Question: Are the directors of films The Doll Squad and Beware Of Pickpockets both from the same country?

The Doll Squad is a 1973 low- budget action film Z movie by Feature- Faire that was later re-released under the title Seduce and Destroy. Directed, edited, co-written and co-produced by Ted V. Mikels, it features Francine York, Michael Ansara, John Carter, Anthony Eisley, Leigh Christian and Tura Satana. Mikels claimed he filmed it for a total cost of$ 256,000. <SEP> Beware of Pickpockets is a 1981 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Wu Ma and starring Dean Shek, Karl Maka and Wu. <SEP> Movies that he both produced and directed include" Girl in Gold Boots"( 1968)," The Astro- Zombies"( 1968), and" The Doll Squad"( 1973). Ted V. Mikels( born Theodore Vincent Mikacevich; April 29, 1929 – October 16, 2016) was an American independent filmmaker primarily of the horror cult film genre. During the 1960s and 1970s, Mikels also operated his own recording label, Geneni Records, which primarily issued radio spot advertisement records used to promote his various movie projects but also released a number of stand- alone singles by such artists as Vic Lance and Little Leon Payne. <SEP> Charmin' Chatty was a doll produced by the toy company Mattel in 1963 and 1964. The doll, introduced at the American Toy Fair in New York City in March 1963, belonged to a line of highly successful talking dolls introduced in 1960( Chatty Cathy was the first of these dolls). Other chatty dolls in the line( and the year they were introduced) were Chatty Baby( 1962), Tiny Chatty Baby( 1963), Tiny Chatty Brother( 1963) and Singin' Chatty( 1965). Mattel trademarked the word" chatty" in the 1960s, and some of the packaging for its talking toys carried the tag line," A Chatty doll by Mattel" or" A Chatty toy by Mattel". Mattel dolls such as Drowsy, Baby Cheryl, and Tatters had the tag line on their boxes that said," A Chatty Doll by Mattel." Charmin' Chatty spoke different phrases when a pullstring attached to a" chatty ring" protruding from its upper back was pulled. The ring was connected to a simple low- fidelity phonograph record in the doll's abdomen. The record was driven by a metal coil wound by pulling the toy's string. Charmin' Chatty was distinguished from Mattel's other talking dolls by having changeable records, all boxes for the doll, clothing and games have a symbol on them that says:" Changeable Record Doll." Three- inch records were inserted and removed from a slot in the left side of the doll. The basic doll came with 5 double- sided" chatty records" with 12 phrases on each side of the record. Thus, with 10 sides total, the doll was able to speak 120 different phrases. By comparison, the original version of Chatty Cathy introduced in 1960 spoke only 11 phrases( that doll's repertoire was expanded to 18 phrases in 1963). Initially, the records were made of black vinyl which was vulnerable to warping and blistering, so they were quickly replaced by white nylon records. The titles of the records that came with the doll were: Get Acquainted Side 1 and Side 2, Poems/ Proverbs, Scary/ Animal Noises, Mother/ Ridiculous,& Good/ Famous. Charmin' Chatty's shoulder- length hair was available in blonde and auburn, and she had blue side glancing" life- like decal eyes." Standing 24 inches tall, the doll came with a sailor outfit( a white jacket with a red sailor collar, jumper dress with a navy blue skirt, red knee socks, and blue- and- white saddle shoes). The doll, which wore eyeglass frames, was called" the educated doll" perhaps because it was able to speak foreign languages when its records were changed. Eight different outfits were available separately for the doll; each came with a record with phrases related to that particular outfit. Among the different costume sets and themes for Charmin' Chatty were" Let's Play TogetherLet's Go ShoppingLet's Play NurseLet's Play CinderellaLet's Play Birthday PartyLet's Play Pajama Party", and" Let's Play Tea Party". One outfit called" Let's Talk'n Travel in Foreign Lands" came with 4 double- sided records and allowed the doll to speak in English and 6 other languages. Sometimes referred to as Charmin' Chatty's travel set, this is the most sought- after outfit by collectors. It included a navy blue coat, red straw hat, and blue shoes for the doll, plus a flight bag and stewardess hat for the child to wear( the idea being Charmin' Chatty was going on an around- the- world airplane trip and the child was the stewardess). Phrases included on the travel set records were," The Queen lives in Buckingham Palace" Garçon" means boy in French", and" In German," Schule" means school". Included in each set were props for the child to wear or use. One of the phrases on the record accompanying Charmin' Chatty's shopping outfit was," Shall we buy a Barbie doll?" There were also four" Chatty Games" available, packaged in sets of two games each, which came with a record that allowed the doll to call out game moves when its string was pulled. Because you never knew what phrase the doll would say, Charmin' Chatty could call out a move, and using the specially designed game board ... she could win the game herself! The game titles were," Chatty at the Fair/ Chatty Skate' N Slide" and" Chatty Animal Round- up/ Chatty Animal Friends". Charmin' Chatty was included in" World Book Encyclopedia"'s doll section, representing the quintessential modern doll of the era. The doll was also featured on the cover of the December 7, 1963" Saturday Evening Post" and a Little Golden Book was written about the doll. <SEP> Fung Wang- yuen( 22 September 1942 – 4 February 2014), better known by his stage name Wu Ma, was a Hong Kong actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 240 appearances to his name( plus 49 directorial credits within a fifty- year period), he was one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema and best known as the Taoist ghosthunter in" A Chinese Ghost Story". <SEP> Sindy is a British fashion doll created by Pedigree Dolls& Toys in 1963. A rival to Barbie, Sindy's wholesome look and range of fashions and accessories made her the best- selling toy in the United Kingdom in 1968 and 1970. After Marx Toys' unsuccessful attempt to introduce Sindy in the United States in the late 1970s, Hasbro bought the rights to Sindy and remodelled the doll to look more American. As a result, the doll's popularity declined and Barbie manufacturer Mattel filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement, which was settled when Hasbro agreed to remodel Sindy's face. During the 1990s, Barbie's share of the doll market continued to grow while Sindy's diminished, which led to Sindy being delisted from major retailers in 1997. Hasbro returned the doll's licence to Pedigree, and the doll was relaunched in 1999, manufactured by Vivid Imaginations. Sindy's 40th anniversary in 2003 saw a new manufacturer, New Moons, and another relaunch and redesign.