Question: Are the directors of both films Man From Sonora and Firelight (1964 Film) from the same country?

, also known as The Assassin, is a 1964 film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. <SEP> Lewis D. Collins, often known as Lew Collins or Cullen Lewis( 12 January 1899 – 24 August 1954), was an American film director. He is associated particularly with the western genre. <SEP> I Want Your Love is the title of both a 2010 short film and a 2012 feature- length film. Both films were directed and written by Travis Mathews. The drama films both revolve around the friends and ex-lovers of Jesse Metzger, a gay man in his mid-thirties who is forced to move back to his hometown from San Francisco due to financial reasons. The actors' own names, along with much of their real- life stories, were used for their characters in both films, which features graphic sexual scenes. The production of both films was aided by the gay pornographic studio NakedSword. This led to the full- length film being refused exemption from classification, which would have allowed it to screen at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a decision to which actor James Franco( who invited Mathews to collaborate on Franco's film" Interior. Leather Bar.") reacted negatively. <SEP> Made on a budget of$ 500, the film was, in a manner of speaking, Spielberg's first commercial success, as it was shown at a local cinema and generated a profit of$ 1. Firelight is a 1964 science fiction adventure film written and directed by Steven Spielberg at the age of 17. " I counted the receipts that night", Spielberg has recalled," And we charged a dollar a ticket. Five hundred people came to the movie and I think somebody probably paid two dollars, because we made one dollar profit that night, and that was it." Although" Firelight" is Spielberg's first film made, it is not seen as his directorial debut. The film widely seen as his feature- length directorial debut is" Duel"( 1971), although" L.A. 2017", his long- form episode of" The Name of the Game", precedes it. Most of" Firelight" is now lost. Only three minutes and forty seconds of footage survives, about 3% of the original length. Spielberg returned to its subject matter for his third major film," Close Encounters of the Third Kind"( 1977). <SEP> The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Phyllis Coates, Lyle Talbot, House Peters Jr., Lee Roberts and Dennis Moore. Man from Sonora is a 1951 American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and written by Maurice Tombragel. The film was released on March 11, 1951, by Monogram Pictures. <SEP> He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. Spielberg started in Hollywood directing television and several minor theatrical releases. He became a household name as the director of" Jaws"( 1975), which was critically and commercially successful and is considered the first summer blockbuster. His subsequent releases focused typically on science fiction/ adventure films such as" Close Encounters of the Third Kind"( 1977)," Raiders of the Lost Ark"( 1981)," E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial"( 1982), and" Jurassic Park"( 1993), which became archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking. Spielberg transitioned into addressing serious issues in his later work with" The Color Purple"( 1985)," Empire of the Sun"( 1987)," Schindler's List"( 1993)," Amistad"( 1997), and" Saving Private Ryan"( 1998). He has largely adhered to this practice during the 21st century, with" Munich"( 2005)," Lincoln"( 2012)," Bridge of Spies"( 2015), and" The Post"( 2017). He co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Studios, where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for several successful film trilogies, tetralogies and more including the" GremlinsBack to the FutureMen in Black", and the" Transformers" series. He later transitioned into producing several games within the video game industry. Steven Allan Spielberg( born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. Spielberg is one of the American film industry's most critically successful filmmakers, with praise for his directing talent and versatility, and he has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice. Some of his movies are also among the highest- grossing movies of all- time, while his total work makes him the highest- grossing film director in history. His net worth is estimated to be more than$ 3 billion.