Question: Are the directors of both films Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) and Accused (2014 film) from the same country?

Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts. After writing screenplays for" Gremlins"( 1984) and" The Goonies"( 1985), he made his directorial debut with a teen comedy," Adventures in Babysitting"( 1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy- dramas," Home Alone"( 1990) and( 1992), the latter earning him two nominations each in the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. The comedy" Mrs. Doubtfire"( 1993), starring Robin Williams, was another box office success for Columbus. Chris Joseph Columbus( born September 10, 1958) is an American film director, producer and writer, best known for his work in family and sentimental films. He went on to direct" Nine Months"( 1995)," Stepmom"( 1998) and" Bicentennial Man"( 1999), which were met with lukewarm reception. His greatest commercial successes have been" Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"( 2001) and its sequel," Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"( 2002). He also directed( 2010) another critical financial success. Columbus has produced a number of films, including" Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"( 2004)," Night at the Museum"( 2006)" and The Help"( 2011), all of which were well received. In 2015, he directed a 3D film," Pixels". Columbus is the co-founder of 1492 Pictures, a film production company that has produced some of his films since 1995. More recently, he co-founded another production firm with his daughter in 2014, called Maiden Voyage Pictures. In 2017, he launched ZAG Animation Studios, alongside Michael Barnathan, Haim Saban and Jeremy Zag. <SEP> Accused is a 2014 Dutch drama film directed by Paula van der Oest and written by Moniek Kramer. It was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, making the January Shortlist. <SEP> Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released in the United States as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) is a 2001 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 1997 novel of the same name. The film is the first instalment of the "Harry Potter" film series and was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. Its story follows Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as he discovers that he is a famous wizard and begins his education. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger. Warner Bros. bought the film rights to the book in 1999 for a reported £1 million ($1.65 million in 1999). Production began in the United Kingdom in 2000, with Chris Columbus being chosen to create the film from a short list of directors that included Steven Spielberg and Rob Reiner. Rowling insisted that the entire cast be British and Irish, and the film was shot at Leavesden Film Studios and historic buildings around the United Kingdom. The film was released to cinemas in the United Kingdom and United States on 16 November 2001. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $975.1 million at the box office worldwide. The highest-grossing film of 2001 , it is the 46th highest-grossing of all-time (2nd at the time of its release; behind "Titanic") and the second most successful instalment of the "Harry Potter" series behind "Deathly Hallows – Part 2". The film was nominated for many awards, including Academy Awards for Best Original Score, Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design. It was followed by seven sequels, beginning with "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" in 2002 and ending with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release. <SEP> Sara Bennett is a British visual effects artist best known for her work on" Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"( 2002)," Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"( 2004)," Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"( 2005)," Doctor Who"( 2005)," Merlin"( 2008)," Jonathan Strange& Mr Norrell"( 2009)," Skellig"( 2009)," The Martian"( 2015) and" Ex Machina"( 2015). In 2016, Bennett received an Academy Award for her work on the film" Ex Machina" in the category of Best Visual Effects. She shared the award with Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, and Mark Williams Ardington. <SEP> Her 2001 film "Zus & Zo" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. With her final exam at the Dutch Film and Television Academy, "Zinderend", she won a Cannon Award in 1988. In the following years, she worked as an assistant director, until she returned in 1994 as a director. For the VPRO-series "Lolamoviola" she made the short movies "Coma" and "Achilles en het zebrapad" (Achilles and the Zebracrossing). Paula van der Oest (born 1965) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. With the first, she won a Golden Calf for the best television drama. In 1996 Van der Oest made her first long movie, "De nieuwe moederThe New Mother"). Her husband at the time, Theu Boermans, had a role in this movie (later, he would also have a role in "Zus & ZoDe trip van Teetje" (the journey of Teetje) was produced in 1998, with Cees Geel as a louche entrepreneur who buys a Russian cargo ship. With "Zus & Zo", loosely based on Chekhov's "The Three Sisters", Van der Oest directed her first mainstream film in 2001. The realistic characters and the relations among the individuals from her former movies remained central, but there was more humour added, and an English script doctor made some changes, resulting in an Oscar nomination. However, the general public left the movie unseen. Hereafter she created the English thriller/fairytale "Moonlight" (2002) about the relation between a 13-year-old girl and a balloon swallower of the same age; the film "Madame Jeannette", situated in the Suriname-community (which was a great success in the Amsterdam Bijlmer area in 2004); and the film "Verborgen gebreken" (2004), based on a book by Renate Dorrestein. "Moonlight" was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2001, she wrote the screenplay for Meral Uslu's telefilm "Roos and Rana". Currently, Paula van der Oest is planning a second film about Suriname and she is working on a movie based on Heleen van Royen's "De gelukkige huisvrouw" (The Happy Homemaker). <SEP> It is based on J. K. Rowling's 1998 novel of the same name. The film is a sequel to the 2001 film "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" and the second instalment in the "Harry Potter" film series. It was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, with Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger and is also the last film to feature Richard Harris as Professor Albus Dumbledore, due to his death that same year. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Its story follows Harry Potter's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the Heir of Salazar Slytherin opens the Chamber of Secrets, unleashing a monster that petrifies the school's denizens. The film was released in theatres in the United Kingdom and the United States on 15 November 2002. It became a critical and commercial success, grossing $879 million at the box office worldwide. It was the second highest-grossing film of 2002 behind . The movie was nominated for many awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, Best Sound, and Best Special Visual Effects. It was followed by six sequels, beginning with "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in 2004 and ending with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release.