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Question: Which film has the director who died later, Washington Merry-Go-Round (Film) or The Curse Of The Hidden Vault?

Angel Esquire is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Aurelio Sidney, Gertrude McCoy and Dick Webb. It is based on the 1908 novel" Angel Esquire" by Edgar Wallace, which was later turned into a 1964 German film" The Curse of the Hidden Vault". <SEP> He directed 60 films between 1959 and 2005. Franz Josef Gottlieb (1 November 1930 – 23 July 2006) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He also directed the children's series "Ravioli" in 1983; it aired on ZDF in 1984. He was born in Semmering, Austria and died in Verden an der Aller, Germany of a brain tumor. <SEP> Washington Merry- Go-Round is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by James Cruze and starring Lee Tracy, Constance Cummings, Walter Connolly, and Alan Dinehart. It was produced by Walter Wanger. <SEP> The Curse of the Hidden Vault is a 1964 black and white West German crime film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Harald Leipnitz, Eddi Arent, Siegfried Schürenberg and Klaus Kinski. It is based on the 1908 novel" Angel Esquire" by Edgar Wallace, previously made into a British silent film .. It was shot at the Spandau Studios and Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Vorwerg and Walter Kutz. <SEP> Andrew Russell Pearson (December 13, 1897 – September 1, 1969) was one of the best-known American columnists of his day, noted for his syndicated newspaper column "Washington Merry-Go-Round," in which he criticized various public persons. He also had a program on NBC Radio titled "Drew Pearson Comments". <SEP> James Cruze( born Jens Vera Cruz Bosen, March 27, 1884 near Ogden, Utah – August 3, 1942 in Hollywood, California) was a silent film actor and film director.
Question: Do both directors of films Abort (Film) and Il Sentiero Dell'Odio have the same nationality?

Vibeke Løkkeberg( born 22 January 1945) is a Norwegian film actress and director. She appeared in 12 films between 1967 and 1991. Her film" Hud" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. <SEP> Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors. <SEP> Il sentiero dell'odio( translation: The Pathway of Hate) is a 1950 Italian melodrama film directed by Sergio Grieco in his directoral debut. <SEP> It follows a young girl from the moment she discovers that she is pregnant, to the point where a doctor makes the decision about whether she is granted an abortion. Abort is a 1970 Norwegian drama film directed by Vibeke Løkkeberg. <SEP> Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors. <SEP> Sergio Grieco( January 13, 1917 – March 30, 1982) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Question: Do both directors of films Midnight Sun (2018 Film) and Vaanam Vasappadum have the same nationality?

Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors. <SEP> Scott Speer( born June 5, 1982) is an American filmmaker, music video director, television director and novelist. <SEP> He is an alumnus of the Madras Film Institute. Apart from his work as a cinematographer, Sreeram was much appreciated for his directorial venture" Kuruthipunal", a remake of the 1994 Hindi film" Drohkaal". The film was submitted by India as its official entry to the Oscars in 1996, but was not nominated. Sreeram is well known for his association with Mani Ratnam and received critical acclaim for his work in films such as" Mouna RagamNayakan Agni NatchathiramGeethanjaliThevar MaganAlaipayutheyO Kadhal Kanmani". He has worked as a cinematographer in over 30 films spanning across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language, besides directing three films and a few TV commercials. P. C. Sreeram( born 26 January 1956) is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works mainly in the Indian film industry. He is the one of the founding members of Indian Society of Cinematographers( ISC). <SEP> Poongkothai Chandrahasan( born 1980) is a Sri Lankan filmmaker and activist. Poongkothai starred in award- winning cinematographer P. C. Sriram's 2004 movie," Vaanam Vasappadum", India's first film shot in digital High Definition format. <SEP> The film stars newcomers Poongkothai Chandrahasan and Karthik Kumar in the lead roles and features Revathy, Nassar, Thalaivasal Vijay, Vijayakumar, Bosskey, and Kovai Sarala in supporting roles. It was based on a novel written by Sujatha. Vaanam Vasappadum is a 2004 Tamil- language film directed by P. C. Sreeram. It was the first high definition film to be shot, edited and released in India. <SEP> The film stars Bella Thorne, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Rob Riggle, and follows a teenage girl with the disease, xeroderma pigmentosum, which prevents her from going out into sunlight. Midnight Sun is a 2018 American romantic drama film directed by Scott Speer and written by Eric Kirsten, based on the 2006 Japanese film of the same name. When she meets a boy, she struggles to decide whether to tell him about her condition or pretend to live a normal life. Principal photography began on October 12, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The film was released in the United States on March 23, 2018.
Question: Do director of film Chances Are (film) and director of film Paths in Twilight share the same nationality?

