question: Phil Joanou and Rick Ray, are of which nationality?
answer: American
context: Title: Age 7 in America
  Passage: Age 7 in America is a 1991 American documentary film produced by Michael Apted, co-produced by Vicky Bippart, directed by Phil Joanou, and narrated by Meryl Streep.  It details the lives of 7-year-old Americans from across the continental United States, of varying social classes and ethnicities.  Patterned after the Up series of the United Kingdom, "Age 7 in America" has been succeeded by the films "14 Up in America" (1998), also directed by Joanou and produced by Vicky Bippart, and "21 Up in America" (2006), directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn and produced by Vicky Bippart.
  Title: State of Grace (film)
  Passage: State of Grace is a 1990 American neo-noir crime film directed by Phil Joanou and starring Sean Penn, Ed Harris and Gary Oldman, also featuring Robin Wright, John Turturro, and John C. Reilly.  Written by playwright Dennis McIntyre, the film was executive-produced by Ned Dowd, Randy Ostrow, and Ron Rotholz, with a musical score by Ennio Morricone.
  Title: The Punisher: Dirty Laundry
  Passage: The Punisher: Dirty Laundry, also known simply as Dirty Laundry (stylized as #DIRTYLAUNDRY), is a 2012 short film based on the Marvel Comics anti-hero the Punisher, starring Thomas Jane (reprising the title role from the 2004 film "The Punisher") and Ron Perlman, produced by Adi Shankar and directed by Phil Joanou.  The film was first screened at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International.
  Title: Entropy (film)
  Passage: Entropy is a 1999 film directed by Phil Joanou, starring Stephen Dorff and featuring the Irish rock band U2.
  Title: Three O'Clock High
  Passage: Three O'Clock High is a 1987 high-school comedy film directed by Phil Joanou and written by Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas Szollosi.  The film stars Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, John P. Ryan.
  Title: Heaven's Prisoners
  Passage: Heaven's Prisoners is a 1996 American crime drama thriller film directed by Phil Joanou and starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher and Eric Roberts.  It is based on a Dave Robicheaux homonymous novel by James Lee Burke.  Harley Peyton and Scott Frank wrote the screenplay.
  Title: Wild Palms
  Passage: Wild Palms is a five-hour mini-series which was produced by Greengrass Productions and first aired in May 1993 on the ABC network in the United States.  The sci-fi drama, announced as an "event series", deals with the dangers of politically motivated abuse of mass media technology, virtual realities in particular.  It was based on a comic strip written by Bruce Wagner and illustrated by Julian Allen first published in 1990 in "Details" magazine.  Wagner, who also wrote the screenplay, served as executive producer together with Oliver Stone.  The series stars James Belushi, Dana Delany, Robert Loggia, Kim Cattrall, David Warner, and Angie Dickinson.  The episodes were directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Keith Gordon, Peter Hewitt and Phil Joanou.
  Title: Phil Joanou
  Passage: Phil Joanou (born November 20, 1961 in La Cañada Flintridge, California) is an American director of film, music videos, and television programs.
  Title: Gridiron Gang
  Passage: Gridiron Gang is a 2006 American sports drama film directed by Phil Joanou, and starring Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell and Kevin Dunn.  It is loosely based on the true story of the Kilpatrick Mustangs during the 1990 season.  The film was released in the United States on September 15, 2006.  It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
  Title: Rick Ray
  Passage: Rick Ray is an American filmmaker best known for his 2006 documentary film 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama which he wrote, filmed and directed.  His documentary "Lynching Charlie Lynch", about the trials of former medical marijuana dispensary owner Charles C. Lynch, premiered at the 2011 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival on March 9.
citations: Phil Joanou Rick Ray