Question: Are both directors of films Appunni and The Best Things In Life Are Free (Film) from the same country?

" The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a popular song written by the songwriting team of Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown( lyrics) and Ray Henderson( music) for the 1927 musical" Good News". It enjoyed a revival during the period from 1947 to 1950, when it was covered by many artists. <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> Appunni is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written by V. K. N. and directed by Sathyan Anthikad. The film is based on V. K. N.'s story "Premavum Vivahavum". The film stars Nedumudi Venu as the title role while, Bharath Gopi, Mohanlal, Menaka, and Sukumari play other lead. <SEP> Michael Curtiz (born Manó Kaminer(1886-1905) He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age, when the studio system was prevalent. Curtiz was already a well-known director in Europe when Warner Bros. invited him to Hollywood in 1926, when he was 39 years of age. He had already directed 64 films in Europe, and soon helped Warner Bros. become the fastest-growing movie studio. He directed 102 films during his Hollywood career, mostly at Warners, where he directed ten actors to Oscar nominations. James Cagney and Joan Crawford won their only Academy Awards under Curtiz's direction. He put Doris Day and John Garfield on screen for the first time, and he made stars of Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Bette Davis. He himself was nominated five times and won twice, once for Best Short Subject for "Sons of Liberty" and once as Best Director for "Casablanca". Curtiz introduced to Hollywood a unique visual style using artistic lighting, extensive and fluid camera movement, high crane shots, and unusual camera angles. He was versatile and could handle any kind of picture: melodrama, comedy, love story, film noir, musical, war story, Western, or historical epic. He always paid attention to the human-interest aspect of every story, stating that the "human and fundamental problems of real people" were the basis of all good drama. Curtiz helped popularize the classic swashbuckler with films such as "Captain Blood" (1935) and "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938). Mihály Kertész (1905); December 24, 1886 April 11, 1962) was a Hungarian-born American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed many dramas which today are also considered classics, "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), "The Sea Wolf" (1941), "Casablanca" (1942), and "Mildred Pierce" (1945). He directed leading musicals, including "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942), " This Is the Army" (1943), and "White Christmas", and he made comedies with "Life With Father" (1947) and "We're No Angels" (1955). <SEP> Sathyan has created many critical and commercially successful films, especially when working with Sreenivasan as the scriptwriter. Sathyan made his debut with the 1982 film" Kurukkante Kalyanam". His popular films include" T. P. Balagopalan M.A."( 1986)," Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam"( 1986)," Gandhinagar 2nd Street"( 1986)," Nadodikkattu"( 1987)," Pattanapravesham"( 1988)," Ponmuttayidunna Tharavu"( 1988)," Varavelpu"( 1989)," Artham"( 1989)," Mazhavilkavadi"( 1989)," Kalikkalam"( 1990)," Sasneham"( 1990)," Sandesam"( 1991)," My Dear Muthachan"( 1992)," Santhanagopalam"( 1994)," No. 1 Snehatheeram Bangalore North"( 1995)," Thooval Kottaram"( 1996)," Irattakuttikalude Achan"( 1997)," Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal"( 1999)," Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal"( 2000)," Yathrakarude Sradhakku"( 2002)," Manassinakkare"( 2003)," Achuvinte Amma"( 2005)," Rasatanthram"( 2006)," Oru Indian Pranayakadha"( 2013), and" Njan Prakashan"( 2018). Sathyan's films have won 5 Kerala State Film Awards, and" Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal" won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam at the 48th National Film Awards. He also won 2 Filmfare Awards for Best Director for" Thooval Kottaram" and" Manassinakkare". Sathyan Anthikad is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist best known for his family dramas in Malayalam cinema. Actors Mohanlal, Sreenivasan and Jayaram embodied the typical Sathyan Anthikkad protagonist in most of the films. On the other hand, Sathyan Anthikad had tried making movies in different genres as well but because of their lower success rate at the box- office he has n't pursued to make more of them. Some of his such films include" Pappan Priyappetta Pappan"( 1986)," Samooham"( 1993)," Pingami"( 1994) and" Oral Mathram"( 1997) with the exception being" Artham"( 1989) which was a commercial success at the box-office. <SEP> The Best Things in Life Are Free is a 1956 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz. The film stars Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey and Ernest Borgnine as the real- life songwriting team of Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson of the late 1920s and early 1930s; and Sheree North as Kitty Kane, a singer( possibly based on Helen Kane). In 1957, the year after the film was released, it received an Oscar nomination for Lionel Newman in the category of Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture.