Question: Are the directors of both films Balalayka (Film) and Everyday People (Film) from the same country?

Balalayka is a 2000 Turkish drama film directed by Ali Özgentürk and written by Işıl Özgentürk and Rustam Ibragimbekov. <SEP> I Want Your Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film. Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews. The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons. The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes. The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword. This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively. <SEP> He was born on 4 November 1947 in Adana, Turkey. After studying philosophy and sociology at Istanbul University, he became involved in theater, as an actor, director, and playwright. He founded Istanbul's first street theater troupe in 1968. He began working in the Turkish film industry in 1974 as a camera assistant, and eventually became an assistant and screenwriter for famous Kurdish film directors such as Atif Yilmaz and Yılmaz Güney. In 1977, Özgentürk wrote the screenplay for director Atıf Yılmaz's film" Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalı m The Girl with the Red Scarf"), which would go on to become a major hit in Turkey. In 1979, Özgentürk directed his first feature," Hazal", which he co-wrote with Onat Kutlar. The film won awards at the Mannheim Film Festival, Prades Film Festival, and the Best New Director award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. Ozgenturk followed it in 1982 with" At The Horse"), which screened at the Cannes Film Festival and won major awards at the Valencia Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival, which awarded it the Ozu Award, carrying a cash prize of$ 250,000. His third feature, 1985's" Bekςi The Guardian"), an adaptation of Turkish novelist Orhan Kemal's classic novel" Murtaza", holds the distinction of being the first Turkish film to screen in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Özgentürk courted controversy with his fourth film," Su da YanarWater Also Burns", 1987), which concerned a director attempting to make a film about the life of controversial Turkish poet Nâzım Hikmet. In 2000, Özgentürk directed" Balalayka", which would go on to become a major box office hit in Turkey. The film ran into trouble early in its production when its original lead actor, Kemal Sunal, died of a heart attack while boarding a plane to the film's location in Trabzon. He was replaced in the part by the Turkish actor Uğur Yücel. Ali Özgentürk is a Turkish film director, screenwriter, and producer. <SEP> The storyline revolves around the lives of the employees working at a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York City, which is to be closed down due to economic shortfall. Everyday People is a 2004 drama film written and directed by Jim McKay. <SEP> He has directed episodes of" The WireTremeBig LoveCriminal Intent" and" Mr. Robot" as well as writing and directing" Everyday People" and" Angel Rodriguez". Jim McKay, is an American film and television director, producer and writer. <SEP> Patience Oghre Imobhio is a Nigerian film and television director and actress. A graduate of the University of Jos in Theatre Arts, she is best known for directing films such as" DominosSpider" and" Household", and TV series such as" Dear Mother" and" Everyday People". In 2015" Pulse" magazine named her as one of" 9 Nigerian female movie directors you should know" in the Nollywood film industry.