Question: Do director of film Chasing Rainbows (1930 Film) and director of film Looking For Richard have the same nationality?

The German American directed over 60 films between 1920 and 1950 and acted in over 20 films between 1916 and 1929. He starred alongside Charlie Chaplin in" A Dog's Life" in 1918 and" The Kid" in 1921. He directed Buster Keaton in" Steamboat Bill, Jr."( 1928). Charles Reisner( March 14, 1887 – September 24, 1962) was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s. During the late 1920s, through the 1940s, Reisner was under contract to Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer. In 1930, he directed" Chasing Rainbows", a musical which starred Bessie Love and Charles King. He directed" The Big Store"( 1941), the Marx Brothers' last film for MGM. Reisner died of a heart attack in La Jolla, California in 1962, at the age of 75. <SEP> Chasing Rainbows( also known as The Road Show) is a 1930 American Pre- Code romantic musical film directed by Charles Reisner, and released by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer. The film reunites" The Broadway Melody" stars Bessie Love and Charles King, with a supporting cast of Jack Benny, Marie Dressler, and Polly Moran. This was Jack Benny's first dramatic role in a motion picture. Filmed in July and August of 1929, it was not released for months later, missing an opportunity to capitalize on the success of its song" Happy Days Are Here Again", which by then had already been major hit. <SEP> In a career spanning over five decades, he has received several accolades, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, becoming one of the few performers to have received the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also been honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts. A method actor and former student of the HB Studio and the Actors Studio, where he was taught by Charlie Laughton and Lee Strasberg, Pacino's film debut came at the age of 29 with a minor role in" Me, Natalie"( 1969). He gained favorable notice for his first lead role as a heroin addict in" The Panic in Needle Park"( 1971). Wide acclaim and recognition came with his breakthrough role as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's" The Godfather"( 1972), for which he received his first Oscar nomination, and he would reprise the role in the sequels" The Godfather Part II"( 1974) and" The Godfather Part III"( 1990). His portrayal of Corleone is regarded as one of the greatest performances in film history. Pacino received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor for" Serpico"( 1973)," The Godfather Part IIDog Day Afternoon"( 1975), and" ... And Justice for All"( 1979), ultimately winning it for playing a blind military veteran in" Scent of a Woman"( 1992). For his performances in" The GodfatherDick Tracy"( 1990), and" Glengarry Glen Ross"( 1992), he earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominations. Other notable portrayals include Tony Montana in" Scarface"( 1983), Carlito Brigante in" Carlito's Way"( 1993), Benjamin Ruggiero in" Donnie Brasco"( 1997), Lowell Bergman in" The Insider"( 1999), and Jimmy Hoffa in" The Irishman"( 2019). He has also starred in the thrillers" Heat"( 1995)," The Devil's Advocate"( 1997)," Insomnia"( 2002), and appeared in the comedy- drama" Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"( 2019). On television, Pacino has acted in several productions for HBO, including the miniseries" Angels in America"( 2003) and the Jack Kevorkian biopic" You Do n't Know Jack"( 2010), winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for each. He has also had an extensive career on stage. He is a two- time Tony Award winner, in 1969 and 1977, for his performances in" Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?" and" The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel". A Shakespeare enthusiast, Pacino directed and starred in" Looking for Richard"( 1996), a documentary about the play" Richard III", the lead role of which Pacino had earlier portrayed on stage in 1977. He has also acted as Shylock in a 2004 feature film adaptation and 2010 stage production of" The Merchant of Venice". Having made his filmmaking debut with" Looking for Richard", Pacino directed and starred in the films" Chinese Coffee"( 2000)," Wilde Salomé"( 2011), and" Salomé"( 2013). Alfredo James" Al" Pacino( born April 25, 1940) is an American actor and filmmaker. Since 1994, he has been the joint president of the Actors Studio. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Rachel Feldman( born August 22, 1954) is an American director of film and television and screenwriter of television films. <SEP> Looking for Richard is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Al Pacino. The film is Pacino's directorial debut. It is both a performance of selected scenes of William Shakespeare's" Richard III" and a broader examination of Shakespeare's continuing role and relevance in popular culture. The film was featured at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1996 and it was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.