Question: Are director of film Knock Off (film) and director of film Lady in the Lake both from the same country?

Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects. <SEP> Tsui Hark( born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong, is a Hong Kong film director, producer and screenwriter. Tsui also has been a prolific writer and( a very hands- on) producer; his productions include" A Better Tomorrow"( 1986)," A Chinese Ghost Story"( 1987)," The Killer"( 1989)," The Legend of the Swordsman"( 1992)," The Wicked City"( 1992)," Iron Monkey"( 1993) and" Black Mask"( 1996). He is viewed as a major figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema and is regarded by critics as" one of the masters of Asian cinematography". In the late 1990s, Tsui had a short- lived career in the United States, directing the Jean- Claude Van Damme –led films" Double Team"( 1997) and" Knock Off"( 1998). Both films were commercially unsuccessful and critically panned; Tsui himself was unsatisfied with his lack of creative control and returned to Hong Kong to continue his career. Tsui has directed several influential Hong Kong films such as" Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain"( 1983), the" Once Upon a Time in China" film series( 1991 – 1997) and" The Blade"( 1995). He has since found new commercial and critical success with blockbusters such as the" Detective Dee" film series( 2010 – present)," Flying Swords of Dragon Gate"( 2011), and" The Taking of Tiger Mountain"( 2014). <SEP> The picture also features Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames and Jayne Meadows. The murder mystery was an adaptation of the 1943 Raymond Chandler novel" The Lady in the Lake". The film was Montgomery's last for Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer( MGM), after eighteen years with the studio. Montgomery's ambition was to create a cinematic version of the first- person narrative style of Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels. With the exception of a couple of times when Montgomery( in character) addresses the audience directly, the entire film is shot from the viewpoint of the central character. Lady in the Lake is a 1947 American film noir that marked the directorial debut of Robert Montgomery, who also stars in the film. The audience sees only what he does. MGM promoted the film with the claim that it was the first of its kind and the most revolutionary style of film since the introduction of the talkies. The movie was also unusual for having virtually no instrumental soundtrack, the music in the film being instead provided by a wordless vocal chorus. The film did not use Raymond Chandler's own 195- page screenplay adaptation dated July 5, 1945 which he wrote for MGM, but instead used a 125- page version written by Steve Fisher, which was filmed two years later. The film's script changes the novel's midsummer setting to Christmastime, frequently using holiday themes as an ironic counterpoint to the grim aspects of the story. The opening credits are shown on a series of Christmas cards, which turn out to be concealing a gun. <SEP> He was also the father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery. Robert Montgomery( born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American film and television actor, director, and producer. He began his acting career on the stage, but was soon hired by MGM. Initially assigned roles in comedies, he soon proved he was able to handle dramatic ones as well. During World War II, he drove ambulances in France until the Dunkirk evacuation. When the United States entered the war on December 8, 1941, he enlisted in the Navy, and was present at the invasion at Normandy. After the war, he returned to Hollywood, where he worked in both films and, later, in television. <SEP> Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television. <SEP> Knock Off is a 1998 Hong Kong- American action film directed by Tsui Hark and starring Jean- Claude Van Damme and Rob Schneider. The film was released in the United States on September 4, 1998. The title is a double entendre, as the term colloquially refers to both counterfeit goods as well as targeted killing. The film is one of the last in the world to feature Kai Tak Airport still in use; the airport closed in 1998. It was Hark's second and last American film; he returned to Hong Kong after" Knock Off", feeling unsatisfied with his work in the United States.