It also features Sonja Ziemann and Benno Sterzenbach. It is part of the rubble film tradition made in Germany in the wake of the Second World War. Paths in Twilight is a 1948 West German drama film directed by and starring Gustav Fröhlich. It was shot at the Bendestorf Studios outside Hamburg and on location in Hannover. The film's sets were designed by the art director Erich Grave. <SEP> Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television. <SEP> Emile Ardolino( May 9, 1943 – November 20, 1993) was an American film director, choreographer, and producer, best known for his films" Dirty Dancing"( 1987) and" Sister Act"( 1992). <SEP> He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang's 1927 film" Metropolis". Gustav Fröhlich( 21 March 1902 – 22 December 1987) was a German actor and film director. He remained a popular film star in Germany until the 1950s. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Chances Are is a 1989 American romantic comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal and Mary Stuart Masterson. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre.
Question: Which film has the director born later, Convoy Buddies or Tip Toes?

Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE( 19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977), was a British film producer and director who was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s. He is best known for the films he made with his third wife Anna Neagle. <SEP> Giuliano Carnimeo (4 July 1932 – 10 September 2016) was an Italian director and screenwriter, sometimes credited as Anthony Ascott. <SEP> W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician. <SEP> The Diamond Peddlers( also known as" Diamond Pedlar") is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Michael Coby and Paul L. Smith. It is the sequel of" Convoy Buddies". <SEP> Convoy Buddies( also known as" Kid Stuff") is a 1975 Italian- Spanish adventure- comedy film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Michael Coby and Paul L. Smith. <SEP> Tip Toes is a 1927 British silent film comedy- drama, directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish and Will Rogers. The film is a loose adaptation of the stage musical" Tip- Toes", with the action transferred from Florida to London.
Question: Which film whose director is younger, The Countess Of Parma or Hold 'Em Yale (1928 Film)?

Antonio Fratacci( Parma or Bologna) was an Italian painter of the first half of the 18th century. <SEP> The Countess of Parma( Italian: La contessa di Parma) is a 1936 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Elisa Cegani, Antonio Centa and María Denis. Marcella, a mannequin working in a fashion store in Turin, falls in love with an Italian International football player whose aunt has just acquired the store intending to replace its reliance on French fashions with Italian designs. Blasetti later described it as his only" white telephone" film. <SEP> Alessandro Blasetti (3 July 1900 – 1 February 1987) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film "Quattro passi fra le nuvole". Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s. <SEP> Hold' Em Yale, alternately known as At Yale, is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Rod La Rocque, Jeanette Loff, and Hugh Allan. It was adapted from the Owen Davis play of the same name, and executive- produced by Cecil B. DeMille. <SEP> Edward H. Griffith, Edward Griffith, and E. H. Griffith) was an American motion picture director, screenwriter, and producer. Edward H. Griffith( August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975)( also known as E H Griffith, Lieut. <SEP> The Bride of the Colorado is a 1928 film starring John Boles.
Question: Do both films: The Battle Of Bademunde and The Ghost That Never Returns have the directors from the same country?

It was directed by Abram Room based on a novel by Henri Barbusse. The Ghost That Never Returns is a 1930 Soviet made part- sound drama film. It is preserved at the Library of Congress. <SEP> It was one of a number of military comedies made during the late Weimar era. The film's sets were designed by the art director Artur Günther. The Battle of Bademunde is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Philipp Lothar Mayring and starring Max Adalbert, Claire Rommer and Paul Wagner. <SEP> The Ghost That Walks Alone is a 1944 American comedy mystery film directed by Lew Landers and starring Arthur Lake, Janis Carter and Lynne Roberts. <SEP> Philipp Lothar Mayring( 19 September 1879 – 6 July 1948) was a German screenwriter, actor and film director. He worked on the screenplays for over seventy films, and directed another twelve. <SEP> Liao Lei was a KMT general from Guangxi. He participated in the Battle of Shanghai, the Battle of Wuhan, and the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Suixian – Zaoyang in Hubei. He died of a stroke. <SEP> He was a People's Artist of the RSFSR and winner of the Stalin Prize. Abram Matveyevich Room( 28 June 1894 in Wilno, Russian Empire( now Vilnius, Lithuania) – 26 July 1976 in Moscow) was a Russian film director.
Question: Do both Asalto A La Ciudad and Mr. Fifteen Balls films have the directors from the same country?

Asalto a la ciudad( English language:" Assault on the City") is a 1968 Argentine black and white crime film directed and written by Carlos Cores who also starred with Santiago Gómez Cou and Olga Zubarry. The film premiered on 3 March 1968 in Buenos Aires. The film is based upon a crime novel. <SEP> Cores entered films in 1939 and starred in over 60 films between then and his retirement in the early 1980s. Carlos Cores( April 19, 1923 – February 8, 2000) was an Argentine film actor, and film director. In 1968 he directed, acted and wrote" Asalto a la Ciudad". He died in 2000, aged 76, in San Fernando, Buenos Aires. <SEP> Francesco Nuti( born 17 May 1955) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. <SEP> Mr. Fifteen Balls is a 1998 Italian comedy film directed by Francesco Nuti. <SEP> Charles K. Gifford is an American banker and businessman. He is the chairman emeritus of Bank of America having served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2016. <SEP> Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde is a 1925 silent, black- and- white comedy film, directed by Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock( also the producer). The film itself is both a spoof of the previous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde films( e.g." Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"( 1912) and" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"( 1920)) and the well- famed novel by Robert Louis Stevenson" Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde." The film stars Stan Laurel as the title characters.
Question: Are both directors of films Xxx: Return Of Xander Cage and The Lookout (1990 Film) from the same country?

