Question: Are the directors of films The Boy And The Pirates and Bringing Rain both from the same country?

It premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival and was released on DVD on September 20, 2005. Bringing Rain is a 2003 independent film written and directed by Noah Buschel. It won first prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival for directorial debut. <SEP> Noah Buschel( born 1978) is an American film director and screenwriter. <SEP> The Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates refer to the sports teams representing Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia in intercollegiate athletics. The Pirates and Lady Pirates compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision( FCS) and are members of the Big South Conference. The Pirates were previously members of the Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference between 1995 and 2018. <SEP> It stars a very popular child star of the day in 12- year- old Charles Herbert and Gordon's own daughter, Susan. The story line, that of a little boy and girl trapped on the pirate ship of Blackbeard, ranges from comical at times to downright gruesome. There is a good deal of killing during the course of the film. The Boy and the Pirates is a 1960 film from Bert I. Gordon(" Mr. B. I.G."), the master of giant monster films. The cook forces Jimmy at one point to take a fish and" gut and clean it, and save his entrails". There is another moment when Morgan the pirate tries to get Jimmy to reveal his coveted information by threatening to scald his mouth with a red- hot poker. Nonetheless, it has been described as" an engaging and innovative fantasy so perfect in its service to and embellishment of genre formula, it comes across as both completely familiar, yet breathtakingly original." <SEP> Most of Gordon's work is in the idiom of giant monster films, for which he used rear- projection to create the special effects. Bert Ira Gordon( born September 24, 1922) is an American film director most famous for such science fiction and horror B-movies as" The Amazing Colossal Man" and" Village of the Giants". His nickname" Mister B.I.G." is a reference both to his initials and to his preference for directing movies featuring super- sized creatures. <SEP> William Charles Virdon( born June 9, 1931) is an American former professional baseball outfielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball( MLB). Virdon played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1965 and in 1968. He served as a coach for the Pirates and Houston Astros, and managed the Pirates, Astros, New York Yankees, and Montreal Expos. After playing in Minor League Baseball for the Yankees organization, Virdon was traded to the Cardinals, and he made his MLB debut in 1955. That year, Virdon won the National League Rookie of the Year Award. He slumped at the beginning of the 1956 season, and was traded to the Pirates, where he spent the remainder of his playing career. A premier defensive outfielder during his playing days as a center fielder for the Cardinals and Pirates, Virdon led a strong defensive team to the 1960 World Series championship. In 1962, Virdon won a Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Following the 1965 season, he retired due to his desire to become a manager. Virdon managed in Minor League Baseball until returning to the Pirates as a coach in 1968. He served as manager of the Pirates in 1972 and 1973, before becoming the manager of the Yankees in 1974. During the 1975 season, the Yankees fired Virdon, and he was hired by the Astros. After being fired by the Astros after the 1982 season, Virdon managed the Expos in 1983 and 1984. Virdon won" The Sporting News" Manager of the Year Award in 1974, his only full season working for the Yankees, and in 1980, while managing the Astros. He returned to the Pirates as a coach following his managerial career, and remains with the Pirates as a guest instructor during spring training.