Question: Are the directors of films Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl and Slade In Flame both from the same country?

Pirates of the Coast( also known as" Pirates of the Barbary Coast") is a 1960 Italian adventure film directed by Domenico Paolella. <SEP> Gregor" Gore" Verbinski( born March 16, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and musician. He is best known for directing the first three films of the" Pirates of the Caribbean" film saga," The Ring", and" Rango". Verbinski is a graduate of UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. His most recent film," A Cure for Wellness", was released in 2017. Verbinski won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2012 for his animated action- comedy western" Rango". <SEP> Michael Carreras( 21 December 1927, in London – 19 April 1994, in London) was a British film producer and director. He was known for his association with Hammer Studios, being the son of founder James Carreras, and taking an executive role in the company during its most successful years. As producer, he worked on" The Curse of Frankenstein"( 1957)," Dracula"( 1958) and" The Curse of the Werewolf"( 1960) and" She"( 1965) among over sixty other films. He also wrote a smaller number of screenplays. He later turned his hand to directing, with" The Savage Guns/ Tierra brutal"( 1961)," Maniac"( 1963)," The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb"( 1964)," Slave Girls"( 1967)," The Lost Continent"( 1968) and" Shatter"( 1975) among others. In 1971, he took over directing" Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" after director Seth Holt died partway through filming. <SEP> Pirates of the Caribbean: Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer, the film is based on Walt Disney's" Pirates of the Caribbean" attraction at Disney theme parks. The story follows pirate Jack Sparrow( Johnny Depp) and blacksmith Will Turner( Orlando Bloom) as they rescue the kidnapped Elizabeth Swann( Keira Knightley) from the cursed crew of the" Black Pearl", captained by Hector Barbossa( Geoffrey Rush), who become undead skeletons at night. Jay Wolpert developed a script in 2001, and Stuart Beattie rewrote it in early 2002. Around that time, producer Jerry Bruckheimer became involved in the project; he had Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio work on the script, adding the plot device of a supernatural curse to the story to bring it in line with the original theme park ride. The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 American fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski and the first film in the" Pirates of the Caribbean" film series. Filming took place from October 2002 to March 2003 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and on sets constructed around Los Angeles, California. It was also notable for being the first film released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner to be rated PG- 13 by the MPAA. The film's world premiere was held at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California on June 28, 2003. Despite low expectations, the film was a huge box office success, grossed$ 654.3 million worldwide; making it the fourth highest- grossing film of 2003. It received generally positive reviews from critics; the film was praised for the performances( particularly from Depp), action sequences, writing, score, and visuals. The film has been widely seen as the film that launched Depp as a box office leading man after many years as a cult movie star. Depp won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, in addition to Best Actor nominations at the Academy Awards, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes. " The Curse of the Black Pearl" was also nominated for four other Academy Awards and BAFTAs. The film became the first in a franchise, with two back- to- back sequels, and, released in 2006 and 2007. Two more sequels, and, were released in 2011 and 2017 respectively. <SEP> Loncraine was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Loncraine received early training in the features department of the BBC, including a season directing items for" Tomorrow's World". Richard Loncraine( born 20 October 1946) is a British film and television director. Before his career in film, he was a sculptor and the first to create a chrome Newton's cradle. In 1996, he won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival for" Richard III". <SEP> It was directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Andrew Birkin with additional dialogue by Dave Humphries. Slade in Flame( also known as Flame) is a 1975 film starring the British rock band Slade. The film includes supporting roles by Tom Conti, Alan Lake and Johnny Shannon. In November 1974, the band's soundtrack album of the same name was released prior to the film. The film charts the history of" Flame", a fictitious group in the late 1960s who are picked up by a marketing company and taken to the top, only to break up at their zenith. Described as the Citizen Kane" of rock musicals" by BBC film critic Mark Kermode, the film went on to achieve critical acclaim years after the mixed feelings on its original release. Slade in Flame has been released in VHS and DVD form, and was re-mastered and released in its original Cinemascope wide- screen format on DVD for the first time in 2007. The set also featured the soundtrack album. In 2015, Salvo Sound& Vision issued a repackaged CD+ DVD version of the album and film. A paperback book was released, based on the film, written by John Pidgeon. It was the largest printing that the publisher Panther had done for the home market at 250,000 copies.