Savi Gabizon( born 23 July 1960) is an Israeli filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. <SEP> Daniel John Caruso Jr.( born January 17, 1965) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His work encompasses a variety of genres, including thriller(" Disturbia, Taking Lives"), drama(" Standing Up"), horror(" The Disappointments Room"), and action(" I Am Number Four"). He has also directed numerous episodes of television series such as" The Shield Over ThereSmallville", and" Dark Angel". The majority of his films fall into the thriller and action film genres. <SEP> Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors. <SEP> XXX( pronounced as Triple X) is an American action film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full- length feature films:" x Xx"( 2002),( 2005) and( 2017), and a short film:" The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage". The series has grossed$ 694 million worldwide. <SEP> It stars Moshe Ivgy, Moshe Ferster, and Keren Mor. The film is about a" small- time con man who becomes a guru". Critically acclaimed, it won the Ophir Award for Best Film and garnered numerous Best Actor awards for Ivgy at the Israeli Academy Awards and Haifa Film Festival. It was submitted by Israel to the Academy Awards. The Lookout( translit. Shuroo) is a 1990 Israeli comedy film directed by Savi Gabizon. <SEP> XXX: Return of Xander Cage( released as x Xx: Reactivated in some countries) is a 2017 American action film directed by D. J. Caruso and written by F. Scott Frazier. The film stars Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Toni Collette, Ariadna Gutiérrez, Hermione Corfield, and Samuel L. Jackson. It is the third installment in the" x Xx" film series and a sequel to both" x Xx"( 2002) and( 2005). Unlike the previous films, which were distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film was released by Paramount Pictures on January 20, 2017, in 2D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D. This also marks the first film produced by Revolution Studios in ten years since 2007's. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over$ 346 million worldwide( most of which came from the Chinese market) against a production budget of$ 85 million, making it the highest- grossing film of Revolution Studios and in the franchise.
Question: Do both films: Demons And Wonders and Stella Maris (1925 Film) have the directors from the same country?

The film is a remake of the 1918 version, starring Mary Pickford. Stella Maris is a 1925 silent film directed by Charles Brabin, written by Mary Alice Scully and based on a William J. Locke's novel. A print survives at UCLA Film and Television. <SEP> Charles J. Brabin( April 17, 1882 – November 3, 1957) was an American film director and screenwriter. <SEP> Marins is also known for creating and playing the character Coffin Joe( loosely translated from Zé do Caixão) in a series of horror movies; the character has since gone on to become his alter ego as well as a pop culture icon in Brazil. José Mojica Marins( born March 13, 1936) is a Brazilian filmmaker, actor, composer, screenwriter, and television and media personality. Although Marins is known primarily as a horror film director, his earlier works were Westerns, dramas and adventure films. <SEP> Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor. He has appeared in both films and television series. <SEP> Adiós Abuelo( English language: Goodbye Grandad) is a 1996 Argentine musical film directed by Emilio Vieyra and written by Isaac Aisemberg. It stars Jairo and Stella Maris Lanzani. It was filmed in Buenos Aires. <SEP> Marins is also known by his alter ego Zé do Caixão( in English, Coffin Joe). Demons and Wonders( original title: Demônios e Maravilhas) is a 1987 Brazilian autobiographical documentary film by and about Brazilian filmmaker, director, screenwriter, film and television actor and media personality José Mojica Marins. In the film Marins focuses on himself in scenes recounting life and experiences in filmmaking, with much focus on Marins' many battles with Brazilian film censors. Marins began filming a second installment of the film called" Alucinação MacabraMacabre Hallucination"), which consisted of scenes from his films mixed with video segments. Although all filming was completed, the film was never edited or released due to finances.
Question: Do director of film The Return Of The Cisco Kid and director of film The Devil Plays share the same nationality?

Herbert I. Leeds( 1900 – May 15, 1954) was an American film director. <SEP> It was given a British release under the alternative title of The Murdock Affair. The Devil Plays is a 1931 American mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Jameson Thomas, Florence Britton and Thomas E. Jackson. <SEP> The film stars Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari, Cesar Romero, Henry Hull, Kane Richmond and C. Henry Gordon. The film was released on April 28, 1939, by 20th Century Fox. The Return of the Cisco Kid is a 1939 American Western film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and written by Milton Sperling. <SEP> Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV. <SEP> The Cisco Kid is a 1931 American Pre -Code Western film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Warner Baxter. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and is a follow up to Fox's hugely successful 1928" In Old Arizona" and 1930's" The Arizona Kid", both of which had starred Baxter as the same character" The Cisco Kid". A copy is preserved at the Library of Congress. <SEP> Richard Thorpe( born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer.
Question: Which film whose director was born first, Dangerous To Know or Paradise Place?

