Question: Are both directors of films Chasing Amy and Madamigella Di Maupin from the same country?

Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris. The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors. <SEP> Madamigella di Maupin is a 1966 Italian adventure film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It is loosely based on the life of Mademoiselle de Maupin and the novel with the same name by Théophile Gautier. <SEP> The film is about a male comic artist( Affleck) who falls in love with a lesbian woman( Adams), to the displeasure of his best friend( Lee). It is the third film in Smith's View Askewniverse series. The film was originally inspired by a brief scene from an early film by a friend of Smith's. In Guinevere Turner's" Go Fish", one of the lesbian characters imagines her friends passing judgment on her for" selling out" by sleeping with a man. Smith was dating Adams at the time he was writing the script, which was also partly inspired by her. Chasing Amy is a 1997 American romantic comedy- drama film written and directed by Kevin Smith and starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee. The film received mostly positive reviews, praising the humor, performances and Kevin Smith's direction. The film won two awards at the 1998 Independent Spirit Awards( Best Screenplay for Smith and Best Supporting Actor for Lee). Characters from the film would go on to appear in later Askewniverse films" Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"( 2001) and" Jay and Silent Bob Reboot"( 2019), direct spin- offs of" Chasing Amy", with Affleck, Lee, Adams and Ewell reprising their roles in cameo appearances; Smith describing the characters' roles in" Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" as being an" eight- page sequel" to" Chasing Amy". <SEP> He came to prominence with the low- budget comedy film" Clerks"( 1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob. Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith's follow- up films" Mallrats Chasing AmyDogmaJay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and" Clerks II", which were set primarily in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films frequently featured crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon described by fans as the" View Askewniverse", named after his production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier. Since 2011, Smith has mostly made films in the horror genre, including" Red State"( 2011) and the comedy horror films" Tusk"( 2014) and" Yoga Hosers"( 2016), two in a planned series of three such films set in Canada dubbed the" True North" trilogy. He has also served as a director- for- hire for material he did not write, including the buddy cop action comedy" Cop Out"( 2010) and various television series episodes. Kevin Patrick Smith( born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. In 2019, he wrote and directed" Jay and Silent Bob Reboot", a follow- up to the original Jay and Silent Bob movies. Smith is the owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, a comic book store in Red Bank, New Jersey that is the subject of the reality television show" Comic Book Men"( 2012–2018). He also hosts the movie- review television show" Spoilers". As a podcaster, Smith co-hosts several shows on his own SModcast Podcast Network, including" SModcastFatman Beyond", and the live show" Hollywood Babble- On". Smith is well known for participating in long, humorous Q&A sessions that are often filmed for DVD release, beginning with" An Evening with Kevin Smith". <SEP> Mauro Bolognini( 28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director of literate sensibility, known for his masterly handling of period subject matter. <SEP> Chasing Dogma is a comic book mini-series that chronicles the events of the two fictional stoners Jay and Silent Bob between two of their films:" Chasing Amy" and" Dogma". The series was written by Kevin Smith, creator of View Askew Productions. It was originally published by Oni Press in four issues as" Jay& Silent Bob" in 1998 and 1999, and later collected in a trade paperback by Image Comics.