Question: Are the directors of films Ninja Assassin and Beshkempir both from the same country?

The story was written by Matthew Sand, with a screenplay by J. Michael Straczynski. Ninja Assassin is a 2009 neo-noir martial arts film directed by James McTeigue. The film stars South Korean pop musician Rain as a disillusioned assassin looking for retribution against his former mentor, played by ninja film legend Sho Kosugi. "Ninja Assassin" explores political corruption, child endangerment and the impact of violence. The Wachowskis, Joel Silver, and Grant Hill produced the film for Legendary Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment and Silver Pictures. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. "Ninja Assassin" premiered in theaters across the United States on November 25, 2009 and received mixed reviews from critics. Its box office gross was $61,590,252, of which $38,122,883 was from North America. The film's budget was $40 million. <SEP> This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film. This award is presented to the directors of the film. <SEP> Member of the National Film Academy of the Kyrgyzstan, acting Member of the European Film Academy, acting Member of Asia Pacific Screen Academy. Aktan Arym Kubat has received many industry awards, including Silver Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, Bronze Lion at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the FIPRESCI Prizes from International Federation of Film Critics, he was a participant of Un Certain Regard and Lа Quinzaine des Realisateurs at the Cannes Film Festival, Panorama section at the Berlin International Film Festival and other festivals. Best known for the films" Beshkempir/ The Adopted SonMaimyl/ The Chimp The Light ThiefCentaur". In 2016, Aktan Arym Kubat was recognized as one of the best directors in Asia, and Beshkempir/ The Adopted Son entered the top 100 Asian films of all time, released by the Busan International Film Festival, which conducted a survey among 73 prominent film professionals, film critics, festival executives, programmers and directors. Aktan Arym Kubat('; born March 26, 1957, Sokuluk District, Kyrgyzstan), also known as Aktan Abdykalykov, is a Kyrgyzstani director, screenwriter and actor. <SEP> Kanto is a fictional extraterrestrial assassin, and a supervillain published by DC Comics. <SEP> Beshkempir( released as Beshkempir the Adopted Son in Anglophone countries, " Le fils adoptif: Beshkempir" in Francophone countries) is a 1998 Kyrgyz language film. Shot and produced in Kyrgyzstan, it is representative of the first wave of independently produced cinema in the country after its independence from Soviet Union. It was directed by Aktan Abdykalykov, and stars the director's son Mirlan Abdykalykov in the lead role. This simple bildungsroman went on to receive critical acclaim, and won numerous international awards including the" Silver Leopard Prize" at the 1998 Locarno International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Kyrgyz entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. <SEP> He has been an assistant director on many films, including" Dark City"( 1998), the" Matrix" trilogy( 1999 – 2003) and( 2002), and made his directorial debut with the 2005 film" V for Vendetta" to critical acclaim. James McTeigue is an Australian film director. Since" Vendetta" he has collaborated with the Wachowskis an additional three times as director on" The Invasion"( albeit uncredited)," Ninja Assassin" and" Sense 8".