Question: Are the directors of both films The Persistent Lovers and Blood For Irina from the same country?

I Want Your Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film. Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews. The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons. The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes. The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword. This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively. <SEP> The movie released on November 2, 2012 in Belgium. A sequel, entitled "Queen of Blood", released in 2014. A third Irina film called "Blood Dynasty" released through Castle Films in 2017. Blood for Irina is a 2012 vampire film written and directed by "Fangoria" editor and film critic Chris Alexander, who also helped to create the film's score. <SEP> Chris Alexander was a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association and was an editor of film website ComingSoon.net and a writer for The Toronto Star's daily newspaper" Metro News". In 2010 he became the editor- in- chief of" Fangoria" magazine, a position he held until September 2015, when he stepped down in favor of pursuing his directorial and music career. Alexander also stated that he intended to continue to contribute editorial content but that he also intended to focus on" Delirium," a Full Moon Features magazine he launched with filmmaker Charles Band. Alexander has previously written for" Rue Morgue" and also worked as the editor of the official magazine for the rock band Kiss. Alexander has also worked as a radio personality for AM 640 on" The John Oakley Show" from 2004 to 2009 and for" Rue Morgue Radio" from 2004 to 2007. He has composed music for several horror films and productions such as the radio drama series" Fangoria's Dreadtime Stories". In 2006, Alexander participated in the" Raging Boll" stunt in Vancouver, boxing genre filmmaker Uwe Boll. His 2012 film" Blood for Irina" won the Best Experimental Feature Film award at the 2013 PollyGrind Film Festival. In 2017 he co-founded Fantasm Media, a publishing entity devoted to producing licensed magazines spotlighting major names in film and pop culture. Alexander is a Canadian magazine editor, film critic, director, musician, composer and freelance writer. The first issue was dedicated to director George A. Romero. The second issue announced was the official KISS poster magazine. Alexander left the company in 2018 to focus on other projects, including his role as the associate editor of Rome- based Italian horror film periodical Asylum Magazine. He has edited and/ or published over 150 magazines since 2009. Alexander is also the co-founder of Toronto- based horror and cult film convention Horror- Rama. His 4th feature film" Blood Dynasty" was released digitally via Alexander's Castle Films label, a co-production between Alexander and director/ producer David De Coteau. The film is set for a Blu-ray/ DVD release in late 2019. Alexander's 5th feature film was" Space Vampire", an experimental science fiction horror film. The film has yet to be released. Alexander was announced as one of the directors attached to Full Moon's Deadly Ten project .. Production began on in June 2019 with a release date set for November 29th, 2019 on the Full Moon Features channel and on December 2nd, 2019 on Amazon Prime. <SEP> Arthur Hamilton Gibbs( 9 March 1888 – 24 May 1964) was an English- American novelist. He was the brother of Cosmo Hamilton and Sir Philip Gibbs. Born in London, Gibbs wrote 16 novels and two books of poetry. His novels include" The Persistent Lovers"( 1915)( which was adapted into a 1922 film of the same name)," Soundings"( 1925)( the best- selling book in the United States that year), and" Chances"( 1930). Gibbs became a United States citizen in 1931, and thereafter lived primarily in Lakeville, Massachusetts. He died in Boston in 1964, survived by his wife Jeanette( Philips), a writer and lawyer. <SEP> Guy Newall( 1885–1937) was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including" The Chinese Puzzle" before his death in 1937. He established a production company with George Clark whom he had met during the First World War, and they raised finance to construct a new studios at Beaconsfield Studios. Newall was married twice, to actresses Ivy Duke and Dorothy Batley. <SEP> It was an adaptation of a novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs. The Persistent Lovers is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and A. Bromley Davenport.