Question: Are both directors of films The Cobweb (1955 Film) and Francis Covers The Big Town from the same country?

The Cobweb is a 1955 American Eastmancolor MGM drama film. The film stars Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer, and Gloria Grahame It was directed by Vincente Minnelli, and based on a novel by William Gibson. <SEP> The distinctive voice of Francis is a voice- over by actor Chill Wills. This is the fourth film in Universal- International's Francis the Talking Mule series continuing the misadventures Peter Stirling and his friend Francis. Francis Covers the Big Town is a 1953 American black- and- white comedy film from Universal- International, produced by Leonard Goldstein, directed by Arthur Lubin, that stars Donald O'Connor, Yvette Duguay, and Gene Lockhart. " Diabolique" argued it was the best in the series. <SEP> Arthur Lubin( July 25, 1898 – May 12, 1995) was an American film director and producer who directed several" Abbott& Costello" films," Phantom of the Opera"( 1943), the" Francis the Talking Mule" series and created the talking- horse TV series" Mister Ed". A prominent director for Universal Pictures in the 1940s and 1950s, he is perhaps best known today as the man who gave Clint Eastwood his first contract in film. <SEP> Wayne Kirkpatrick( born c. 1961) is an American songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana but now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979. His younger brother is American screenwriter and director Karey Kirkpatrick. Kirkpatrick has spent most of his career in the background, often providing background vocals, playing guitar, playing keyboards or writing songs for other artists. Writing in Contemporary Christian, Country, and Pop styles, his songs have been recorded by Little Big Town, Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Babyface, Amy Grant, Joe Cocker, Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Wynonna Judd, Trisha Yearwood, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Ashton, Michael W. Smith, Jill Phillips, Michael Crawford, Peter Frampton, Casting Crowns and Eric Clapton, whose version of Kirkpatrick's" Change the World" won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. At the 24th GMA Dove Awards, Kirkpatrick received the award for Producer of the Year. In 2005, Kirkpatrick started to produce Little Big Town alongside the group starting with their second album The Road to Here and also the next 2 A Place to Land& The Reason Why. He also co-wrote most of the songs on all 3 albums with the group. Also in 2005, The Road to Here came out for Little Big Town. Kirkpatrick has writing credit on 12 of the 13 songs. He has solo writing credits on one song," Looking for the Reason", with the rest written with him and part/ all of the group or with other songwriters. He co-wrote with group members on their highest charting song" Bring It On Home", which made it to No. 4 on Hot Country 100 songs chart. Kirkpatrick also wrote Little Big Town's' signature' song," Boondocks", which they use as the closing song at every show. In 2007, Little Big Town and Kirkpatrick went back into the studio to make a new record, A Place to Land. He co-wrote 12 of the 16 tracks on the Deluxe Edition, including the very first song that Little Big Town sang together called" Love Profound". In 2010, the newest record from Little Big Town," The Reason Why", was released which Kirkpatrick co-produced. The record debuted at No. 1, a first for Little Big Town. He co-wrote 7 of the 12 songs with the group, including the hit" Little White Church". Kirkpatrick has said that Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Kimberly Schlapman and Philip Sweet have made him feel like the 5th member of the band. In 2000, Kirkpatrick released a solo project entitled" The Maple Room" that included" Wrapped Up in You", a song that would later become a hit for Garth Brooks, and" My Armageddon", which was originally slated for Brooks'" Garth Brooks in ... The Life of Chris Gaines" project. Kirkpatrick served as a primary songwriter on that album, along with Gordon Kennedy and Tommy Sims. Later in 2000, he teamed up with Kennedy and several other songwriters( Phil Madeira and Billy Sprague) to record" Coming From Somewhere Else", which was a CD of their own music that had previously been recorded by other artists, including" Change the World". Around 2010, Wayne and his brother Karey began working on the musical" Something Rotten!". In 2015, they were nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score( Music and/ or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre( along with many other awards), while Karey was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical with British author John O' Farrell. <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> He directed the classic movie musicals "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), "An American in Paris" (1951), "The Band Wagon" (1953), and "Gigi" (1958). "An American in Paris" and "Gigi" both won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Minnelli winning Best Director for "Gigi". Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director. In addition to having directed some of the best known musicals of his day, Minnelli made many comedies and melodramas. He was married to Judy Garland from 1945 until 1951; the couple were the parents of Liza Minnelli.