Question: Do both directors of films Life On A String (Film) and Hobson'S Choice (1954 Film) have the same nationality?

Sir David Lean( 25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered as one of the most influential directors of all time, Lean was mostly famous for his large- scale epics such as" The Bridge on the River Kwai"( 1957)," Lawrence of Arabia"( 1962)," Doctor Zhivago"( 1965) and" A Passage to India"( 1984). Lean was voted 9th greatest film director of all time in the British Film Institute" Sight& SoundDirectors' Top Directors" poll in 2002. He also directed adaptations of Charles Dickens novels" Great Expectations"( 1946) and" Oliver Twist"( 1948), and the romantic drama" Brief Encounter"( 1945). Originally a film editor in the early 1930s, Lean made his directorial debut with 1942's" In Which We Serve", which was the first of four collaborations with Noël Coward. Beginning with" Summertime" in 1955, Lean began to make internationally co-produced films financed by the big Hollywood studios; in 1970, however, the critical failure of his film" Ryan's Daughter" led him to take a fourteen- year break from filmmaking, during which he planned a number of film projects which never came to fruition. In 1984 he had a career revival with" A Passage to India", adapted from E. M. Forster's novel; it was an instant hit with critics but proved to be the last film Lean would direct. Lean's affinity for pictorialism and inventive editing techniques has led him to be lauded by directors such as Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, and Ridley Scott. Nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Director, which he won twice for" The Bridge on the River Kwai" and" Lawrence of Arabia", he has seven films in the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films( with three of them being in the top five) and was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1990. <SEP> Thomas Hobson( c. 15441 January 1631) was an English carrier, best known as the origin of the expression Hobson's choice. <SEP> Hobson's Choice is a 1954 British romantic comedy film directed by David Lean. It is based on the play of the same name by Harold Brighouse. It stars Charles Laughton in the role of Victorian bootmaker Henry Hobson, Brenda De Banzie as his eldest daughter and John Mills as a timid employee. The film also features Prunella Scales in one of her first cinema roles as Vicky. " Hobson's Choice" won the British Academy Film Award for Best British Film 1954. <SEP> His films are known for their visual flair and epic storytelling. Chen Kaige( born 12 August 1952) is a Chinese film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. Chen won the Palme d' Or at 1993 Cannes Film Festival and the International Federation of Film Critics( FIPRESCI) Award in 1993. <SEP> Made before his international breakthrough" Farewell, My ConcubineLife on a String" is a more intimate and philosophical affair, telling the story of a blind sanxian player and his young disciple. The film was based on the novel" Life on a String"( 《命若琴弦》) by Shi Tiesheng. Life on a String is a 1991 Chinese film by acclaimed film director Chen Kaige. The film was entered into the 1991 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.