Question: Do both films, Hurricane Streets and The Man From Bitter Roots, have the directors who are from the same country?

Bruce Rowland( born May 9, 1942 in Melbourne) is a well- known Australian composer. He composed the soundtrack for the 1982 movie" The Man from Snowy River", as well as the soundtrack for its 1988 sequel" The Man from Snowy River II"( which has the United States title of" Return to Snowy River", and the United Kingdom title of" The Untamed"). Both films were based on Banjo Paterson's poem The Man from Snowy River. His other film scores include" Now and Forever"( 1983)," Phar Lap"( 1983)," Bushfire Moon"( 1987)," Cheetah"( 1989)," Weekend with Kate"( 1990)," Gross Misconduct"( 1993)," Andre"( 1994)," Lightning Jack"( 1994)," Zeus and Roxanne"( 1997) and the TV movie( 1997). He composed a special Olympics version of the main theme of" The Man from Snowy River Suite", as well as conducting the orchestra, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics which were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He also composed special arrangements of some of his music for the 2002 musical theatre production, which twice toured Australian capital cities. The of the show won the ARIA Award for Best Cast/ Show Album). Rowland also composed new music for" The Australian Outback Arena Show" on Queensland's Gold Coast. Rowland composed the music to the Oscar nominated animation" The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello"( 2005). NBC Sports also uses some of the music from" The Man from Snowy River" soundtrack for their coverage of The Players Championship. Some of his early work was in television, where he was musical director for ATV0's" The Go!! ShowFredd Bear's Breakfast- A- Go- Go" and the" Magic Circle Club", then" Adventure Island" for the ABC. Rowland received his education at Caulfield Grammar School in his hometown. He learned piano and was a keyboard player for Australian music groups, and singers. <SEP> The Man from Bitter Roots is a lost 1916 silent American western film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring William Farnum. It was produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation. <SEP> Oscar C. Apfel( January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 167 films between 1913 and 1939, and also directed 94 films between 1911 and 1927. <SEP> The Man from Bitter Ridge is a 1955 American Eastmancolor Western film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Lex Barker, Mara Corday and Stephen McNally. <SEP> Morgan J. Freeman( born December 5, 1969) is an American film director. In 1997, his debut feature," Hurricane Streets", won three awards at the Sundance Film Festival. <SEP> The film shows the story of Marcus( Brendan Sexton III), a teenage inner-city' street kid' whose internal conflicts include running with a gang who want to move up in more serious crimes and a girl he meets( Isidra Vega) who tries to steer him clear from a potential life in prison. What Marcus really wants is to move out of the city to New Mexico and gain space. Hurricane Streets( also known as Hurricane) is a 1997 American coming- of- age drama which was the debut feature film from writer- director Morgan J. Freeman( not to be confused with actor Morgan Freeman). The film won the Audience, Best Director, and Best Cinematography Awards at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival — the first film ever to win three awards at the festival. It was released by MGM and stars Brendan Sexton III and Edie Falco.