Question: Are the directors of films Rita the American Girl and Hancock (film) both from the same country?

It tells the story of a vigilante superhero, John Hancock( Smith) from Los Angeles whose reckless actions routinely cost the city millions of dollars. Eventually one person he saves, Ray Embrey( Bateman), makes it his mission to change Hancock's public image for the better. Hancock is a 2008 American superhero comedy film directed by Peter Berg and starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman. The story was originally written by Vincent Ngo in 1996. It languished in" development hell" for years with various directors attached, including Tony Scott, Michael Mann, Jonathan Mostow, and Gabriele Muccino, before being filmed in 2007 in Los Angeles with a production budget of$ 150 million. In the United States, the film was rated PG- 13 by the Motion Picture Association of America after changes were made at their request in order to avoid an R rating, which it had received twice before. The film was released on July 2, 2008 in the United States by Columbia Pictures. " Hancock" received mixed reviews from critics and grossed$ 624 million worldwide, becoming the fourth highest- grossing film of 2008. <SEP> His directorial film works include the black comedy" Very Bad Things"( 1998), the action comedy" The Rundown"( 2003), the sports drama" Friday Night Lights"( 2004), the action thriller" The Kingdom"( 2007), the superhero comedy- drama" Hancock"( 2008), the military science fiction war film" Battleship"( 2012), the war film" Lone Survivor"( 2013), the disaster drama" Deepwater Horizon"( 2016), the Boston Marathon bombing drama" Patriots Day"( 2016) and the action thriller" Mile 22"( 2018), the latter four all starring Mark Wahlberg. In addition to cameo appearances in the last six of these titles, he has had prominent acting roles in films including" The Great White Hype"( 1996)," Cop Land"( 1997)," Corky Romano"( 2001)," Collateral"( 2004)," Smokin' Aces"( 2006), and" Lions for Lambs"( 2007). In television, Berg developed" Friday Night Lights"( 2006 – 2011), adapted from his film, earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Peter Berg( born March 11, 1964) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Dr. Billy Kronk on the CBS medical drama" Chicago Hope"( 1995 – 1999). <SEP> Rita the American Girl( Italian: Rita, la figlia americana) is a 1965 Italian musicarello film directed by Piero Vivarelli with Totò and Rita Pavone. <SEP> American Girl is a line of dolls, books, and accessories. American Girl( s) may also refer to: <SEP> Vivarelli was born in Siena. After his father's death in 1942 at the hands of Yugoslav Partisans, Vivarelli joined the Republic of Salò as a young volunteer of the Decima Flottiglia MAS and for a short time was a member of the Italian Social Movement. Later, from 1949 through the 1990s, he was a member of the Italian Communist Party, and was also the only Italian to receive the Communist Party of Cuba's membership card from Fidel Castro. Mainly active in genre films, he is regarded as a key figure in the musicarello genre. He was also active as a lyricist of pop songs, including several hits popularized by Adriano Celentano. Piero Vivarelli( 26 February 1927 – 7 September 2010) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and lyricist. <SEP> Kit Kittredge: An American Girl( also advertised as Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery) is a 2008 American comedy- drama film directed by Patricia Rozema and written by Ann Peacock, based on the" Kit Kittredge" stories by Valerie Tripp. The film focuses on the American Girl character Kit Kittredge( Abigail Breslin) who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio during the Great Depression. It is the first and only in the" American Girl" film series to have a theatrical release; the first three were television films. As with the TV films, Julia Roberts served as one of the executive producers.