Question: Do both films, Showdown In Little Tokyo and Thunder Riders (Film), have the directors who are from the same country?

Timothy Dang is an American actor and theatre director originally from Hawaii of Asian origin. He served as the artistic director at the Asian American theatre company, East West Players( EWP), in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California until 2016. He graduated in 1980 with a bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre from the University of Southern California. <SEP> Jonathan Lemkin is an American screenwriter. He has written for the television series" 21 Jump StreetBeverly Hills, 90210", and" Hill Street Blues". He has also written the films" Showdown in Little Tokyo"( uncredited, production script)," Lethal Weapon 4 Red Planet", and adapted" The Devil's Advocate" and" Shooter" from novels. He and actress Kiersten Warren- Acevedo were married in 1990 and divorced in 2005. He was the first( of many) writers who wrote unused scripts for the defunct film" Superman Lives". Lemkin has also written a screenplay for the Vince Flynn novel" Consent to Kill" which is currently being shopped around. <SEP> Mark L. Lester( born November 26, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known as a prolific director of cult films including the disco musical" Roller Boogie", the vigilante thriller film" Class of 1984", the Stephen King- adaptation" Firestarter"( 1984), the Arnold Schwarzenegger action film" Commando"( 1985), and the action- comedy" Armed and Dangerous"( 1986), starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Meg Ryan. <SEP> Notable works include "Ben-Hur" (1959), "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946), and "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), all of which won Academy Awards for Best Director, as well as Best Picture in their respective years, making him the only director of three Best Picture winners as of 2019. William Wyler (born Willi Wyler ; July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Wyler received his first Oscar nomination for directing "Dodsworth" in 1936, starring Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton and Mary Astor, "sparking a 20-year run of almost unbroken greatness." Film historian Ian Freer calls Wyler a "bona fide perfectionist", whose penchant for retakes and an attempt to hone every last nuance, "became the stuff of legend. " His ability to direct a string of classic literary adaptations into huge box-office and critical successes made him one of "Hollywood's most bankable moviemakers" during the 1930s and 1940s and into the '60s. Through his talent for staging, editing, and camera movement, he turned dynamic theatrical spaces into cinematic ones. He helped propel a number of actors to stardom, finding and directing Audrey Hepburn in her Hollywood debut film, "Roman Holiday" (1953), and directing Barbra Streisand in her debut film, "Funny Girl" (1968). Both of these performances won Academy Awards. He directed Olivia de Havilland to her second Oscar in "The Heiress" (1949) and Laurence Olivier in "Wuthering Heights" (1939), for his first Oscar nomination. Olivier credited Wyler with teaching him how to act for the screen. And Bette Davis, who received three Oscar nominations under his direction and won her second Oscar in "Jezebel" (1938), said Wyler made her a "far, far better actress" than she had ever been. Other popular Wyler films include: "Hell's Heroes" (1929), "Dodsworth" (1936), "The Westerner" (1940), "The Letter" (1940), "Friendly Persuasion" (1956), "The Big Country" (1958), "The Children's Hour" (1961) and "How to Steal a Million" (1966). <SEP> The film stars Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee. Showdown in Little Tokyo is a 1991 American action film directed by Mark L. Lester and produced by Lester and Martin E. Caan. It was Brandon Lee's first American film role. The film was released in the United States on August 23, 1991. " Showdown in Little Tokyo" was Dolph Lundgren's last Warner Bros Pictures film until 2018's" Creed II". <SEP> Thunder Riders is a 1928 American silent western film directed by William Wyler and starring Ted Wells, Charlotte Stevens and William Steele. The film's sets were designed by the art director David S. Garber.