Paradise Place is a 1977 Swedish drama film directed by Gunnel Lindblom. Birgitta Valberg won the award for Best Actress at the 13th Guldbagge Awards. <SEP> The Right to Know or Tasten in het duister is a 1996 Dutch film directed by Stephan Brenninkmeijer. <SEP> Dangerous to Know is a 1938 crime film starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony Quinn. The movie was directed by Robert Florey. Bosley Crowther of" The New York Times" called the film a" second- rate melodrama, hardly worthy of the talents of its generally capable cast." It is based on British crime writer Edgar Wallace's hit 1930 play" On the Spot" which had been inspired by the career of Al Capone. <SEP> Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. <SEP> As an actress she has been particularly associated with the work of Ingmar Bergman, though in 1965 she performed the lead role in" Miss Julie" for BBC Television. Gunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom( born 18 December 1931) is a Swedish film actress and director. She also played the key- role of The Mummy in Bergman's staging of Strindberg's" The Ghost Sonata" in 1998- 2000, a performance that earned her much critical acclaim. She appeared on stage as Tintomara's mother in Carl Almqvist's play" Drottningens juvelsmycke"( English:" The Queen's Tiara"), staged at Dramaten for the theatre's 100- year jubilee in 2008. In 2009, she directed the Jon Fosse play" Flicka i gul regnjacka( Girl in Yellow Raincoat)" at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, starring Stina Ekblad and Irene Lindh, which premiered on 9 October. Lindblom is married to senior lecturer Sture Helander. <SEP> Born as Robert Fuchs in Paris, he became an orphan at an early age and was then raised in Switzerland. In 1920 he worked at first as a film journalist, then as an assistant and extra in featurettes from Louis Feuillade. Robert Florey( 14 September 1900 – 16 May 1979) was a French- American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor. Florey moved to the United States in 1921. As a director, Florey's most productive decades were the 1930s and 1940s, working on relatively low- budget fillers for Paramount and Warner Brothers. His reputation is balanced between his avant- garde expressionist style, most evident in his early career, and his work as a fast, reliable studio- system director called on to finish troubled projects, such as 1939's" Hotel Imperial". He directed more than 50 movies. His most popular film is likely the first Marx Brothers feature" The Cocoanuts" of 1929, and his 1932 foray into Universal- style horror," Murders in the Rue Morgue" is regarded by horror fans as highly reflective of German expressionism. In 2006, as his 1937 film" Daughter of Shanghai" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, Florey was called" widely acclaimed as the best director working in major studio B-films".
Question: Which film has the director who died later, The Sentimental Policeman or The Mating Season (Film)?

Abhishek Saxena is an Indian Bollywood and Punjabi film director who directed the movie Phullu. The Phullu movie was released in theaters on 16 June 2017, in which film Sharib Hashmi is the lead role. Apart from these, he has also directed Patiala Dreamz, this is a Punjabi film. This film was screened in cinemas in 2014. <SEP> The Sentimental Policeman is a 1992 Ukrainian( Ukrainian- French production) comedy film written and directed by Kira Muratova. It entered the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. <SEP> The Mating Season is a 1951 film made by Paramount Pictures. A farce with elements of screwball comedy, it was directed by Mitchell Leisen, and produced by Charles Brackett from a screenplay by Charles Brackett, Richard Breen, and Walter Reisch, based on the play" Maggie" by Caesar Dunn. The ensemble cast stars Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, and Thelma Ritter. <SEP> The Sentimental Swordsman is a 1977 Hong Kong" wuxia" film written and directed by Chor Yuen and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. It stars Ti Lung, Derek Yee, Ching Li, Yueh Hua, Fan Mei-sheng and Ku Feng. The film is based on" Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian" of Gu Long's" Xiaoli Feidao Series" of novels. It was one of Shaw Brothers' highest grossing films in the studio's history, and it was followed by a sequel," Return of the Sentimental Swordsman", in 1981. An in- name- only" sequelPerils of the Sentimental Swordsman", was released in 1982, with no relation to the main character of Little Flying Dagger Li, being based instead in the" Lu Xiaofeng" novel series( also by Gu Long), and its previous film adaptations. <SEP> Kira Heorhiyivna Muratova( née Korotkova, 5 November 1934 – 6 June 2018) was a Soviet and Ukrainian award- winning film director, screenwriter and actress, known for her unusual directorial style. Her films underwent a great deal of censorship in the Soviet Union. Muratova spent most of her artistic career in Odessa, creating her films with local studios, mostly casting local actors. <SEP> Mitchell Leisen( October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer.
Question: Which film has the director born later, Endukante... Premanta! or I Cannot Say "Farewell"?

