Question: Are the directors of both films Velvet Goldmine and Santee (film) from the same country?

He is considered a pioneer of the New Queer Cinema movement of filmmaking that emerged in the early 1990s. Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film( 1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's tragic life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors. Haynes had not obtained proper licensing to use the Carpenters' music, prompting a lawsuit from Richard Carpenter, whom the film portrayed in an unflattering light, banning the film's distribution. " Superstar" became a cult classic. Haynes' feature directorial debut," Poison"( 1991), a provocative, three- part exploration of AIDS- era queer perceptions and subversions, established him as a formidable talent and figure of a new transgressive cinema. " Poison" won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and is regarded as a seminal work of New Queer Cinema. Haynes received further acclaim for his second feature film" Safe"( 1995), a symbolic portrait of a housewife who develops extreme allergic reactions to her suburban life. " Safe" was later voted the best film of the 1990s by" The Village Voice" Film Poll. Haynes' next feature," Velvet Goldmine"( 1998), is a tribute to the 1970s glam rock era, drawing heavily on the rock histories and mythologies of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. The film received the Special Jury Prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. Haynes gained critical acclaim and a measure of mainstream success with his 2002 feature," Far from Heaven". Inspired by the cinematic language of the films of Douglas Sirk," Far from Heaven" is a 1950s- set melodrama about a Connecticut housewife who discovers that her husband is gay and falls in love with her African- American gardener. Todd Haynes( born January 2, 1961) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, and producer. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Screenplay for Haynes. His fifth feature," I'm Not There"( 2007), marked another shift in direction. A nonlinear biopic," I'm Not There" depicts various facets of Bob Dylan through seven fictionalized characters played by five actors and an actress. " I'm Not There" received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett. In 2011, Haynes directed and co-wrote" Mildred Pierce", a five- hour mini-series for HBO, which garnered 21 Emmy Award nominations, winning five, as well as four Golden Globe Award nominations and a win for lead actress Kate Winslet. In 2015, Haynes returned to the big screen with" Carol", his sixth feature film and the first film not written by him. Based on Patricia Highsmith's seminal romance novel" The Price of SaltCarol" is the story of a forbidden love affair between two women from different classes and backgrounds in early 1950s New York City. The film received critical acclaim and many accolades including a nomination for the Palme d' Or, six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe Award nominations, and nine BAFTA Award nominations. <SEP> It was one of the first motion pictures to be shot electronically on videotape, using Norelco PCP-70 portable plumbicon NTSC cameras and portable Ampex VR-3000 2" VTRs, before being transferred to film at Consolidated Film Industries in Hollywood. Santee is a 1973 American Color Western film directed by Gary Nelson and starring Glenn Ford. <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> It is set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s; it tells the story of a fictional pop star, Brian Slade. The film was nominated for the Palme d' Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and won the award for the Best Artistic Contribution. Sandy Powell received a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film utilizes a non-linear structure to interweave the vignettes of the various characters. Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 musical drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes from a story by Haynes and James Lyons. <SEP> He has directed many television series, including" Get SmartGunsmoke Have Gun – Will Travel The Patty Duke ShowGilligan's Island" and" Happy Days". In addition, Nelson has directed five feature films, including Disney's" Freaky Friday"( 1976), and many television movies, including" Murder in Coweta County" starring Johnny Cash and Andy Griffith. In 1978, Nelson was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directoral Achievement for" Washington: Behind Closed Doors". Nelson was born in Los Angeles, California. He was married to actress Judi Meredith, who died in April 2014, and with whom he has two sons. Nelson has semi-retired, but continues to occasionally guest lecture at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Gary Nelson( born January 1934) is an American television and film director. <SEP> Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.