Question: Are director of film The Kill-Off and director of film Contact (1997 American Film) from the same country?

It is a film adaptation of Carl Sagan's 1985 novel of the same name; Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film. Jodie Foster portrays the film's protagonist, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a SETI scientist who finds strong evidence of extraterrestrial life and is chosen to make first contact. The film also stars Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, William Fichtner, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, Jake Busey and David Morse. Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan began working on the film in 1979. Together, they wrote a film treatment more than 100 pages long and set up "Contact" at Warner Bros. with Peter Guber and Lynda Obst as producers. When development stalled on the film, Sagan published "Contact" as a novel in 1985, and the film adaptation was rejuvenated in 1989. Roland Joffé and George Miller had planned to direct it, but Joffé dropped out in 1993, and Warner Bros. fired Miller in 1995. Robert Zemeckis was eventually hired to direct, and filming for "Contact" lasted from September 1996 to February 1997. Sony Pictures Imageworks handled most of the visual effects sequences. The film was released on July 11, 1997. "Contact" grossed over $171 million worldwide. Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and received multiple awards and nominations at the Saturn Awards. <SEP> It was an independent film, produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher and shot by Declan Quinn. The Kill- Off is a 1990 American drama film written and directed by Maggie Greenwald, based on a 1957 novel of the same name by Jim Thompson. <SEP> Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre. <SEP> He first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of" Romancing the Stone"( 1984) and the science- fiction comedy" Back to the Future" film trilogy, as well as the live- action/ animated comedy" Who Framed Roger Rabbit"( 1988). In the 1990s, he directed" Death Becomes Her" and then diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's" Forrest Gump", for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director; the film itself won Best Picture. The films he has directed have ranged across a wide variety of genres, for both adults and families. Robert Lee Zemeckis( born May 14, 1952) is an American director, film producer and screenwriter frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects. Zemeckis' films are characterized by an interest in state- of- the- art special effects, including the early use of the insertion of computer graphics into live- action footage in" Back to the Future Part II"( 1989) and" Forrest Gump", and the pioneering performance capture techniques seen in" The Polar Express"( 2004)," Monster House"( 2006)," Beowulf"( 2007)," A Christmas Carol"( 2009), and" Welcome to Marwen"( 2018). Though Zemeckis has often been pigeonholed as a director interested only in special effects, his work has been defended by several critics including David Thomson, who wrote that" No other contemporary director has used special effects to more dramatic and narrative purpose." <SEP> Most recognized as an independent writer and director, Greenwald ’s most notable films include" Sophie and the Rising Sun"( 2016), starring an ensemble cast that included Margo Martindale, Julianne Nicholson, Lorraine Toussaint and Diane Ladd," Songcatcher"( 2000) starring Aidan Quinn and Janet McTeer and introducing Emmy Rossum, and" The Ballad of Little Jo"( 1993), starring Suzy Amis and Ian McKellan. Maggie Greenwald( born June 23, 1955 in Queens, New York) is an American filmmaker. She also directed an adaptation of Jim Thompson's" The Kill- Off" featuring an ensemble cast that included Cathy Haase and the film debut of Jorja Fox. <SEP> Jason Moore( born October 22, 1970) is an American director of film, theatre and television.