Question: Do both directors of films Sunset Boulevard (Film) and Bawa Duka share the same nationality?

The William O. Jenkins House— also known as the" Phantom House", the J. Paul Getty mansion and 641 South Irving Boulevard — was a Mediterranean- style property in Los Angeles, California, built for businessman William O. Jenkins( reputedly the" richest man in Mexico") in 1922 and' 23. Although razed in 1957, it lives on in movie memory owing to its use in location shooting for two celebrated Hollywood films —" Sunset Boulevard"( 1950) and" Rebel Without a Cause"( 1955). <SEP> It was named after the thoroughfare with the same name that runs through Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, California. Sunset Boulevard( stylized onscreen as SUNSET BLVD.) is a 1950 American film noir directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, and produced and co-written by Charles Brackett. The film stars William Holden as Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful screenwriter, and Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, a faded silent- film star who draws him into her fantasy world, where she dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen. Erich von Stroheim plays Max von Mayerling, her devoted servant, and Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, and Jack Webb play supporting roles. Director Cecil B. DeMille and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper play themselves, and the film includes cameo appearances by leading silent- film actors Buster Keaton, H. B. Warner, and Anna Q. Nilsson. Praised by many critics when first released," Sunset Boulevard" was nominated for 11 Academy Awards( including nominations in all four acting categories) and won three. Deemed" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the U.S. Library of Congress in 1989," Sunset Boulevard" was included in the first group of films selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In 1998, it was ranked number 12 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 best American films of the 20th century, and in 2007, it was 16th on their 10th Anniversary list. <SEP> Vijayapura Pagngnananna Thero and Jayaratne Wadduwage for Samadhi Films. Bawa Duka is a 1997 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Dharmasiri Bandaranayake and co-produced by Ven. It stars Swarna Mallawarachchi, W. Jayasiri and Jackson Anthony in lead roles along with Ravindra Randeniya and Hemasiri Liyanage. Music composed by Gunadasa Kapuge. It is the 877th Sri Lankan film in the Sinhala cinema. <SEP> Bandaranyake's debut" Hansa Vilak" in 1980 dealt with facets of a society at odds with itself. His other films like" Thunveni Yamaya"( 1983)," Suddilage Kathaawa"( 1984)," Bawa Duka" and" Bawa Karma"( 1997) followed similar themes. " Bawa Duka" and" Bawa Karma" challenged the repressive dogma of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. Common arcs in Bandaranayake's films follow the conflicted lives of men and women, transformation of private lives into public affairs, the unpleasant reality of marriage and society and the dark side of human desire. Kala Keerthi Dharmasiri Bandaranayake( born 06th of October 1949) is a Sri Lankan film director and playwright. Dharmasiri Bandaranayake is an acclaimed dramatist. " Eka AdhipathiMakarakshayaDhawala BheeshanaYakshagamanaya" and" Trojan Kanthavo" have all dealt with current issues of national and political importance. He is an artist who attempts to connect the sociopolitical environment with the civil society through art. <SEP> He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of the Hollywood Golden Age of cinema. With" The Apartment", Wilder became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director, and screenwriter for the same film. Wilder became a screenwriter in the late 1920s while living in Berlin. After the rise of the Nazi Party, he left for Paris, where he made his directorial debut. He moved to Hollywood in 1933, and in 1939 he had a hit when he co-wrote the screenplay for the romantic comedy" Ninotchka", starring Greta Garbo. Wilder established his directorial reputation with an adaption of James M. Cain's" Double Indemnity"( 1944), a film noir. Wilder co-wrote the screenplay with crime novelist Raymond Chandler. Wilder earned the Best Director and Best Screenplay Academy Awards for the adaptation of a Charles R. Jackson story" The Lost Weekend"( 1945), about alcoholism. In 1950, Wilder co-wrote and directed the critically acclaimed" Sunset Boulevard", as well as" Stalag 17" in 1953. From the mid-1950s on, Wilder made mostly comedies. Among the classics Wilder created in this period are the farces" The Seven Year Itch"( 1955) and" Some Like It Hot"( 1959), and satires such as" The Apartment"( 1960). Billy Wilder( born Samuel Wilder, June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian- born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist whose career spanned more than five decades. He directed fourteen different actors in Oscar- nominated performances. Wilder was recognized with the American Film Institute( AFI) Life Achievement Award in 1986. In 1988, Wilder was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. In 1993, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. <SEP> A list of films produced in Uruguay.