and released by United Artists. One Touch of Venus is a 1948 American black- and- white romantic musical comedy film directed by William A. Seiter starring Robert Walker, Ava Gardner and Dick Haymes. However, Martin became pregnant and Pickford sold the rights to Lester Cowan at Universal in August 1947. Ann Ronell, Cowan's wife, wrote the additional music that replaced much of Weill's material. This movie is the inspiration for the 1987 film" Mannequin". <SEP> The Tinted Venus is a 1921 British silent fantasy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, George Dewhurst and Maud Cressall. The Tinted Venus was based on the 1885 novella by F. Anstey( pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie), in which a statue of Venus becomes human and responds to social mores and repressed sexuality in Victorian England. ( The novella was also the basis for the 1941 musical fantasy, One Touch of Venus, by composer, Kurt Weill, with book by S. J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, and lyrics by Nash. A 1948 film, One Touch of Venus( film), was based on Guthrie's book and the musical.) <SEP> The Tinted Venus is a 1921 British silent fantasy film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Alma Taylor, George Dewhurst and Maud Cressall. The Tinted Venus was based on the 1885 novella by F. Anstey( pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie), in which a statue of Venus becomes human and responds to social mores and repressed sexuality in Victorian England. ( The novella was also the basis for the 1941 musical fantasy, One Touch of Venus, by composer, Kurt Weill, with book by S. J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, and lyrics by Nash. A 1948 film, One Touch of Venus( film), was based on Guthrie's book and the musical.) <SEP> William A. Seiter( June 10, 1890 – July 26, 1964) was an American film director. <SEP> Damiano Damiani( 23 July 1922 – 7 March 2013) was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as" a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereghetti said that his style made him" the most American of Italian directors". In 1946 Damiano Damiani became part of the so- called Group of Venice with Fernando Carcupino, Hugo Pratt and Dino Battaglia. <SEP> The screenplay by Damiani, Tonino Guerra, and Ugo Liberatore is based on the best- selling novel" La Noia" by Alberto Moravia. The Empty Canvas is a 1963 Italian drama film directed by Damiano Damiani. The film stars Horst Buchholz, Catherine Spaak, Isa Miranda and Bette Davis.