Question: Are director of film L.A. Tool & Die and director of film Murattu Kaalai (1980 Film) from the same country?

It is the concluding film in what has come to be known as Gage's" Working Man Trilogy", the first two being 1976's" Kansas City Trucking Co." and 1978's" El Paso Wrecking Corp.". It stars Richard Locke and features Will Seagers and Paul Barresi in a heterosexual scene with Becky Savage. L.A. Tool& Die is a 1979 American gay pornographic film directed by Tim Kincaid, better known as Joe Gage. John Burger, the author of" One- Handed Histories: The Eroto- Politics of Gay Male Video Pornography", describes the film as" the story of an unrequited love, in which Richard Locke follows the man of his dreams across the country. They eventually live happily ever after." Burger adds that this film came at the very end of the pre -AIDS filmmaking, when" all levels of erotic experience were faithfully documented by the porn industry ... men could be whores, men could be monogamous or men could cruise the spectrum in between." <SEP> He has directed nearly 75 films in Tamil. He was one of the most successful commercial directors in Tamil cinema. Initially he worked mainly with R. Muthuraman, Rajinikanth, Sivaji Ganesan and Kamal Haasan. He was born in karaikudi. His father Karaikudi Subbiah was an MLA. S. P. Muthuraman debuted as an assistant director in the film Kalathur Kannamma( 1960). He has received two South Filmfare Awards and a Best Director award from the Tamil Nadu State Government. In the late 1970s, his association with Rajinikanth proved to be extremely successful, as they went on work together in 25 films. S. P. Muthuraman, also referred to as SPM, is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. Muthuraman was mainly responsible for moulding Rajini's career and turning him into a commercial star. He was also the associate producer of the Rajinikanth starrer" Sivaji". <SEP> Murattu Kaalai is a 1980 Tamil- language Indian action film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Rajinikanth, Rati Agnihotri, Sumalatha and Jaishankar. It revolves around Kaalaiyan, an honorable villager who, despite being wealthy, chooses to live modestly while Sundaravelu, a less honorable man from the neighbouring village, tries to grab Kaalaiyan's land. " Murattu Kaalai" was the first film for Rajinikanth with AVM Productions, and the company's re-entry into Tamil cinema after a long sabbatical. It was released on 20 December 1980 and became a major commercial success. The film was also instrumental in establishing Rajinikanth as both an action hero and superstar. It was remade again in Tamil under the same title and released in 2012. <SEP> Tim Kincaid( born July 2, 1944) is an American film director, film writer and film producer often credited as Joe Gage or Mac Larson. Kincaid is well- known for having directed several science fiction/ horror films in the mid-eighties:" BreedersMutant Hunt", and the now infamous" Robot Holocaust", the latter featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and released on Blu-ray by DiabolikDVD. <SEP> Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.