Question: Do both films: The Diary Of Anne Frank (1959 Film) and A Thousand Clowns have the directors from the same country?

An adaptation of a 1962 play by Herb Gardner, it tells the story of an eccentric comedy writer who is forced to conform to society to retain legal custody of his nephew. Jason Robards starred in both the original Broadway version and in the film. Martin Balsam won an Oscar for his supporting performance in the movie. A Thousand Clowns is a 1965 American comedy- drama film directed by Fred Coe and starring Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, and Barry Gordon. <SEP> Among his most notable films are" A Place in the Sun"( 1951; winner of six Academy Awards including Best Director)," Shane"( 1953; Oscar nominated)," Giant"( 1956; Oscar for Best Director), and" The Diary of Anne Frank"( 1959; nominated for Best Director). George Cooper Stevens( December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. <SEP> Among the live TV dramas he produced were" Marty" and" The Trip to Bountiful" for" GoodyearPhilcoPeter Pan" for" Producers' Showcase", and" Days of Wine and Roses" for" Playhouse 90". Born in Alligator, Mississippi, United States, Coe attended high school in Nashville, Tennessee, and college in Nashville at Peabody College, now part of Vanderbilt University, before studying at the Yale Drama School. Fred Coe( December 13, 1914 – April 29, 1979), nicknamed Pappy, was an American television producer and director most famous for" The Goodyear Television Playhouse The Philco Television Playhouse" in 1948- 1955 and" Playhouse 90" from 1957 to 1959. <SEP> The Short Life of Anne Frank is a 2001 Dutch television documentary film about the life of diarist Anne Frank. It was directed by Gerrit Netten. The film was narrated by several actors, including Jeremy Irons, Joachim Krol, and Bram Bart. Thekla Reuten and Nicky Morris provided voices for Anne Frank. The film includes the only known footage of Anne Frank( taken in 1941), a video of Otto Frank in English( taken in the 1960s), and some pages from the original diary of Anne Frank are also videoed in the film. <SEP> Millie Perkins( born May 12, 1938) is an American film and television actress probably best known for her debut film role as Anne Frank in" The Diary of Anne Frank"( 1959), and for her supporting actress roles in two 1966 westerns," The Shooting" and" Ride in the Whirlwind", both directed by Monte Hellman. <SEP> The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, which was based on the diary of Anne Frank. It is the first film version of both the play and the original story, and features three members of the original Broadway cast. The film was based on the personal diary of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who lived in hiding with her family during World War II. All her writings to her diary were addressed as "Dear Kitty". It was published after the end of the war by her father, Otto Frank (played in the film by Joseph Schildkraut, also Jewish). All of his family members had been killed by the Nazis. The film was shot on a sound stage duplicate of the factory in Los Angeles, while exteriors were filmed at the actual building in Amsterdam. The film won three Academy Awards in 1960, including Best Supporting Actress for Shelley Winters. Shelley later donated her Oscar to the Anne Frank Museum. In 2006, it was honored as the eighteenth most inspiring American film on the list AFI's 100 Years…100 Cheers. It was directed by George Stevens, with a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.