Question: Do both Thirst (2009 Film) and The Sweet Hereafter (Film) films have the directors from the same country?

Beth Pasternak is a Canadian costume designer. She has worked on films with director Atom Egoyan, such as" The Sweet Hereafter"( 1997)," Ararat"( 2002) and" Where the Truth Lies", as well as Kevin Smith's 2011 horror film" Red State". Pasternak was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Costume Design for" The Sweet Hereafter". For" Ararat", she had to have historically- modeled costumes made by hand, and won the Genie Award for Best Costume Design. <SEP> Z'har is a 2009 film. <SEP> Atom Egoyan, (born July 19, 1960) is a Canadian stage and film director, writer, and producer. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with "Exotica" (1994), a film set primarily in and around the fictional Exotica strip club. Egoyan's most critically acclaimed film is the drama "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997), for which he received two Academy Award nominations, and his biggest commercial success is the erotic thriller "Chloe" (2009). His work often explores themes of alienation and isolation, featuring characters whose interactions are mediated through technology, bureaucracy, or other power structures. Egoyan's films often follow non-linear plot structures, in which events are placed out of sequence in order to elicit specific emotional reactions from the audience by withholding key information. In 2008, Egoyan received the Dan David Prize for "Creative Rendering of the Past". Egoyan later received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest royal honour in the performing arts, in 2015. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge in the 1980s from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. <SEP> It is loosely based on the novel "Thérèse Raquin" by Émile Zola. The film tells the story of a Catholic priest—who is in love with his friend's wife—turning into a vampire through a failed medical experiment. Park has stated, "This film was originally called 'The Bat' to convey a sense of horror. After all, it is about vampires. But it is also more than that. Thirst (literally: "Bat") is a 2009 South Korean supernatural erotic horror film written, produced and directed by Park Chan-wook. It is about passion and a love triangle. I feel that it is unique because it is not just a thriller, and not merely a horror film, but an illicit love story as well. " The film won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It is the first mainstream Korean film to feature full-frontal male nudity. <SEP> The film tells the story of a school bus accident in a small town that results in the deaths of numerous children. The Sweet Hereafter is a 1997 Canadian drama film written and directed by Atom Egoyan, starring Ian Holm, Sarah Polley and Bruce Greenwood and adapted from the novel of the same name by Russell Banks. A class-action lawsuit ensues, proving divisive in the community and becoming tied with personal and family issues. The story is inspired by the 1989 Alton, Texas bus crash. It was filmed in British Columbia and Ontario, incorporating a film score with medieval music influences and references to the story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Although "The Sweet Hereafter" was not a box office success, it was critically acclaimed and won three awards, including the Grand Prix, at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, along with seven Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture. It also received two Academy Award nominations, for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Toronto International Film Festival critics named "The Sweet Hereafter" one of the top 10 Canadian films of all time. <SEP> One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is best known for his films "Joint Security Area" (2000), "Thirst" (2009), "The Handmaiden" (2016) and what has become known as "The Vengeance Trilogy", consisting of "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (2002), "Oldboy" (2003) and "Lady Vengeance" (2005). He is also known for his English-language works "Stoker" (2013) and "The Little Drummer Girl" (2018), a television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré. Park Chan-wook (born August 23, 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. His films have gained notoriety for their immaculate framing, black humor and often brutal subject matters.