Question: Are director of film Faust: Love Of The Damned and director of film Harold And Maude from the same country?

William Hal Ashby( September 2, 1929 – December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. Before his career as a director Ashby edited films for Norman Jewison, notably" The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming"( 1966), which earned Ashby an Oscar nomination for Best Editing, and" In the Heat of the Night"( 1967), which earned him his only Oscar for the same category. Ashby received a third Oscar nomination, this time for Best Director for" Coming Home"( 1978). Other films directed by Ashby include" The Landlord"( 1970)," Harold and Maude"( 1971)," The Last Detail"( 1973)," Shampoo"( 1975)," Bound for Glory"( 1976) and" Being There"( 1979). <SEP> It is adapted from a screenplay by David Quinn and Miguel Tejada- Flores based on the comic book of the same name by Tim Vigil and David Quinn. It was produced by Ted Chalmers, Carlos, Julio and Antonio Fernández, Bea Morillas, Miguel Torrente and Brian Yuzna. It premiered at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival on 12 October 2000. The film, which was the first of nine to be produced by Filmax's" Fantastic Factory" label, won the award for Best Special Effects at the 2000 Catalan International Film Festival in Sitges, Spain. Faust: Love of the Damned is a 2000 American English- language Spanish superhero horror film directed by Brian Yuzna. <SEP> Harold and Maude is a 1971 American coming- of- age black comedy- drama film directed by Hal Ashby and released by Paramount Pictures. It incorporates elements of dark humor and existentialist drama. The plot revolves around the exploits of a young man named Harold Chasen( Bud Cort) who is intrigued with death. Harold drifts away from the life that his detached mother( Vivian Pickles) prescribes for him, and slowly develops a strong friendship, and eventually a romantic relationship, with a 79- year- old woman named Maude( Ruth Gordon) who teaches Harold about living life to its fullest and that life is the most precious gift of all. The film was based on a screenplay written by Colin Higgins and published as a novel in 1971. Filming locations in the San Francisco Bay Area included both Holy Cross Cemetery and Golden Gate National Cemetery, and the ruins of the Sutro Baths. Critically and commercially unsuccessful when originally released, the film developed a cult following and in 1983 began making a profit. The film is ranked number 45 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Funniest Movies of all Time and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 1997, for being" culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The Criterion Collection special- edition Blu-ray and DVD were released June 12, 2012. <SEP> Colin Higgins( 28 July 1941 – 5 August 1988) was an Australian- American screenwriter, actor, director, and producer. He was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1971 film" Harold and Maude", and for directing the films" Foul Play"( 1978) and" 9 to 5"( 1980). <SEP> He is best known for his work in the science fiction and horror film genres. Yuzna began his career as a producer for several films by director Stuart Gordon, such as" Re- Animator"( 1985) and" From Beyond"( 1986), before making his directorial debut with the satirical body horror film" Society"( 1989). He also served as a co-writer for the comedy" Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"( 1989). Brian Yuzna( born August 30, 1949) is a Filipino- born American producer, director, and writer. Yuzna was the first American filmmaker to adapt a manga," The Guyver", into a live- action feature. He has helmed several adaptations of the work of H. P. Lovecraft, and has assisted many first time directors, including Gordon, Christophe Gans and Luis De La Madrid, in getting their projects made. <SEP> Walter Edward Cox, known professionally as Bud Cort, is an American actor and comedian, known for his portrayals of Harold in Hal Ashby's film" Harold and Maude"( 1971) and the eponymous hero in Robert Altman's film" Brewster McCloud"( 1970).