Question: Are both directors of films Thoroughly Modern Millie and Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf from the same country?

The title refers to the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris. Les Amants du Pont- Neuf is a 1991 French film directed by Leos Carax, starring Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant. The North American title of the film is The Lovers on the Bridge, and, in a mistranslation of the original title, the Australian title is Lovers on the Ninth Bridge( instead of" Lovers on the New Bridge"). <SEP> He is most noted for directing such films as" Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"( 1969) and" The Sting"( 1973), both starring the acting duo Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Other Hill films include:" Slaughterhouse- Five The World According to Garp The World of Henry Orient HawaiiThoroughly Modern Millie The Great Waldo PepperSlap ShotFunny FarmA Little Romance", and" The Little Drummer Girl". George Roy Hill( December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film director. <SEP> The screenplay by Richard Morris, focuses on a naive young woman who finds herself in the midst of a series of madcap adventures when she sets her sights on marrying her wealthy boss. The film also stars Mary Tyler Moore, James Fox, John Gavin, Carol Channing, and Beatrice Lillie. The soundtrack interpolates new tunes by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn with standard songs from the 1910s and 1920s, including" Baby Face" and" Jazz Baby." For use of the latter, the producers had to acquire the rights from General Mills, which had used the melody with various lyrics to promote Wheaties for more than 40 years. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and five Golden Globe Awards. Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 1967 American musical- romantic comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews. It ranked ninth among high- grossing films of 1967. In 2000, it was adapted for a successful stage musical of the same name. A DVD was issued in 2003. <SEP> William du Pont( August 21, 1855 – January 20, 1928) was a member of the Delaware Du Pont family. He was the youngest son of General Henry du Pont( 1812-1889) and Louisa Gerhard du Pont( 1816-1900). He married twice, first in 1878 to his cousin May Lammot du Pont( 1854- 1927), the daughter of Victor du Pont( 1828- 1888) and Alice Hounsfield du Pont( 1833- 1904); William and May divorced in 1892. In June of that year, he married Annie Rogers Zinn, the daughter of the locomotive maker Theodore Rogers( d. November 18, 1871) and Mary Andrews Rogers( d. March 11, 1918); Annie was the divorced wife of George Zinn. William and Annie had two children, William du Pont, Jr. and Marion duPont Scott. <SEP> Alex Christophe Dupont( born 22 November 1960), best known as Leos Carax, is a French film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depictions of love. His first major work was" Boy Meets Girl"( 1984), and his notable works include" Les Amants du Pont- Neuf"( 1991) and" Holy Motors"( 2012). His professional name is an anagram of his real name,' Alex', and' Oscar'. <SEP> Born in Lyon, France, Jean-Yves Escoffier (July 12, 1950 – April 1, 2003), was a French cinematographer who worked as director of photography on a number of films of Leos Carax including "Boy Meets Girl (1984)Mauvais sang (1986)", and "Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)", on a number of European and American feature films including "The Human Stain (2002)Possession (2002)Nurse Betty (2000)The Cradle Will Rock (1999)Rounders (1998)", and "Good Will Hunting (1997)", as well as Harmony Korine's "Gummo (1997)". He also worked with Mehdi Norowzian, Jeanne Moreau for Air France, David Lynch for Nissan Motors, and on music videos, "Hurt" (2002) for Johnny Cash and Mark Romanek. Escoffiere died in his home in Los Angeles, California during production of "The Human Stain", a film since dedicated to his memory.