Question: Are both director of film The Boys In The Band (1970 Film) and director of film My Summer Story from the same country?

The screenplay by Mart Crowley is based on his Off- Broadway play" The Boys in the Band". The Boys in the Band is a 1970 American drama film directed by William Friedkin. It is among the first major American motion pictures to revolve around gay characters and is often cited as a milestone in the history of queer cinema, and is also thought to be the first mainstream American film to use the swear word" cunt". The ensemble cast, all of whom also played the roles in the play's initial stage run in New York City, includes Kenneth Nelson as Michael, Peter White as Alan, Leonard Frey as Harold, Cliff Gorman as Emory, Frederick Combs as Donald, Laurence Luckinbill as Hank, Keith Prentice as Larry, Robert La Tourneaux as Cowboy, and Reuben Greene as Bernard. Model/ actress Maud Adams has a brief cameo appearance in the opening montage, as does restaurateur Elaine Kaufman. <SEP> Like the previous film, it is based on semi-autobiographical stories by Jean Shepherd, primarily from his book" In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash". The opening makes direct reference to the events of" A Christmas Story", and the ending narration strongly parallels it; production delays forced most of the characters to be recast. Charles Grodin stars as the Old Man( Mr. Parker), Mary Steenburgen plays Mrs. Parker and Kieran Culkin as Ralphie. My Summer Story, originally released in theaters as It Runs in the Family, is a 1994 comedy film directed by Bob Clark that serves as a sequel to his 1983 film" A Christmas Story". Shepherd provides the narration, just as he had done for" A Christmas Story". <SEP> He is best known for his work in the Canadian film industry throughout the 1970s and 1980s, where he was responsible for some of the most successful films in Canadian film history such as" Black Christmas"( 1974)," Murder by Decree"( 1979)," Tribute"( 1980)," Porky's"( 1981), and" A Christmas Story"( 1983). Benjamin" Bob" Clark( August 5, 1939 – April 4, 2007) was an American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He won three Genie Awards( two Best Direction and one Best Screenplay) with two additional nominations. <SEP> William Friedkin( born August 29, 1935) is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the" New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is perhaps best known for directing the action thriller film" The French Connection"( 1971) and the supernatural horror film" The Exorcist"( 1973), the former of which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director. The latter also earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. His other films include the pioneering queer drama" The Boys in the Band"( 1970), the suspense thriller" Sorcerer"( 1977), the controversial crime film" Cruising"( 1980), the action thriller" To Live and Die in L.A."( 1985), the psychological horror film" Bug"( 2006), and the dark comedy" Killer Joe"( 2011). <SEP> Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television. <SEP> Brian Hill is an award winning British director of television programs and films. He is managing director of Century Films, a London- based independent film and television company. Hill won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for New Director Fiction for the film Falling Apart in 2002. He was nominated for the Best New Writer award for the film Bella& the Boys in 2005.