Question: Are both directors of films Seven Chances and New York, New York (1977 Film) from the same country?

He is best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" on a series of films that make him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". His career declined afterward with a loss of artistic independence when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, his wife divorced him, and he descended into alcoholism. He recovered in the 1940s, remarried, and revived his career as an honored comic performer for the rest of his life, earning an Honorary Academy Award in 1959. Many of Keaton's films from the 1920s remain highly regarded, such as "Sherlock Jr." (1924), "The General" (1926), and "The Cameraman" (1928), with "The General" widely viewed as his masterpiece. Among its strongest admirers was Orson Welles, who stated that "The General" was cinema's highest achievement in comedy, and perhaps the greatest film ever made. Joseph Frank Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), known professionally as Buster Keaton, was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. Keaton in 1996 was recognized as the seventh-greatest film director by "Entertainment Weekly", and the American Film Institute ranked him in 1999 as the 21st greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema. <SEP> Additional cast members include T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards and Ruth Dwyer. Jean Arthur, a future star, has an uncredited supporting role. Seven Chances is a 1925 American comedy silent film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, based on the play of the same name by Roi Cooper Megrue, produced in 1916 by David Belasco. The film's opening scenes were shot in early Technicolor, and this rare color footage still survives on the Kino International special edition DVD print. <SEP> The Bachelor is a 1999 romantic comedy film directed by Gary Sinyor and written by Steve Cohen. It is a remake of the 1925 film" Seven Chances" and stars Chris O'Donnell and Renée Zellweger. <SEP> It is a musical tribute, featuring new songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb as well as jazz standards, to Scorsese's home town of New York City, and stars Robert De Niro and Liza Minnelli as a pair of musicians and lovers. The story is" about a jazz saxophonist( De Niro) and a pop singer( Minnelli) who fall madly in love and marry"; however, the" saxophonist's outrageously volatile personality places a continual strain on their relationship, and after they have a baby, their marriage crumbles", even as their careers develop on separate paths. New York, New York is a 1977 American musical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Mardik Martin and Earl Mac Rauch based on a story by Rauch. The film marked the final screen appearance of actor Jack Haley. <SEP> Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinematic history. Scorsese's body of work explores such themes as Italian- American identity, Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, faith, machismo, modern crime, and gang conflict. Martin Charles Scorsese( born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker and actor, whose career spans more than 50 years. Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won an Academy Award, a Palme d' Or, Cannes Film Festival Best Director Award, Silver Lion, Grammy Award, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Directors Guild of America Awards. He has directed works such as the crime film" Mean Streets"( 1973), the vigilante- thriller" Taxi Driver"( 1976), the biographical sports drama" Raging Bull"( 1980), the black comedies" The King of Comedy"( 1983) and" After Hours"( 1985), the religious epic" The Last Temptation of Christ"( 1988), the crime film" Goodfellas"( 1990), the psychological thriller" Cape Fear"( 1991), the historical romantic drama" The Age of Innocence"( 1993) and the crime epics" Casino"( 1995) and" The Irishman"( 2019), most of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro. Scorsese has also been noted for his successful collaborations with actor Leonardo DiCaprio, having directed him in five films, beginning with" Gangs of New York"( 2002) and most recently" The Wolf of Wall Street"( 2013). Their third film together," The Departed"( 2006), won Scorsese the Academy Award for Best Director in addition to the film winning the award for Best Picture. Scorsese's other film work includes the biographical drama" The Aviator"( 2004), the psychological thriller" Shutter Island"( 2010), the historical adventure drama" Hugo"( 2011), and the religious epic" Silence"( 2016). His work in television includes the pilot episodes of the HBO series" Boardwalk Empire" and" Vinyl", the latter of which he also co-created. With eight Best Director Oscar nominations, he is the most -nominated living director and is tied with Billy Wilder for the second- most nominations overall. As a fan of rock music, he has directed several documentaries on the subject, including" The Last Waltz"( 1978)," No Direction Home"( 2005)," Shine a Light"( 2008),( 2011), and( 2019). <SEP> Herbert Doussant( born September 7, 1931, New York, New York- died October 29, 2018 in New York, New York) was an American operatic tenor. He sang at major opera houses in Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles from the Italian and German repertoires that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic.