Question: Do both Clerks II and Absolute Evil films have the directors from the same country?

<P0-S0> Charles K. Gifford is an American banker and businessman. <P0-S1> He is the chairman emeritus of Bank of America having served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2016. <SEP> <P1-S0> The Young, the Evil and the Savage is a 1968 Italian" giallo" film directed by Antonio Margheriti. <SEP> <P2-S0> Ulli Lommel( 21 December 1944 – 2 December 2017) was a German actor and director, noted for his many collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his association with the New German Cinema movement. <P2-S1> Lommel spent time at The Factory and was a creative associate of Andy Warhol, with whom he made several films and works of art. <P2-S2> Since 1977 he lived and worked in the United States, where he wrote, directed and starred in over 50 movies. <SEP> <P3-S0> Clerks II is a 2006 American comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the sequel to his 1994 film" Clerks", and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. <P3-S1> The film stars Brian O' Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, and Smith, and picks up with the original characters from" Clerks": <P3-S2> Dante Hicks, Randal Graves and Jay and Silent Bob ten years after the events of the first film. <P3-S3> Unlike the first film, which was shot in black- and- white, this film was shot in color. <P3-S4> The film screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival before receiving a theatrical release on July 21, 2006 to critical and commercial success, grossing$ 27 million worldwide from a$ 5 million budget. <SEP> <P4-S0> Absolute Evil – Final Exit is a drama film written and directed by Ulli Lommel. <P4-S1> The film stars Carolyn Neff, Rusty Joiner and David Carradine. <P4-S2> The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 8 February 2009. <SEP> <P5-S0> Kevin Patrick Smith( born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. <P5-S1> He came to prominence with the low- budget comedy film" Clerks"( 1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob. <P5-S2> Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith's follow- up films" Mallrats Chasing AmyDogmaJay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and" Clerks II", which were set primarily in his home state of New Jersey. <P5-S3> While not strictly sequential, the films frequently featured crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon described by fans as the" View Askewniverse", named after his production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier. <P5-S4> Since 2011, Smith has mostly made films in the horror genre, including" Red State"( 2011) and the comedy horror films" Tusk"( 2014) and" Yoga Hosers"( 2016), two in a planned series of three such films set in Canada dubbed the" True North" trilogy. <P5-S5> He has also served as a director- for- hire for material he did not write, including the buddy cop action comedy" Cop Out"( 2010) and various television series episodes. <P5-S6> In 2019, he wrote and directed" Jay and Silent Bob Reboot", a follow- up to the original Jay and Silent Bob movies. <P5-S7> Smith is the owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, a comic book store in Red Bank, New Jersey that is the subject of the reality television show" Comic Book Men"( 2012–2018). <P5-S8> He also hosts the movie- review television show" Spoilers". <P5-S9> As a podcaster, Smith co-hosts several shows on his own SModcast Podcast Network, including" SModcastFatman Beyond", and the live show" Hollywood Babble- On". <P5-S10> Smith is well known for participating in long, humorous Q&A sessions that are often filmed for DVD release, beginning with" An Evening with Kevin Smith".