Question: Do both films, Whispering Wires and Lost Boundaries, have the directors who are from the same country?

<P0-S0> Whispering Wires is a 1926 American mystery film directed by Albert Ray and written by William Conselman and Gordon Rigby. <P0-S1> It is based on the 1918 novel" Whispering Wires" by Henry Leverage, which was also made into a stage play. <P0-S2> The film stars Anita Stewart, Edmund Burns, Charles Clary, Otto Matieson, Mack Swain and Arthur Housman. <P0-S3> The film was released on October 24, 1926 by Fox Film Corporation. <P0-S4> Little is known about Henry Leverage, the author of the original novel, except that he served prison time in Sing Sing Correctional Facility for car theft. <SEP> <P1-S0> Notable people who are from or have lived in Manhattan Beach, California: <SEP> <P2-S0> William Lindsay White( June 17, 1900 – July 26, 1973) was an American journalist, foreign correspondent, and writer. <P2-S1> He succeeded his father, William Allen White, as editor and publisher of the" Emporia Gazette" in 1944. <P2-S2> Among White's most noteworthy books are" They Were Expendable" and" Lost Boundaries". <SEP> <P3-S0> Alfred L. Werker( December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957. <P3-S1> After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film," Ridin' the Wind" in 1925 alongside director Del Andrews. <P3-S2> He was brought in by Fox Film Corporation executives to re-shoot and re-edit Erich von Stroheim's film" Hello, Sister!"( 1933), co-starring Boots Mallory and ZaSu Pitts. <P3-S3> Most of Werker's work is unremarkable, but a few were well received by critics. <P3-S4> Those films included" House of Rothschild"( 1934) and" The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"( 1939); the latter film is considered one of the best in the Sherlock Holmes series. <P3-S5> During the early 1940s, he directed a number of comedies including Laurel& Hardy's" A- Haunting We Will Go"( 1942). <P3-S6> In the late 1940s, Werker worked for the B-picture film studio Eagle- Lion Films. <P3-S7> Notable films from that period include the unique mystery thriller" Repeat Performance"( 1947) and" He Walked by Night"( 1948). <P3-S8> The latter film, however, was taken over by uncredited director Anthony Mann. <P3-S9> In 1949" He Walked By Night" won the Locarno International Film Festival's award for Best Police Film. <P3-S10> The following year, Werker was nominated for, but did not win, the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for" Lost Boundaries"( 1949). <SEP> <P4-S0> Albert Ray( August 28, 1897 – February 5, 1944) was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. <P4-S1> He directed 76 films between 1920 and 1939. <P4-S2> He also appeared in 18 films between 1915 and 1922. <P4-S3> He was born in New Rochelle, New York and died in Los Angeles, California. <SEP> <P5-S0> Lost Boundaries is a 1949 American film directed by Alfred L. Werker that stars Beatrice Pearson, Mel Ferrer( in his first starring role), and Susan Douglas Rubeš. <P5-S1> The film is based on William Lindsay White's book of the same title, a nonfiction account of Dr. Albert C. Johnston and his family, who passed for white while living in New England in the 1930s and 1940s. <P5-S2> The film won the 1949 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Screenplay.