Question: Are director of film The Matchmaker (1934 film) and director of film A Patch of Blue both from the same country?

Made in 1965 against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement, the film explores racism while playing on the idea that" love is blind." Shelley Winters won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, her second win for the award, following her victory in 1959 for" The Diary of Anne Frank". It was also the final screen appearance for veteran actor Wallace Ford. Scenes of Poitier and Hartman kissing were excised from the film when it was shown in film theaters in the Southern United States. These scenes are intact in the DVD version. According to the DVD audio commentary, it was the decision of director Guy Green that" A Patch of Blue" be filmed in black and white, although color was available. The film was adapted by Guy Green from the 1961 book" Be Ready with Bells and Drums" by the Australian author Elizabeth Kata. The book later won a Writers Guild of America award. The plot differs slightly from the film in that it has a less optimistic ending. A Patch of Blue is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between a black man( played by Sidney Poitier) and a blind white female teenager( played by Elizabeth Hartman), and the problems that plague their relationship when they fall in love in a racially divided America. In addition to the Best Supporting Actress win for Winters, the film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role( Elizabeth Hartman), Best Art Direction- Set Decoration( Black- and- White)( George Davis, Urie McCleary, Henry Grace, Charles S. Thompson), Best Cinematography( Black- and- White) and Best Music( Original Music Score). Hartman, 22 at the time, was the youngest Best Actress nominee, a record she held for ten years before 20- year- old Isabelle Adjani broke her record in 1975. <SEP> Guy Mervin Charles Green OBE BSC( 5 November 191315 September 2005) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. In 1946, he won an Oscar as cinematographer for the film" Great Expectations". In 2002, Green was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the BAFTA, and, in 2004, he was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his lifetime contributions to British cinema. <SEP> Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Elizabeth Colina Katayama (9 October 19124 September 1998) was an Australian writer under the pseudonym Elizabeth Kata, best known for "Be Ready with Bells and Drums" (1961), which was made into the award-winning film "A Patch of Blue" (1965). She was born of Scottish parents in Sydney in 1912. After marrying the Japanese pianist Shinshiro Katayama in 1937, she lived for ten years in Japan. During the last years of World War II she was interned at the mountain resort village of Karuizawa, Nagano. She returned to Australia in 1947 with her baby son, battling the Australian Government for permission. As well as writing novels, she also wrote for television and several Hollywood scripts. Her first novel, "Be Ready with Bells and Drums" (written in 1959, first published in 1961), was produced as the film "A Patch of Blue" (1965). Shelley Winters playing the role of Rose-Ann D'Arcey won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Guy Green, who directed, also adapted Kata's book and his screenplay was nominated for a Writers Guild of America award. After the success of the film, the novel was re-released as "A Patch of Blue". The book was for many years included in the "school book list" both in the US and Australia. The book "Mrs Katayama and Her Splash of Blue" (2010, Independence Jones), covers how Elizabeth Kata's first book became the film "A Patch of Blue". Elizabeth Katayama died in Sydney in 1998. <SEP> The Matchmaker( Italian: Paraninfo) is a 1934 Italian comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi and starring Angelo Musco, Rosina Anselmi and Enrica Fantis. <SEP> Amleto Palermi( 11 July 1889 – 20 April 1941) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 71 films between 1914 and 1942. He directed" The Old Lady", which starred Vittorio De Sica in his first sound film.