Question: Do both directors of films Prick Up Your Ears and The Cruel Tower have the same nationality?

Stephen Arthur Frears( born 20 June 1941) is an English film and television director. Frears has directed numerous films since the 1980s including" My Beautiful LaundretteDangerous Liaisons High Fidelity The QueenPhilomena", and" Florence Foster Jenkins". He has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director: for" The Grifters" and" The Queen". In 2008" The Daily Telegraph" named him among the 100 most influential people in British culture. <SEP> The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the biography by John Lahr. The film stars Gary Oldman as Orton, Alfred Molina as Halliwell, Wallace Shawn as Lahr, and Vanessa Redgrave as Peggy Ramsay. Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 British film, directed by Stephen Frears, about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. <SEP> Lew Landers( born Louis Friedlander, January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962) was an American independent film and television director. <SEP> It is based on the 1955 novel" The Cruel Tower" by William Brown Hartley. The Cruel Tower is a 1956 American adventure film directed by Lew Landers and written by Warren Douglas. The film stars John Ericson, Mari Blanchard, Charles McGraw, Steve Brodie, Peter Whitney and Alan Hale Jr.. The film was released on October 28, 1956, by Allied Artists Pictures. <SEP> Frances Barber( born Frances Brookes, 13 May 1957) is an English actress. She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays" Camille"( 1985), and" Uncle Vanya"( 1997). Her film appearances include three collaborations with Gary Oldman in" Prick Up Your Ears"( 1987)," We Think the World of You"( 1988) and" Dead Fish"( 2005), as well as" Sammy and Rosie Get Laid"( 1987)," Soft Top Hard Shoulder"( 1992), and" Film Stars Do n't Die in Liverpool"( 2017). Barber's numerous television credits include" The Street"( 2009)," Doctor Who"( 2011), and" Silk"( 2012–14). <SEP> John Salthouse( born John Lewis on 16 June 1951) is a British actor and producer. His best- known screen roles are those of Tony in Mike Leigh's" Abigail's Party" and DI Roy Galloway in" The Bill" from 1984 to 1987. He has also appeared in" I Did n't Know You CaredEastEnders Miracles Take Longer" and in films such as" A Bridge Too Far"( 1977)," The Spy Who Loved Me"( 1977)," An American Werewolf in London"( 1981)," Give My Regards to Broad Street"( 1984) and" Prick Up Your Ears"( 1987). John Salthouse had previously been a professional footballer until injury had forced him to retire. He had played for Crystal Palace under the name of John Lewis in the 1960s, a fact which he drew on in playing the sullen Tony in" Abigail's Party". He also appeared in the early series of the Sky One soap opera" Dream Team" as the club's academy coach, Frank Patcham. He appeared in Series 1 and Series 2, and later became one of the show's producers. For the penultimate episode, Salthouse made a cameo appearance offering a young Jason Porter a contract with Harchester United. He also played DI Roy Galloway in ITV police drama The Bill 1984- 1987 He appeared as a guest actor in an episode of" Silk" broadcast on Tuesday 5 June 2012, and played DCI Sid Bradbery in" The Great Train Robbery", broadcast on BBC1 in December 2013.