Question: Do both films Julie & Julia and It Can Be Done have the directors from the same country?

She is best known for her romantic comedy films and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Writing: for" Silkwood"( 1983)," When Harry Met Sally ..."( 1989), and" Sleepless in Seattle"( 1993). She won a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for" When Harry Met Sally ...". She sometimes wrote with her sister Delia Ephron. Her last film was" Julie& Julia"( 2009). Her first produced play," Imaginary Friends"( 2002), was honored as one of the ten best plays of the 2002 – 03 New York theatre season. She also co-authored the Drama Desk Award – winning theatrical production" Love, Loss, and What I Wore". Nora Ephron( May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012) was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker. In 2013, Ephron received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play for" Lucky Guy". <SEP> Julia Anne Foster, known as Julie Powell,( born April 20, 1973) is an American author known for her book" Julie& Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen" as well as the film" Julie& Julia" which was based on her book. <SEP> Charles K. Gifford is an American banker and businessman. He is the chairman emeritus of Bank of America having served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2016. <SEP> The film stars Glenn Tryon, Sue Carol, Richard Carlyle, Richard Carle, Jack Egan and Tom O'Brien. It Can Be Done is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and written by Joseph F. Poland, Earle Snell, Nan Cochrane and Albert DeMond. The film was released on March 24, 1929, by Universal Pictures. <SEP> The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of young New Yorker Julie Powell, who aspires to cook all 524 recipes in Child's cookbook in 365 days, a challenge she described on that made her a published author. Ephron's screenplay is adapted from two books:" My Life in France", Child's autobiography written with Alex Prud'homme, and a by Powell," Julie& Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen"( later retitled" Julie& Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously"). Both of these books were written and published in the same time frame( 2004 – 06). Powell's book was based on her blog" The Julie/ Julia Project", where she documented online her daily experiences cooking each of the 524 recipes in Child's" Mastering the Art of French Cooking". The film is the first major motion picture based on a blog. In March 2008, Ephron began filming with Streep as Child and Adams as Powell. Julie& Julia is a 2009 American comedy- drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. On July 30, 2009, the film officially premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York; and, on August 7, 2009, it opened throughout North America. It received positive reviews from critics, who praised Streep's performance. Streep and Adams previously starred together in" Doubt"( 2008). Streep and Tucci previously starred together in" The Devil Wears Prada"( 2006). " Julie& Julia" was Ephron's last film before her death in 2012. <SEP> Fred C. Newmeyer( August 9, 1888 – April 24, 1967) was an American actor, film director and film producer.