The film was very popular in the Soviet Union, seen by 32 million viewers in the first two months of its release and 34.6 million in total, reaching the 4th place at the 1982 Soviet box office. I Cannot Say "Farewell"  is a 1982 romantic drama directed by Boris Durov. <SEP> Jacques Décombe is a French author, actor and director born in 1953. <SEP> His 1979 action film" Pirates of the 20th Century" became the highest- grossing Soviet movie of all time. He was named Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 2000. Boris Valentinovich Durov( 12 March 1937 – 5 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. <SEP> A. Karunakaran( born 25 December 1971) is a Telugu film director. <SEP> W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician. <SEP> It was simultaneously shot in Tamil as" Yen Endral Kadhal Enben!", and stars Ram and Tamannaah. Endukante ... Premanta! is a 2012 Telugu- language paranormal romance film directed by A. Karunakaran. The movie was produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore and features music scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar and dialogues penned by Kona Venkat. The film deals with love between two souls across two different eras. Both Ram and Tamannah play dual roles in the film, with each of those pairs of roles set in 1980 and 2012 respectively. This film's plot is mostly based on an American romantic comedy fantasy film" Just like Heaven"( 2005) which itself is derived from french novel" If Only It Were True". It was also dubbed in Hindi as" Dangerous Khiladi 5" in 2016. The Tamil version," Yen Endral Kadhal Enben!", never saw a theatrical release.
Question: Which film has the director who is older than the other, Location Africa or Koeputkiaikuinen Ja Simon Enkelit? 

Rufus Norris( born 16 January 1965) is a British theatre and film director, who is currently the Artistic Director of the National Theatre. <SEP> Location Africa is a 1987 film by Swiss filmmaker Steff Gruber. <SEP> During his career he directed, wrote, produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerous TV productions, including the comedy" Spede Show" and the game- show" Speden Spelit". Much of his more commercial work was in collaboration with Vesa- Matti Loiri( whose most popular character created by Pasanen was Uuno Turhapuro; first in TV sketches and then in a long- lasting series of motion pictures) and Simo Salminen. Pasanen's films and TV shows, often made fast and inexpensively in a conveyor- belt mode, usually did n't gain much recognition from the critics but were extremely popular among Finnish audiences from the 1960s onwards. Pertti Olavi" Spede" Pasanen( 10 April 1930 – 7 September 2001) was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags. He was the owner of his own film production company, Filmituotanto Spede Pasanen Ky. He is noted as the main influence of many who make an attempt to break into the Finnish comedy scene. Spede also had a long, strained relationship with Suomen elokuvasäätiö, a government- financed film- funding organisation which continuously refused to fund his movies. <SEP> Similar to his debut film" X- Paroni", Pasanen portrays a dual- role. Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit( The Test- tube Adult and Simo's Angels) is a 1979 comedy directed, written and starring Spede Pasanen, along with the typical comic- cast of Simo Salminen, Vesa- Matti Loiri, Tapio Hämäläinen and Olavi Ahonen. Because Spede struggled to find funding for his movies throughout the 1970s, the film is only his second feature to be filmed entirely in colour( also his third film over- all to be filmed in colour). Leikkikalugangsteri was filmed principally in black and white with the film's ending being in colour, while Pohjantähteet( released the same year) was the first Spede film to be entirely in colour. <SEP> Elliot Silverstein( born August 3, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American director, who is best known for being the director of the movie" Cat Ballou"( 1965). <SEP> Steff Gruber( born 3 April 1953 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a film director, photographer, author, entrepreneur and telecommunications and internet pioneer.
Question: Do director of film The Equation Of Love And Death and director of film Stranger By The Lake share the same nationality?

Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV. <SEP> He has emerged in recent years as a figure in China's" midrange" cinema industry. Cao Baoping is a Chinese film director. Some industry watchers, like" Variety", have situated directors like Cao between the older fifth generation directors, such as Chen Kaige or Zhang Yimou, who have achieved major international and box- office success, and the more" underground" sixth generation directors, like Jia Zhangke and Wang Xiaoshuai. <SEP> Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre. <SEP> He has directed ten mostly LGBT- related films since 1990. He is openly gay. Alain Guiraudie( born 15 July 1964) is a French film director and screenwriter. <SEP> The film is a Chinese( Huayi Brothers) and Hong Kong( Sundream Motion Pictures) co-production. It is Cao's second solo feature after 2006's" Trouble Makers". The Equation of Love and Death is a 2008 Chinese dramatic film written and directed by Cao Baoping and starring Zhou Xun. " The Equation of Love and Death" premiered in China on September 18, 2008 in Shanghai and had its North American premiere at the 2008 Vancouver International Film Festival where it was part of the Dragons and Tigers side competition. " The Equation of Love and Death" tells the story of Li Mi( played by Zhou Xun), a Kunming cab driver who longs for the day she can be reunited with her missing boyfriend. After a case of mistaken identity, a kidnapping, and a threat of extortion, Li Mi's dream may be on the cusp of becoming a reality. <SEP> The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where Guiraudie won the award for Best Director. The film also won the Queer Palm award, and was mentioned on multiple top ten lists of the best films of 2014. Stranger by the Lake is a 2013 French drama- thriller film written and directed by Alain Guiraudie.
Question: Are both directors of films The Wound (1998 Film) and Massacre In Rome from the same country?

George Pan Cosmatos Following early success in his home country with drama films such as" Massacre in Rome" with Richard Burton( based on the real- life Ardeatine massacre), Cosmatos retooled his career towards mainstream' blockbuster' action and adventure films, including" The Cassandra Crossing" and" Escape to Athena", both of which were British- Italian co-productions. After relocating to North America, he directed the horror film" Of Unknown Origin". This was followed by some of his best- known work, including the action films and" Cobra"( both of which star Sylvester Stallone), the science- fiction horror film" Leviathan", and the critically acclaimed Western" Tombstone". ( 4 January 1941 – 19 April 2005) was a Greco- Italian film director and screenwriter. <SEP> Francesco Rospigliosi Pallavicini( 2 March 1828 – 14 January 1887) was an Italian politician. He was born in Rome, in what was then the Papal States. He was the 1st mayor of Rome from 1871 to 1873. He served in the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy. He died in Rome, Italy. <SEP> Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors. <SEP> Massacre in Rome is a 1973 Italian war drama film directed by George Pan Cosmatos about the Ardeatine massacre which occurred at the Ardeatine caves in Rome, 24 March 1944, committed by the Germans as a reprisal for a partisan attack against the SS Police Regiment Bozen. <SEP> Yılmaz Arslan( born 20 April 1968) is an award- winning German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent. <SEP> The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on, won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul, including the Golden Orange for Best Film. The Wound is a 1998 international co-production drama film, written, produced and directed by Yılmaz Arslan, starring Yelda Reynaud as a young Turkish emigrant who is forcibly repatriated by her own family.
Question: Do both Culture Clash In Americca and Amudhey films have the directors from the same country?

It is an anthology skits and monologues portraying diverse American immigrants. Culture Clash in AmeriCCa is a 2005 documentary film directed by Emilio Estevez. The capitalized" CC" in the title refers to Culture Clash, a performance troupe whose thousands of interviews conducted nationwide during a period of 20 years inspired the film. <SEP> He made his debut with the 1999 romantic blockbuster" Thulladha Manamum Thullum" starring Vijay and Simran. His success streak continued with" Pennin Manathai ThottuPoovellam Un Vasam" and" Deepavali". He made a comeback in 2012 after a brief sabbatical with the Sivakarthikeyan starred film" Manam Kothi Paravai" which opened to moderate reviews from critics, but was a commercial hit. Suseenthiran and Karu Pazhaniappan were his assistants. Ezhil is an Indian director who works in the Tamil film industry. <SEP> Charles K. Gifford is an American banker and businessman. He is the chairman emeritus of Bank of America having served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2016. <SEP> He is the brother of actor Charlie Sheen and the son of actor Martin Sheen. Emilio Estevez( born May 12, 1962) is an American actor, director, and writer. Estevez started his career as an actor and is well known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in" The Breakfast ClubSt. Elmo's Fire", and acting in the 1983 hit movie" The Outsiders". He is also known for" Repo ManThe Mighty Ducks" and its sequels," Stakeout" and" Another StakeoutMaximum OverdriveBobby"( which he also wrote and directed), and his performances in Western films such as" Young Guns" and its sequel. <SEP> Robert Stone is a British- American documentary filmmaker. His work has been screened at dozens of film festivals and televised around the world, notably seven of his films have appeared on PBS's" American Experience" series and four of his films have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival( including Closing Night Film in 2009). <SEP> It starred Jai Akash, Madhumitha, Prakash Raj and Uma in the lead roles. Amudhey is a 2005 Tamil romantic drama film directed by Ezhil. The film received to mixed reviews.
Question: Do both directors of films His Secretary and Finnish Blood Swedish Heart share the same nationality?

Kuningas is an Estonian and Finnish surname, meaning" king" in both Estonian and Finnish. <SEP> Ronkainen was born in Kuusamo, and works with documentaries, fiction, and theatre. In June 2013 American magazine" Variety" selected Ronkainen as one of ten up- and- coming European directors to watch. Mika Ronkainen( born August 6, 1970) is a Finnish film director from Oulu, Northern Finland. <SEP> The film won two Jussi Awards (Finnish Oscars) in 2014: Best Documentary and Best Music, and the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary Film at the Göteborg Film Festival in February 2013. Finnish Blood Swedish Heart is a 2013 documentary film by Mika Ronkainen about a Finnish father and son revisiting their former home in Sweden. The film was released theatrically in Sweden with the title "Ingen riktig finne" on March 22, 2013, and in Finland titled "Laulu koti-ikävästä" on April 5, 2013. <SEP> Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors. <SEP> He was involved in over 60 films either as an actor or director or both in his twenty- year career, between 1914 and 1934 when he retired from filmmaking. Hobart Henley( born Hess Manassah Henle; November 23, 1887 – May 22, 1964) was an American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. <SEP> The film starred Norma Shearer and Lew Cody. His Secretary is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. It is now considered lost.
Question: Are director of film The Wild Party (1975 film) and director of film Sebastian (1995 film) both from the same country?

