Question: Do both films, Bayo (Film) and The Trial Of Mary Dugan (1929 Film), have the directors who are from the same country?

Ransen began his career as an actor and theatre director, later becoming a director and producer of documentary films for the National Film Board. He later left the NFB to work on his first dramatic feature film," Bayo". He has also directed television, including an episode of" Street Legal" and three films in the" Shades of Love" series of romance films. Ransen was a nominee for Best Director, and winner of Best Screenplay with his cowriter Gerald Wexler, at the 16th Genie Awards for" Margaret's Museum". Mort Ransen( born August 16, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, best known for his Genie Award- winning 1995 film" Margaret's Museum". <SEP> The film stars Ed McNamara, Patricia Phillips, Stephan McGrath, Hugh Webster, Cedric Smith, Patrick Lane, and Maisie Rillie. Bayo is a 1985 Canadian drama film, directed by Mort Ransen and written by Ransen, Terry Ryan, and Arnie Gelbart. Set in Tickle Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, the film focuses on the relationship of Bayo( McGrath), a young boy living with his single parent Sharon( Phillips). When Sharon's long- estranged father Phillip( McNamara) returns, Bayo's fascination with his grandfather threatens to upend Sharon's plan to move to Toronto. The film had a limited theatrical run in the spring of 1985, before airing on CBC Television in the fall. McNamara received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986, while Phillips received an ACTRA Award nomination for Best Television Actress the same year. <SEP> The Trial of Mary Dugan is a 1941 American drama and thriller film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, written by Bayard Veiller from his 1927 play of the same name. It had previously been made as a 1929 MGM movie starring Norma Shearer in her first all- talking role. There are significant differences in the two movie versions. The 1941 remake starred Laraine Day, Robert Young, Tom Conway, Frieda Inescort, John Litel, Marsha Hunt, Marjorie Main and Henry O'Neill. It was released on February 14, 1941, by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer. <SEP> The Trial of Mary Dugan( Spanish: El proceso de Mary Dugan; French: Le procès de Mary Dugan) is a 1931 American drama film directed by Marcel De Sano and Gregorio Martínez Sierra and starring José Crespo, Adrienne D'Ambricourt and Juan de Landa. It is based on Bayard Veiller's play" The Trial of Mary Dugan". The film is a Spanish- language version of the 1929 hit" The Trial of Mary Dugan". It was decided by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer to remake the film for the Spanish market rather than subtitle or dub it as it contained long periods of static talking during the courtroom scenes. French and German versions were also made. The film re-used the sets designed by Cedric Gibbons for the original 1929 film. <SEP> The Trial of Mary Dugan is a 1929 American pre-Code film produced and distributed by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer and starring Norma Shearer. On stage the play had starred Ann Harding( in Shearer's role), who would come to Hollywood a few years later at the beginning of talkies. This was Veiller's first and only sound film directorial effort as he had directed several silent films before 1922. The play was also published as a novel authored by William Almon Wolff, published in 1929. The 1941 film by the same name is an MGM remake. The film is based on the 1927 Broadway stage play" The Trial of Mary Dugan" by Bayard Veiller, who also directed the film. <SEP> He wrote for 32 films between 1915 and 1941. Bayard Veiller( January 2, 1869 – January 16, 1943) was an American playwright, screenwriter, producer and film director.