Question: Do both films I.K.U. and Jailhouse Rock (Film) have the directors from the same country?

<P0-S0> Jailhouse Rock is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, and Mickey Shaughnessy. <P0-S1> After his release from jail, while looking for a job as a club singer, the young man meets a musical promoter who helps him launch his career. <P0-S2> As he develops his musical abilities and becomes a star, his self- centered personality begins to affect his relationships. <P0-S3> The wife of producer Pandro S. Berman convinced him to create a film with Presley in the role. <P0-S4> Berman delegated the casting to Benny Thau, head of the studio and Abraham Lastfogel, the then president of William Morris Agency. <P0-S5> Berman hired Richard Thorpe, who was known for shooting productions quickly. <P0-S6> Before pre-production began, songwriters Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber were commissioned to integrate the film's soundtrack. <P0-S7> In April, Leiber and Stoller were called for a meeting in New York City to show the progress of the repertoire. <P0-S8> The writers, who had not produced any material, toured the city and were confronted in a hotel room by Jean Aberbach, who locked them into their hotel room by blocking the hotel room door with a sofa until they wrote the material. <P0-S9> Presley recorded the soundtrack at Radio Recorders in Hollywood on April 30 and May 3, with an additional session at the MGM Soundstage on May 9. <P0-S10> It peaked at number 3 on the" Variety" box office chart, and reached number 14 in the year's box office totals, grossing$ 4 million. <P0-S11> " Jailhouse Rock" earned mixed reviews, with most of the negative reception directed towards Presley's persona. <P0-S12> In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry and was deemed" culturally, aesthetically or historically significant." <P0-S13> On its January 28, 2019 edition, the Ultimate Classic Rock website named it the best rock movie of 1957. <SEP> <P1-S0> In 2009, Kitagawa made her directorial debut in the coming- of- age film" Halfway", which she also wrote and co-edited. <P1-S1> She then wrote and directed the 2012 film" I Have to Buy New Shoes", a contemporary romantic comedy set in Paris. <P1-S2> Both films were produced by her friend Shunji Iwai, and Kitagawa appeared in his 2011 documentary" Friends after 3.11", which explores the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. <SEP> <P2-S0> Shu Lea Cheang( born April 13, 1954, Taiwan) is a multimedia artist who works in the fields of net- based installation, social interface and film production. <P2-S1> Cheang received a BA in History from the National Taiwan University in 1976 and an MA in Cinema Studies from New York University in 1979. <P2-S2> Over the past decade, she has emerged as a prominent figure in new media art. <P2-S3> Cheang is one of the leading multimedia artists dealing with multidisciplinary topics. <P2-S4> She is regarded as a pioneering figure in internet- based art, with her multimedia approach at the interface between film, video, internet- based installation, software interaction and durational performance. <P2-S5> Her work is often interactive. <P2-S6> She is most noted for her individual approach in the realm of art and technology, creatively intermingling social issues with artistic methods. <P2-S7> Cheang's work employs film, video, net- based installation, and interface to explore" ...ethnic stereotyping, the nature and excesses of popular media, institutional- and especially governmental- power, race relations, and sexual politics." <P2-S8> Cheang has also written and directed feature films I.K.U. and Fluidø. <P2-S9> She has been a member of the Paper Tiger Television collective since 1981. <P2-S10> Though originally based in New York, Cheang is currently living and working in Paris, France. <SEP> <P3-S0> I.K.U.( pronounced" ai- kei- ju", abbreviated as" iku") is a 2001 independent film directed by Taiwanese- American experimental filmmaker Shu Lea Cheang. <P3-S1> It was marketed as" a Japanese Sci -Fi Porn Feature". <P3-S2> The film was partially inspired by" Blade Runner"( 1982). <P3-S3> " I.K.U."'s premise involves a futuristic corporation sending shapeshifting cyborgs out into New Tokyo to collect" orgasm data" by means of sexual intercourse. <P3-S4> The title is a pun on the Japanese word which, in sexual slang, is used to express an orgasm. <P3-S5> " I.K.U." premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. <P3-S6> It was the first pornographic film ever screened in the festival. <P3-S7> Critical reception was poor. <SEP> <P4-S0> Richard Thorpe( born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer. <SEP> <P5-S0> Satan Town is a 1926 American Western film featuring Harry Carey. <P5-S1> Prints of the film have survived.