Question: Are both directors of films The Band Plays On (film) and Falling (2020 film) from the same country?

It stars Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney, Hannah Gross and Terry Chen. Falling is an upcoming American- British- Canadian drama film written and directed by Viggo Mortensen in his feature directorial debut. It will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 31, 2020. <SEP> The Band Plays The film stars Robert Young, Stuart Erwin, Leo Carrillo, Betty Furness, Ted Healy and Preston Foster. On is a 1934 American drama film directed by Russell Mack and written by Bernard Schubert, Ralph Spence and Harvey Gates. The film was released on December 21, 1934, by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer. <SEP> Born in New York to a Danish father and American mother, he was a resident of Venezuela and Argentina during his childhood. He is the recipient of various accolades including a Screen Actors Guild Award and has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Mortensen made his film debut in a small role in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller" Witness" starring Harrison Ford and has appeared in several notable films since, including" The Indian Runner"( 1991)," Carlito's Way"( 1993)," Crimson Tide"( 1995)," Daylight"( 1996)," The Portrait of a Lady"( 1996)," G.I. Jane"( 1997)," Psycho"( 1998)," A Perfect Murder"( 1998)," A Walk on the Moon"( 1999), and" 28 Days"( 2000). Mortensen received international attention in the early 2000s with his role as Aragorn in the epic fantasy adventure trilogy" The Lord of the Rings"( 2001 – 2003). In 2005, Mortensen won critical acclaim for David Cronenberg's crime thriller" A History of Violence". Two years later, another Cronenberg film," Eastern Promises"( 2007), earned him further critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. A third teaming with Cronenberg in" A Dangerous Method"( 2011) resulted in a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Other well- received films include" Appaloosa"( 2008) and" Far from Men"( 2014). Further Academy Award nominations came for his leading roles in" Captain Fantastic"( 2016) and" Green Book"( 2018). Aside from acting, Mortensen's other artistic pursuits include fine arts, photography, poetry, and music. In 2002, he founded the Perceval Press to publish the works of little- known artists and authors. Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr.( born October 20, 1958) is a Danish- American actor, author, musician, photographer, poet, and painter. <SEP> Russell Mack (November 11, 1892 – June 1, 1972) was an American vaudeville performer in the 1910s and a stage actor, film director, and producer in the 1920s and 1930s. <SEP> The Band Plays On is the debut album from Back Street Crawler, fronted by ex- Free guitarist Paul Kossoff. Keyboard player Mike Montgomery composed six songs and co-wrote two others on the album, in addition to singing lead vocals on" All the Girls Are Crazy" and" Survivor". He dueted with Terry Wilson- Slesser on" New York, New York"( a Mike Montgomery original, and not the tune made famous by Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra). Montgomery subsequently left the band and was replaced by John" Rabbit" Bundrick. The Mike Montgomery songs," Jason Blue" and" The Band Plays On", had previously appeared on a self- titled 1973 album by Bloontz, in which Terry Wilson, Mike Montgomery and Tony Braunagel had played together prior to the formation of Back Street Crawler. <SEP> Back Street Crawler was a group of blues and rock musicians founded by guitarist Paul Kossoff( ex- Free), signing to Atlantic Records( courtesy of Ahmet Ertegün) in 1975. The band took the name from Kossoff's solo album," Back Street Crawler". Terry Wilson, Mike Montgomery and Tony Braunagel had played together in the short lived Bloontz, whose only album was released in 1973 and included versions of the Mike Montgomery songs," Jason Blue" and" The Band Plays On", both of which featured on Back Street Crawler's album" The Band Plays On".