Wam was born in Son, Norway. Svend Olaf Wamnes Akstuft, known as Svend Wam( 5 May 1946 – 7 May 2017), was a Norwegian film director. He was best known for his collaborations with Petter Vennerød, creating fourteen films under the moniker" Wam og Vennerød". Wam died in Vestby after a lengthy illness, aged 71. <SEP> Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films. <SEP> Sebastian( alternative title" När alla vet") is a 1995 Swedish film based on the novel by Per Knutsen that chronicles the coming out experience of a teenage boy. It is directed by Svend Wam. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> It was produced by Ismail Merchant. The Wild Party is a 1975 Merchant Ivory Productions film directed by James Ivory and starring James Coco and Raquel Welch. An aging silent movie comic star of the 1920s named Jolly Grimm attempts a comeback by staging a party to show his new film. But the party turns into a sexual free- for- all and the comic ends up killing his mistress, Queenie, and an actor who has taken an interest in her. The film was loosely based on a poem by Joseph Moncure March and filmed in Riverside, California. The poem was also made into two musicals, a Broadway show, composed by Michael John LaChiusa, which followed the poem very closely, and an off- Broadway production, composed by Andrew Lippa, which took some artistic liberties with the poem but still less than this movie. A dance scene was choreographed by Patricia Birch. <SEP> James Francis Ivory( born June 7, 1928) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. For many years he worked extensively with Indian- born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. All three were principals in Merchant Ivory Productions, whose films have won six Academy Awards; Ivory himself has been nominated for four Oscars, winning one. Ivory ’s most notable directorial work includes" A Room with a View"( 1986)," Maurice"( 1987)," Howards End"( 1992), and" The Remains of the Day"( 1993). For his work on" Call Me by Your Name"( 2017), which he wrote and produced, Ivory won awards for Best Adapted Screenplay from the Academy Awards, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Writers Guild of America, the Critics' Choice Awards, and the Scripter Awards, among others. Upon winning the Oscar and BAFTA at the age of 89, Ivory became the oldest- ever winner in any category for both awards.
Question: Are director of film Willard (1971 Film) and director of film Collector Gari Abbai both from the same country?

Based on the novel" Ratman's Notebooks" by Stephen Gilbert, the film was nominated for an Edgar Award for best picture. The supporting cast included Elsa Lanchester in one of her last performances before her death, and Sondra Locke in one of her first. Willard is a 1971 American horror film directed by Daniel Mann and starring Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine. The film was a summer hit in 1971; opening to good reviews and high box office returns. <SEP> He is the Uncle of Telugu film Actor Venu Thottempudi and has directed over 30 Telugu movies. Some of his highly successful movies include" Bobbili RajaLorry DriverAssembly Rowdy State RowdyRowdy InspectorSamarasimha ReddyNarasimha NaiduIndraMaska" etc. He also won Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu for the film Samarasimha Reddy. Bejawada Gopal is an Indian film director in the Telugu film industry. His Movies Samarasimha Reddy, Narasimha Naidu and Indra are the Industry Hits at that Time. <SEP> Daniel Chugerman( August 8, 1912 – November 21, 1991), better known as Daniel Mann, was an American film and television director. <SEP> Collector Gari Abbayi is a 1987 Telugu Action drama film, produced by Yarlagadda Surendra under S. S. Creations and directed by B. Gopal. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sarada, Rajani in the lead roles and music composed by Chakravarthy. The film was recorded as a" Super Hit" at the box office and remade as Hindi movie" Kanoon Apna Apna"( 1989). <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Kanoon Apna Apna is a 1989 Hindi action- drama film starring Dilip Kumar, Sanjay Dutt and Nutan. It was a box office hit, earning 4 Crore Net in 1989. The film, however, did not live up to the expectations set by" Vidhaata"( 1982) that also starred both Dilip Kumar and Sanjay Dutt. The film was a remake of Telugu film" Collector Gari Abbai".
Question: Do both directors of films The Brothers Rico and Cala, My Dog! have the same nationality?

