Question: Are the directors of films First Monday in October (film) and Washington Square (film) both from the same country?

The screenplay by Carol Doyle is based on the 1880 novel of the same name by Henry James, which was filmed as" The Heiress" in 1949. The film was a critical success but a commercial failure. Washington Square is a 1997 American romantic drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Ben Chaplin, Maggie Smith, and Judith Ivey. <SEP> Maurice Copeland( June 13, 1911 – October 3, 1985) was an American actor. He had supporting roles in films such as" Arthur The Pope of Greenwich Village" and" Trading Places". Copeland was a member of the Pasadena Community Players troupe. On Broadway, Copeland appeared in" The Freedom of the City"( 1974)," First Monday in October"( 1978), and" Morning's at Seven"( 1980). <SEP> Ronald Elwin Neame CBE BSC( 23 April 1911 – 16 June 2010) was an English film producer, director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. During a partnership with director David Lean, he produced" Brief Encounter"( 1945)," Great Expectations"( 1946), and" Oliver Twist"( 1948), receiving two Academy Award nominations for writing. Neame then moved into directing, and some notable films included," The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"( 1969), which won Maggie Smith her first Oscar, and the action- adventure disaster film" The Poseidon Adventure"( 1972). Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film" One of Our Aircraft Is Missing"( 1943) he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Special Effects. He also directed" I Could Go On Singing"( 1963), Judy Garland's last film, and" Scrooge"( 1970), starring Albert Finney, For his contributions to the film industry, in 1996 Neame was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire( CBE) and received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award, the highest award the British Film Academy can give a filmmaker. <SEP> The film stars Walter Matthau( for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) and Jill Clayburgh( for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy). The cast also co-stars Jan Sterling in her final feature film role. " First Monday in October" was originally scheduled for a February 1982 release, but President Ronald Reagan's appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Supreme Court justice on July 7, 1981, forced the film's release a month after the presidential nomination, in August 1981. First Monday in October is a 1981 American comedy- drama film from Paramount Pictures, produced by Paul M. Heller and Martha Scott, directed by Ronald Neame, that is based on the play of the same name by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. <SEP> Bryan Sarkinen is an American cinematographer, best known for shooting documentaries such as" The First Monday in May"( 2016). <SEP> Best known for her political contributions to Polish cinema, Holland is one of Poland's most eminent filmmakers. Agnieszka Holland( born 28 November 1948) is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter. She began her career as assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, and emigrated to France shortly before the 1981 imposition of the martial law in Poland. Holland is best known for her films" Europa Europa"( 1991) and her 2011 drama" In Darkness", which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards. In 2017 she received Alfred Bauer Prize( Silver Bear) for her film" Spoor" at the Berlin International Film Festival.