Question: Do both films Diary Of A Chambermaid (2015 Film) and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York have the directors from the same country?

It is an adaptation of Octave Mirbeau's 1900 novel of the same name and stars Léa Seydoux as Célestine, a young and ambitious woman who works as a chambermaid for a wealthy couple in France during the early twentieth century. Diary of a Chambermaid is a 2015 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot, and written by Jacquot and Hélène Zimmer. Mirbeau's original novel was adapted into films multiple times before, notably Jean Renoir's 1946 film and Luis Buñuel's 1964 film. It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and was released on 1 April 2015, by Mars Distribution. <SEP> Benoît Jacquot( born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. <SEP> Dennis L. Smith is an American television cinematographer, director and former camera operator. Dennis began his career as a news photojournalists for ABC winning United Press InternatIonal and Associated Press" Best Newsfilm of the Year" awards for his Documentaries. He also contributed to winning two George Foster Peabody's from the University of Georgia. In 1992, he began a 12- year- relationship with David E. Kelley, working with him on" Picket Fences" and" The Practice". As a camera operator he worked on such films as" Stir Crazy"( 1980)," Revenge of the Nerds"( 1984)," License to Drive"( 1988) and" Home Alone and Home Alone 2 Lost in New York"( 1990) and Purple Rain. He continued his career as a cinematographer/ director of photography on the David E. Kelley series" Picket Fences"( in which he made is directorial debut) and" The Practice". Some of Smith's other directing credits include episodes of:" Boston LegalJAGNumb3rs The Vampire DiariesFringeNCIS" and. <SEP> Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts. After writing screenplays for" Gremlins"( 1984) and" The Goonies"( 1985), he made his directorial debut with a teen comedy," Adventures in Babysitting"( 1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy- dramas," Home Alone"( 1990) and( 1992), the latter earning him two nominations each in the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. The comedy" Mrs. Doubtfire"( 1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box office success for Columbus. He went on to direct" Nine Months"( 1995)," Stepmom"( 1998) and" Bicentennial Man"( 1999), which were met with lukewarm reception. His greatest commercial successes have been" Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"( 2001) and its sequel," Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"( 2002). Chris Joseph Columbus( born September 10, 1958) is an American film director, producer and writer, best known for his work in family and sentimental films. He also directed( 2010) another critical financial success. Columbus has produced a number of films, including" Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"( 2004)," Night at the Museum"( 2006)" and The Help"( 2011), all of which were well received. In 2015, he directed a 3D film," Pixels". Columbus is the co-founder of 1492 Pictures, a film production company that has produced some of his films since 1995. More recently, he co-founded another production firm with his daughter in 2014, called Maiden Voyage Pictures. In 2017, he launched ZAG Animation Studios, alongside Michael Barnathan, Haim Saban and Jeremy Zag. <SEP> It is the second film in the" Home Alone" series and the sequel to the 1990 film" Home Alone". The film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Fricker, and Catherine O' Hara. In the film, taking place one year after the events of" Home Alone", Kevin and his family decide to take a trip to Florida, but Kevin accidentally boards the wrong plane and instead ends up in New York City. He tries to make do with what he has, such as using his father's credit card to stay at the Plaza Hotel, but is soon confronted by the recently- escaped Wet Bandits. Using his wits to survive and befriending unlikely locals, Kevin must outrun and out- prank his old enemies again, while his family tries desperately to find him. " Home Alone 2" was filmed on location in Chicago and New York City, including at the Rockefeller Center and the original World Trade Center. It received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who found it to be overly similar to its predecessor. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. The film became the second most financially successful film of 1992, earning over$ 173 million in revenue in the United States and$ 359 million worldwide against a budget of$ 28 million. A sequel featuring a new cast of characters," Home Alone 3", followed five years later in 1997. <SEP> Home Alone is a 1990 American comedy- drama film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O' Hara. The film follows an eight- year- old boy( Culkin), who must defend his home from two burglars( Pesci and Stern) after his family mistakenly leaves him behind on their Christmas vacation. The film received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Culkin, as well as two Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score, which was composed by John Williams, and Best Original Song for" Somewhere in My Memory Home Alone" became the highest- grossing live- action comedy film of all time in the United States and held the record worldwide until it was overtaken by" The Hangover Part II" in 2011. It was also the highest- grossing Christmas film until it was surpassed by" The Grinch" in 2018. Though it received mixed reviews from critics on its initial release," Home Alone" has been hailed as a holiday classic among audiences and is often regarded as one of the best Christmas films ever made. " Home Alone" spawned a successful film franchise with four sequels( two theatrical and two made- for- television), including the 1992 film, which is the only" Home Alone" sequel to have most of the original cast reprising their roles.