Question: Do both films Ace in the Hole (1951 film) and Friends (2001 film) have the directors that share the same nationality?

He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of the Hollywood Golden Age of cinema. With" The Apartment", Wilder became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director, and screenwriter for the same film. Wilder became a screenwriter in the late 1920s while living in Berlin. After the rise of the Nazi Party, he left for Paris, where he made his directorial debut. He moved to Hollywood in 1933, and in 1939 he had a hit when he co-wrote the screenplay for the romantic comedy" Ninotchka", starring Greta Garbo. Wilder established his directorial reputation with an adaption of James M. Cain's" Double Indemnity"( 1944), a film noir. Billy Wilder( born Samuel Wilder, June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian- born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist whose career spanned more than five decades. Wilder co-wrote the screenplay with crime novelist Raymond Chandler. Wilder earned the Best Director and Best Screenplay Academy Awards for the adaptation of a Charles R. Jackson story" The Lost Weekend"( 1945), about alcoholism. In 1950, Wilder co-wrote and directed the critically acclaimed" Sunset Boulevard", as well as" Stalag 17" in 1953. From the mid-1950s on, Wilder made mostly comedies. Among the classics Wilder created in this period are the farces" The Seven Year Itch"( 1955) and" Some Like It Hot"( 1959), and satires such as" The Apartment"( 1960). He directed fourteen different actors in Oscar- nominated performances. Wilder was recognized with the American Film Institute( AFI) Life Achievement Award in 1986. In 1988, Wilder was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. In 1993, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. <SEP> Ace in the Hole, also known as The Big Carnival, is a 1951 American film noir starring Kirk Douglas as a cynical, disgraced reporter who stops at nothing to try to regain a job on a major newspaper. The film co-stars Jan Sterling and features Robert Arthur and Porter Hall. The story is a biting examination of the seedy relationship between the press, the news it reports and the manner in which it reports it. The film also shows how a gullible public can be manipulated by the press. Without consulting Wilder, Paramount Pictures executive Y. Frank Freeman changed the title to" The Big Carnival" just prior to its release. Early television broadcasts retained that title, but when aired by Turner Classic Movies – and when released on DVD by The Criterion Collection in July 2007 – it reverted to" Ace in the Hole". It marked a series of firsts for auteur Billy Wilder: it was the first time he was involved in a project as a writer, producer, and director; his first film following his breakup with long- time writing partner Charles Brackett, with whom he had collaborated on" The Lost Weekend" and" Sunset Boulevard", among others; and his first film to be a critical and commercial failure. In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". <SEP> The film features Vijay, Suriya and Ramesh Kanna, in the title roles while Devayani, Vijayalakshmi, Abhinayashree and Vadivelu play supporting roles. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, while Anandakuttan handled cinematography. " Friends" is the Tamil remake of the Siddique's own 1999 Malayalam film by the same name. It was released on 14 January 2001 and completed a 175- day theatrical run at the box office. Friends is a 2001 Indian Tamil- language comedy- drama film, directed by Siddique and produced by Appachan. This film also marks the second collaboration of Vijay and Suriya after" Nerrukku Ner". <SEP> Seth Stewart is an American actor, singer and dancer known for his roles in the musicals" Hamilton"( 2015) and" In the Heights( 2008)". He also appeared in the films" Friends with Benefits"( 2011),( 2008), and" Music and Lyrics"( 2007). <SEP> Siddique( born 1 August 1960) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. <SEP> Ray Elgin Teal( January 12, 1902 – April 2, 1976) was an American actor. His most famous role came on the television series" Bonanza"( 1959 – 1972). He also appeared in several films such as" Western Jamboree"( 1938)," The Best Years of Our Lives"( 1946)," The Black Arrow"( 1948)," Ace in the Hole"( 1951) and" Judgment at Nuremberg"( 1961).