Question: Are the directors of both films Strictly Business (1962 Film) and Black Cat, White Cat from the same country?

Strictly Business (alternate name Business People) is a 1962 Soviet black-and-white comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai, based on three short stories by O. Henry: "The Roads We TakeMakes the Whole World Kin", and "The Ransom of Red Chief". The film's title is borrowed from the book of short stories by O. Henry titled "Strictly Business" (1910, "Деловые люди" in Russian translation), but none of the short stories it includes were adapted for the screen. <SEP> It won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival. Black Cat, White Cat ("Crna mačka, beli mačor") is a 1998 Serbian romantic black comedy film directed by Emir Kusturica. The literal translation of the title is actually "Black (female) cat, white tomcat". The movie characters speak in Romani, Serbian, and Bulgarian - frequently switching among them. <SEP> He also has French citizenship. He has been recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films, as well as his projects in town-building. He has competed at the Cannes Film Festival on five occasions and won the Palme d'Or twice (for "When Father Was Away on Business" and "Underground"), as well as the Best Director prize for "Time of the Gypsies". Kusturica has also won a Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for "Arizona Dream" and a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for "Black Cat, White Cat". In addition he was also named Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Since the mid-2000s, Kusturica's primary residence has been in Drvengrad, a town built for his film "Life Is a Miracle", in the Mokra Gora region of Serbia. He had portions of the historic village reconstructed for the film. He has been a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska since 9 November 2011. Emir Kusturica (born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician. <SEP> Leonid Iovich Gaidai (30 January 1923, Svobodny, Amur Oblast – 19 November 1993, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and are still some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as "the king of Soviet comedy". <SEP> Svetlana Novak( born in 1952 in the former Yugoslavia) is a Paris- based film producer. Her credits include the films Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, and Amélie. She has an extensive working relationship with the Serbian director Emir Kusturica having worked on Black Cat, White Cat, Underground, and Arizona Dream. Novak served two years as the producer for the Rentrée du Cinéma project, an initiative to make cinema more accessible to audiences by drastically reducing ticket prices. She is now part of the international Cities of Love project. Along with Gilles Caussade, she is leading the production team for the" Marseille, je t'aime" edition of the film. <SEP> Branka Katić( born 20 January 1970) is a Serbian actress known for appearing in the films" Black Cat, White CatPublic Enemies" and the TV series" Big Love".