Question: Are the directors of films Thumbs Up (Film) and Final Offer both from the same country?

Joseph Mansfield Santley( born Joseph Ishmael Mansfield, January 10, 1890 – August 8, 1971) was an American actor, singer, dancer, writer, director, and producer of musical theatrical plays motion pictures and television shows. He adopted the stage name of his stepfather, actor Eugene Santley. <SEP> Thumbs Up is a 1943 American musical drama film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser and Elsa Lanchester. <SEP> Gunnarsson was born in Reykjavík in 1951. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, with his parents when he was seven years old. Sturla Gunnarsson( born August 30, 1951) is an Icelandic- Canadian film and television director and producer. As he grew up he became interested in filmmaking and went to the University of British Columbia where he completed undergraduate studies in English literature and graduate work in film studies. Part of the graduate program requires the production of a film. His," A Day Much Like the Others", went on to win top honours at the Canadian Student Film Festival and the European Student Film Festival. It was also screened at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. With his formal education behind him, Gunnarsson moved to Toronto and worked initially at the National Film Board( NFB). His first NFB project," After the Axe", received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. He has since won a number of awards including Emmy Award, Genie Award and Gemini Awards, a Prix Italia, and the Prix Villes de Cannes. His documentary about David Suzuki,, won the People ’s Choice Documentary Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2018, Gunnarsson worked with film and story editor Nick Hector to complete the movie" Sharkwater Extinction" after the death of Rob Stewart. <SEP> This page lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Film. This award is presented to the directors of the film. <SEP> Final Offer is a Canadian film documenting the 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers Union( UAW) and GM. Ultimately, it provided a historical record of the birth of the Canadian Auto Workers Union( CAW) as Bob White, the head of the Canadian sector of the UAW, led his membership out of the International union and created the CAW. The movie depicts life in an era of massive industrial change in North America. The audience sees the emergence of automation and how it begins to affect the lives of the working class. Other themes depicted are labour relations, life on the picket line, and corporate restructuring. The film won multiple awards including:" Grand Prize"( 1986) Banff Television Festival and Genie Award for" Best Feature Length Documentary"( 1986). A National Film Board of Canada production," Final Offer" is directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and Robert Collison and produced by John Kramer, Sturla Gunnarsson and Robert Collison( writer). The movie features: Henry Ramer( voice over narrator), Buzz Hargrove, Roger Smith Chairman of General Motors, and Bob White. Film runtime: 79 minutes. <SEP> Thumbs Up is a hand gesture. Thumbs Up may also refer to: