Question: Are both directors of films The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug and The Great Passion from the same country?

He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the" Lord of the Rings" trilogy( 2001 – 03) and the" Hobbit" trilogy( 2012 – 14), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other films include the critically lauded drama" Heavenly Creatures"( 1994), the mockumentary film" Forgotten Silver"( 1995), the horror comedy" The Frighteners"( 1996), the epic monster remake film" King Kong"( 2005), the supernatural drama film" The Lovely Bones"( 2009), and the World War I documentary film" They Shall Not Grow Old"( 2018). He produced" District 9"( 2009)," The Adventures of Tintin"( 2011)," West of Memphis"( 2012), and" Mortal Engines"( 2018). He is the third- highest grossing film director, his films having made over$ 6.5 billion worldwide. Jackson began his career with the" splatstick" horror comedy" Bad Taste"( 1987) and the black comedy" Meet the Feebles"( 1989) before filming the zombie comedy" Braindead"( 1992). He shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his partner Fran Walsh for" Heavenly Creatures", which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards for( 2003), including the award for Best Director. Sir Peter Robert Jackson( born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and film producer. His other awards include a Golden Globe, four Saturn Awards and three BAFTAs among others. His production company is WingNut Films, and his most regular collaborators are co-writers and producers Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Jackson was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. He was later knighted( as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit) by Anand Satyanand, the Governor- General of New Zealand, at a ceremony in Wellington in April 2010. In December 2014, Jackson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. <SEP> It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and is the second installment in the three- part film series based on the novel" The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien. The film was preceded by( 2012) and followed by( 2014); together they act as a prequel to Jackson's" The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. The film follows the titular character Bilbo Baggins as he accompanies Thorin Oakenshield and his fellow dwarves on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. The film also features the vengeful pursuit of Azog the Defiler and Bolg, while Gandalf the Grey investigates a growing evil in the ruins of Dol Guldur. The ensemble cast includes Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, and Orlando Bloom. Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro wrote the screenplay. The films were shot simultaneously in 3 D at a projection rate of 48 frames per second, with principal photography taking place around New Zealand and at Pinewood Studios. Additional filming took place throughout May 2013. " The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" premiered on 2 December 2013 in Los Angeles and was released internationally on 11 December 2013 in both conventional and IMAX theatres. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a 2013 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson and produced by WingNut Films in collaboration with New Line Cinema and Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed over$ 958 million at the worldwide box office, surpassing both and, and making it the fourth highest- grossing film of 2013. At the 86th Academy Awards, the film received nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing. <SEP> Hugon was born in Algiers in 1886 which at the time was part of France. He directed some 90 films between 1913 and 1952. André Hugon( 17 December 1886 – 22 August 1960) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards, particularly of the 1920s and into sound. <SEP> The Great Passion( French: La grande passion) is a 1928 French silent drama film directed by André Hugon and starring Lil Dagover, Rolla Norman and Patricia Allen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Christian- Jaque. <SEP> The music of" The Hobbit" film series is composed and produced by Howard Shore, who scored all three" The Lord of the Rings" films, to which The Hobbit trilogy is a prequel. The score continues the style of The Lord of the Rings score, and utilizies a vast ensemble, multiple musical forms and styles, a large number of leitmotives and various unusual instruments, adding to Shore's overarching music of the Middle- earth films. Shore composed over nine hours of music, featuring 65 new musical themes and reprising 50 themes from the Lord of the Rings. Shore sketched and orchestrated the music for an immense ensemble consisting of a large symphony orchestra, additional stage" bands"( featuring various non-orchestral instruments), multiple choirs and several vocal soloists. While not quite as critically successful as his Lord of the Rings compositions, Shore's score remained a financial success, peaking in the top ten album charts in multiple countries, and garnered various award nominations, and his setting of the" Misty Mountains" tune becoming very popular. The score has since been performed as a Symphonic piece in four movements for orchestra and soloist. The score and its production were the subject of an hour- long documentary film created for the behind- the- scenes features of The Desolation of Smaug, and is also to be featured in dedicated book by musicologist Doug Adams, set to be completed in late 2017. With these three scores added to the music of the Lord of the Rings, Howard Shore has composed over 160 leitmotifs for the Middle Earth films, creating by far the largest collection of themes in the history of cinema and one of the biggest collections for any cycle of musical compositions. <SEP> Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.