Question: Are director of film Star Trek Iv: The Voyage Home and director of film A Distant Trumpet from the same country?

He was known for portraying John Wilkes Booth in the silent classic" The Birth of a Nation"( 1915) and for directing such films as" The Big Trail"( 1930), starring John Wayne," High Sierra"( 1941), starring Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart; and" White Heat"( 1949), starring James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien. He directed his last film in 1964. Raoul A. Walsh( March 11, 1887 December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences( AMPAS) and the brother of the silent screen actor George Walsh. <SEP> It stars Troy Donahue, Suzanne Pleshette and Diane McBain. The screenplay by John Twist, Albert Beich and Richard Fielder is based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Paul Horgan. A Distant Trumpet is a 1964 American Western film, the last directed by Raoul Walsh. <SEP> He was known for playing Spock in the" Star Trek" franchise, a character he portrayed in television and film for almost fifty years, from shot in late 1964 to his final film performance in 2013. Nimoy began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title role in" Kid Monk Baroni". Foreshadowing his fame as a semi-alien, he played Narab, one of three Martian invaders, in the 1952 movie serial" Zombies of the Stratosphere". From 1959 to 1962 he appeared in four episodes of" Wagon Train". In December 1964, he made his first appearance in the rejected" Star Trek" television pilot, and went on to play the character of Spock until the end of the production run in early 1969, followed by eight feature films and guest appearances in the various spin- off series. Leonard Simon Nimoy( March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, film director, photographer, author, singer, and songwriter. The character has had a significant cultural impact and earned Nimoy three Emmy Award nominations. " TV Guide" named Spock one of the 50 greatest TV characters. After the original" Star Trek" series, Nimoy starred in for two seasons, hosted the documentary series" In Search of ...", and made several well- received stage appearances. Nimoy's public profile as Spock was so strong that both his autobiographies," I Am Not Spock"( 1975) and" I Am Spock"( 1995), were written from the viewpoint of sharing his existence with the character. In 2015 an asteroid was named 4864 Nimoy in his honor. The documentaries" For the Love of Spock" and" Remembering Leonard Nimoy" were produced by his son and daughter respectively; they cover his life, career, and later his illness. <SEP> Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre. <SEP> Star Trek It is the fourth feature installment in the" Star Trek" film series, and is a sequel to( 1984); it completes the story arc begun in( 1982) and continued in" The Search for Spock". Intent on returning home to Earth to face trial for their actions in the previous film, the former crew of the USS" Enterprise" finds the planet in grave danger from an alien probe attempting to contact now- extinct humpback whales. The crew travel to Earth's past to find whales who can answer the probe's call. After directing" The Search for Spock", cast member Leonard Nimoy was asked to direct the next feature, and given greater freedom regarding the film's content. Nimoy and producer Harve Bennett conceived a story with an environmental message and no clear- cut villain. Dissatisfied with the first screenplay produced by Steve Meerson and Peter Krikes, Paramount hired" The Wrath of Khan" writer and director Nicholas Meyer. Meyer and Bennett divided the story between them and wrote different parts of the script, requiring approval from Nimoy, lead actor William Shatner, and Paramount. Principal photography commenced on February 24, 1986. Unlike previous" Star Trek" films," The Voyage Home" was shot extensively on location; many real settings and buildings were used as stand- ins for scenes set around and in the city of San Francisco. Special effects firm Industrial Light& Magic assisted in post-production and the film's special effects. Few of the humpback whales in the film were real: ILM devised full- size animatronics and small motorized models to stand in for the real creatures. The film was dedicated to the crew of the Space Shuttle" Challenger", which broke up 73 seconds after takeoff on the morning of January 28, 1986. IV: The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film directed by Leonard Nimoy and based on the television series. " The Voyage Home" was released on November 26, 1986 in North America by Paramount Pictures, and became the top- grossing film at the weekend box office. The film's humor and unconventional story were well- received by critics, fans of the series, and the general audience. It was financially successful, earning$ 133 million worldwide, and earned several awards and four Oscar nominations for its cinematography and audio. <SEP> Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.