Question: Do both directors of films Thicker than Water (1999 film) and The Rich Bride share the same nationality?

Douglas M. Parker( born May 25, 1963) is a playwright best known for biographical and reality- based plays. His works include" BESSIE: The Life and Music of Bessie Smith"( 2005), a play with music about the rise and fall of the great American blues singer;" Life on the Mississippi"( 2006), a play about the young Samuel Clemens leaving home to learn about steamboat piloting, adapted from Mark Twain's autobiographical book of the same title;" Declarations"( 2007), a one- act play drawn from the letters of John and Abigail Adams from their earliest courtship through the summer of 1776;" Life on the Mississippi", a musical, based on his play( 2008);" Thicker Than Water"( 2009), a drama based on the Andrea Yates murders; and" The Private History of a Campaign That Failed"( 2011), based on Twain's comic memoir about his brief period as a lieutenant in a Confederate volunteer regiment. Parker's works have appeared in theaters across the country. Working as librettist and lyricist, Parker adapted his play" Life on the Mississippi" into a musical with composer Denver Casado. In October 2008," Life on the Mississippi" was named by the National Alliance for Musical Theatre as one of their Five Shows You Should Know. In January 2009, Goodspeed Opera House presented the musical as one of three shows in their Festival of New Artists. In January 2010, a shorter, young audience version of" Life on the Mississippi" premiered at the Coterie Theatre in Kansas City to positive reviews. In June 2010, the full- length version premiered with a ten- week run at American Folklore Theatre in Wisconsin, where it received strong reviews. The show has since received additional productions nationwide. In July 2012, Parker's play" Thicker Than Water" won second prize at Barter Theatre's Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights. In September 2013," Thicker Than Water" received a full production, with a scheduled run of six weeks, garnering highly favorable reviews. In October 2013," Thicker Than Water" was selected as an official entrant for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, although it ultimately did not win. In August 2014, Parker's first book," Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors" was published by theatrical publishing house Beat By Beat Press( https://www.amazon.com/dp/1500716073)( http://www.bbbpress.com/monologues-for-kids -teens). His second book," Fantasy Monologues for Young Actors" was published by theatrical publishing house Beat By Beat Press in September 2015( https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692527567). His third book," Contemporary Scenes for Young Actors," was also published by theatrical publishing house Beat By Beat Press and was released in August 2016( https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692770429). Parker's works have been produced in theaters across the country, and have received multiple NEA production grants. He is a graduate of Brown University, an alumnus of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, and a member of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild of America. <SEP> He is currently working as a film and television director. Recent projects include partnering with Warner Bros. Television and Don Cornelius to produce a new series and planned film at Dimension Films. Richard Cummings Jr. is an American actor and film director most recognized for his acting roles in the Emmy award-winning dramas "thirtysomething" and "Northern Exposure". <SEP> The Rich Bride is a 1937 Soviet adventure film directed by Ivan Pyryev. <SEP> Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev( – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet- Russian film director and screenwriter remembered as the high priest of Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six Stalin Prizes( 1941, 1942, 1946, 1946, 1948, 1951), served as Director of the Mosfilm studios( 1954 – 57) and was, for a time, the most influential man in the Soviet motion picture industry. <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. <SEP> The film contains rappers from both the East and the West Coast, as it was made after the end of the East Coast- West Coast feud. Thicker Than Water is a 1999 film directed by Richard Cummings Jr. and starring a host of rappers and urban entertainers such as Fat Joe, Mack 10, Ice Cube, MC Eiht, Big Pun, and others.