My Dog Rusty is a 1948 American drama film directed by Lew Landers and starring Ted Donaldson, John Litel and Ann Doran. It was part of the Rusty series of films produced by Columbia Pictures. <SEP> Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors. <SEP> The Brothers Rico is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by Phil Karlson and starring Richard Conte, Dianne Foster and Kathryn Grant. <SEP> Karlson directed" 99 River StreetKansas City Confidential" and" Hell's Island", all with actor John Payne, in the early 1950s. Phil Karlson( born Philip N. Karlstein; July 2, 1908 – December 12, 1982) was an American film director. Other films include" The Texas Rangers"( 1951)," The Phenix City Story"( 1955)," 5 Against the House"( 1955)," Gunman's Walk"( 1958)," The Young Doctors"( 1961) and" Walking Tall"( 1973). <SEP> One of a new crop of talented filmmakers, Lu directed four feature films beginning with his debut," The Making of Steel" in 1997. Like many of his present- day peers, critics have seen elements of foreign filmmakers in Lu's work with Lu himself claiming to enjoy Italian cinema( although he stops short of naming specific influences). Also commensurate with his peers Lu Xuechang( June 25, 1964 – February 20, 2014) was a sixth generation Chinese film director. Lu had his share of run-ins with the censors. " The Making of Steel", for example, was recut six times before it was allowed to be screened. <SEP> The film had its world premiere at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival and its Chinese release a week earlier on February 2, 2003. The film follows a blue- collar worker( Ge You) in Beijing as he attempts to acquire a dog license in 18 hours for his beloved unlicensed Cala. Cala, My Dog! is a 2003 Chinese comedy film directed by Lu Xuechang. The film was co-produced by the successful film director Feng Xiaogang. Though a comedy," Cala, My Dog!" moves at a subdued pace. Despite this, during its world premiere in Berlin, sales agents from Celestial Pictures billed the film as a more zany, traditional comedy.
Question: Are director of film Invited People and director of film Mall (Film) both from the same country?

Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV. <SEP> He directed 25 films between 1968 and 1990. Choi Ha-won( 최하원, born 19 August 1937) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. <SEP> Invited People( 초대받은 성웅들- 초대받은 사람들-" Chodaebadeun seongungdeul" or" Chodaebadeun saramdeul") is a 1981 South Korean film directed by Choi Ha-won. It was chosen as Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards. <SEP> Mall, known in French as Mall: A Day to Kill, is a 2014 American drama film based on a novel of the same name written by Eric Bogosian. It was released on June 18, 2014, in France, on July 16 in Sweden, and on October 17 in North America. D'Onofrio has also worked as an actor in the film as Danny. Peter Stormare, Gina Gershon, Mimi Rogers, Brian Rodriguez and Cameron Monaghan also star in the film. The film is directed by Linkin Park turntablist Joe Hahn, with Vincent D'Onofrio serving as executive producer. The film was produced by Hahn, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Sam Maydew. The film is Hahn's full- length directorial debut and his second directed film after" The Seed", which was a 10- minute short. The story for the film features lives of five disaffected suburbanites come together at a shopping mall. <SEP> Joseph Hahn( born March 15, 1977) is a Korean- American musician, DJ, director and visual artist. He is best known as the DJ of the American rock band Linkin Park, doing the scratching, turntables, sampling, and programming for all seven of Linkin Park's albums. Hahn, along with bandmate Mike Shinoda, are responsible for most of Linkin Park's album artwork.
Question: Do director of film Dona Flor And Her Two Husbands and director of film The 13Th Man have the same nationality?

Based on the novel of the same name by Jorge Amado, it takes place in 1940s Bahia. It stars Sônia Braga, José Wilker and Mauro Mendonça in the leading roles. The screenplay was adapted by Barreto, Eduardo Coutinho and Leopoldo Serran. When initially released," Dona Flor" became the most successful film in Brazilian history. Its box office was only reached by a Brazilian production 35 years later by the 2010 blockbuster. Internationally," Dona Flor" received nominations for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands is a 1976 comedy film directed by Bruno Barreto. In 1982, an American remake titled" Kiss Me Goodbye", starring Sally Field, James Caan, and Jeff Bridges in the leading roles, was released. <SEP> Leopoldo Augusto Bhering Serran( May 6, 1942 – 20 August 2008) was a Brazilian screenwriter best known for the 1976 film" Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands", based on the novel by Jorge Amado. Serran frequently collaborated with directors Carlos Diegues and Bruno Barreto and was considered a major screenwriter of Brazil's" Cinema Novo" movement. Serran died in Rio de Janeiro of liver cancer. <SEP> Bruno Barreto( born March 16, 1955) is a Brazilian film director. <SEP> William Nigh( October 12, 1881 – November 27, 1955) was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either" Will Nigh" or" William Nye". <SEP> The 13th Man, also known as The Thirteenth Man, is a 1937 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Weldon Heyburn, Inez Courtney and Selmer Jackson. It was the first film released by the relaunched Monogram Pictures after the studio withdrew from a merger with Republic Pictures. <SEP> Two Sons of Francisco is a 2005 Brazilian drama film about the lives of the musicians Zezé Di Camargo& Luciano, directed by Breno Silveira. The film was one of Brazil's most successful in the last twenty years and the biggest box office draw of 2005. The film grossed the equivalent of$ 13 million worldwide, and a total of$ 8 million in Brazil, a record for Brazilian cinema. Until 2008," 2 Filhos de Francisco" used to be considered the second biggest audience of a Brazilian film( after the 1976 film" Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands"). In 2009, the blockbuster" Se Eu Fosse Você 2", starring Tony Ramos and Glória Pires, replaced" 2 Filhos de Francisco" as the second biggest audience among the Brazilian films.