Question: Are both directors of films Velvet Goldmine and The Little Dragons from the same country?

<P0-S0> Todd Haynes( born January 2, 1961) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, and producer. <P0-S1> He is considered a pioneer of the New Queer Cinema movement of filmmaking that emerged in the early 1990s. <P0-S2> Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film( 1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's tragic life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors. <P0-S3> " Superstar" became a cult classic. <P0-S4> " Poison" won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and is regarded as a seminal work of New Queer Cinema. <P0-S5> The film received the Special Jury Prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. <P0-S6> Haynes gained critical acclaim and a measure of mainstream success with his 2002 feature," Far from Heaven". <P0-S7> Inspired by the cinematic language of the films of Douglas Sirk," Far from Heaven" is a 1950s- set melodrama about a Connecticut housewife who discovers that her husband is gay and falls in love with her African- American gardener. <P0-S8> The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Screenplay for Haynes. <P0-S9> His fifth feature," I'm Not There"( 2007), marked another shift in direction. <P0-S10> A nonlinear biopic," I'm Not There" depicts various facets of Bob Dylan through seven fictionalized characters played by five actors and an actress. <P0-S11> " I'm Not There" received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett. <P0-S12> The film received critical acclaim and many accolades including a nomination for the Palme d' Or, six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe Award nominations, and nine BAFTA Award nominations. <SEP> <P1-S0> The theatre is well known by any serious cinema patron in Rochester for providing an alternative to standard Hollywood commercial fare. <P1-S1> The Little is also the home of the Little Theatre Film Society, a group of theater aficionados in the Rochester area. <P1-S2> The Little is unique in the area in treating anime films as artistic cinema, and titles by the likes of Hayao Miyazaki always find their way to The Little's screens. <P1-S3> Theatre is an older form of the word, though both words share the same literal meaning. <P1-S4> The theater is currently operated with the participation of the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council, a non-profit community organization which owns and operates the region's principal public radio and television stations. <P1-S5> Critics at The Little provide a synopsis of any film they intend to show, both on their website and posted around their ticket booths on the street. <P1-S6> The Little also offers live musical performances from local musicians, a rotating art gallery of local artists, and a cafe. <P1-S7> The Little has become part of Rochester's extensive theater culture. <P1-S8> Foreign films, independent films, some documentary films and art films are its common fare. <P1-S9> Additionally, The Little serves as a performance venue during the Rochester International Jazz Festival each June. <P1-S10> The Little Theatre in Rochester, New York, commonly known as" The Little" is a movie theatre located on historic East Avenue in downtown Rochester, New York and a modest non-profit multiplex specializing in art film, including independent and foreign productions outside the United States. <P1-S11> To remain in business, The Little has created a unique theater experience for its patrons strikingly different from that of standard commercial cinemas. <P1-S12> Founded in 1928, The Little is one of the oldest active movie theaters built specifically to show films in the US, serving as an alternative venue for cinema of higher artistic caliber than what was popular at the time. <P1-S13> The word" Theatre" is often used instead of the word" Theater" to distinguish between art house cinemas and the more common variety. <P1-S14> Kodak film was historically used in a majority of motion pictures( and still is today), creating close ties to the movie industry in Rochester society. <SEP> <P2-S0> Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 musical drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes from a story by Haynes and James Lyons. <P2-S1> It is set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s; it tells the story of a fictional pop star, Brian Slade. <P2-S2> The film was nominated for the Palme d' Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and won the award for the Best Artistic Contribution. <P2-S3> Sandy Powell received a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. <P2-S4> The film utilizes a non-linear structure to interweave the vignettes of the various characters. <SEP> <P3-S0> Michael Howell( born 4 August 1982) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons from 2002 to 2004 and Toulouse Olympique in 2006. <SEP> <P4-S0> The Little Dragons( also known as Karate Kids U.S.A. or simply Karate Kids) is a 1980 American action adventure film about two young brothers who use their karate skills to rescue a friend after she is held captive for ransom. <P4-S1> It was produced and directed by Curtis Hanson. <P4-S2> It stars Charles Lane, Ann Sothern, Chris Petersen and Pat Petersen <SEP> <P5-S0> Curtis Lee Hanson( March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. <P5-S1> His directing work included the psychological thriller" The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"( 1992), the neo-noir crime film" L.A. Confidential"( 1997), the comedy" Wonder Boys"( 2000), the hip- hop biopic" 8 Mile"( 2002), the romantic comedy- drama" In Her Shoes"( 2005), and the made- for- television docudrama" Too Big to Fail"( 2011). <P5-S2> Hanson won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1998, for co-writing" L.A. Confidential" with Brian Helgeland, with additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, for a Palme d' Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. <P5-S3> An active member of the Directors Guild of America, he was a member of the Creative Rights Committee, the President's Committee on Film Preservation, and the Film Foundation.