Question: Do director of film The Ape Man and director of film Heartbreak Ridge share the same nationality?

William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres. <SEP> The film also co-stars Marsha Mason, Everett McGill and Mario Van Peebles. Heartbreak Ridge is a 1986 American war film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film was released in the United States on December 5, 1986. The story centers on a U.S. Marine nearing retirement who whips a bunch of undisciplined Marines into shape and leads them during the American invasion of Grenada in 1983. The title comes from the Battle of Heartbreak Ridge in the Korean War where Eastwood's character earned the Medal of Honor. <SEP> After achieving success in the Western TV series" Rawhide", he rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone's" Dollars" Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five" Dirty Harry" films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. For his work in the Western film" Unforgiven"( 1992) and the sports drama" Million Dollar Baby"( 2004), Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor. Eastwood's greatest commercial successes have been the adventure comedy" Every Which Way But Loose"( 1978) and it s sequel, the action comedy" Any Which Way You Can"( 1980), after adjustment for inflation. Other popular films include the Western" Hang' Em High"( 1968), the psychological thriller" Play Misty for Me"( 1971), the crime film" Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"( 1974), the Western" The Outlaw Josey Wales"( 1976), the prison film" Escape from Alcatraz"( 1979), the action film" Firefox"( 1982), the suspense thriller" Tightrope"( 1984), the Western" Pale Rider"( 1985), the war films" Where Eagles Dare"( 1968)," Kelly's Heroes"( 1970), and" Heartbreak Ridge"( 1986), the action thriller" In the Line of Fire"( 1993), the romantic drama" The Bridges of Madison County"( 1995), and the drama" Gran Torino"( 2008). In addition to directing many of his own star vehicles, Eastwood has also directed films in which he did not appear, such as the mystery drama" Mystic River"( 2003) and the war film" Letters from Iwo Jima"( 2006), for which he received Academy Award nominations, the drama" Changeling"( 2008), and the South African biographical political sports drama" Invictus"( 2009). The war drama biopic" American Sniper"( 2014) set box- office records for the largest January release ever and was also the largest opening ever for an Eastwood film. Eastwood received considerable critical praise in France for several films, including some that were not well received in the United States. Clinton Eastwood Jr.( born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and politician. Eastwood has been awarded two of France's highest honors: in 1994, he became a recipient of the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in 2007, he was awarded the Legion of Honour medal. In 2000, Eastwood was awarded the Italian Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. Since 1967, Eastwood's Malpaso Productions has produced all but four of his American films. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as mayor of Carmel- by- the- Sea, California, a non-partisan office. <SEP> The Ape Man is a 1943 horror- science fiction film directed by William Beaudine and starring Bela Lugosi. The film follows the tale of a part human part ape. An in- title- only sequel" Return of the Ape Man" followed in 1944 and starred Lugosi, John Carradine and George Zucco. <SEP> Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre. <SEP> Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.