Question: Do both Joey Boy (Film) and The Whistle Blower films have the directors from the same country?

The Whistle Blower is a 1986 British spy thriller film directed by Simon Langton and starring Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers, Felicity Dean, John Gielgud, Kenneth Colley, Gordon Jackson, David Langton, and Barry Foster. It is based on the novel of the same name by John Hale. <SEP> He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and worked briefly as a clerk before becoming an actor and then a playwright. Frank Launder( 28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat. He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic Will Hay comedy " Oh, Mr Porter!"( 1937). After writing a number of screenplays with Gilliat, including" The Lady Vanishes"( 1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and" Night Train to Munich" for Carol Reed; the two men wrote and directed the wartime drama" Millions Like Us"( 1943). After founding their own production company Individual Pictures, they produced a number of memorable dramas and thrillers including" I See a Dark Stranger"( 1945) and" Green for Danger"( 1946), but were best known for their comedies including" The Happiest Days of Your Life"( 1950) and most famously, the St Trinians series, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons set in an anarchic girls school. He was married to actress Bernadette O' Farrell from 1950 until his death in Monaco. The couple had two children. <SEP> Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film and television director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002. <SEP> Joey Boy is a 1965 British comedy war film directed by Frank Launder and starring Harry H. Corbett, Stanley Baxter, Bill Fraser, Percy Herbert, Lance Percival, Reg Varney and Thorley Walters. The film was based on the 1959 novel by Eddie Chapman. <SEP> Mark Lewis( born 1958 in Mullumbimby, Australia) is an Australian documentary film and television producer, director and writer. He is famous for his film and for his body of work on animals. Unlike many other producers of nature films, his films do not attempt to document the animals in question or their behaviors but rather the complex relationships between people and society and the animals they interact with. His films have earned him many awards, including a British Academy Award nomination, a nomination from the Directors Guild of America, two Emmy ’s for Outstanding Direction in documentary film, and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Science Program on American Television. <SEP> Simon Langton( born 5 November 1941 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is an English television director and producer. He continues to direct for British TV drama, having lately directed a number of episodes of" Rosemary and Thyme" and" Midsomer Murders". He is the son of David Langton, the actor who played Richard Bellamy in" Upstairs, Downstairs". After he had directed a number of TV drama series and serials during the 1970s, his 1982 dramatisation of the John le Carré novel" Smiley's People" was nominated for both a BAFTA Award in the UK, and an Emmy Award in the US. He later won a BAFTA Award for the 1989 series" Mother Love", starring Diana Rigg. He is perhaps best known for directing the adaptation of" Pride and Prejudice" starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in 1995, for which he was also nominated for a BAFTA. • Act of Passion( 1984 TV film)