Question: Which film has the director who died first, Zaza (1939 Film) or Le Samouraï?
Sentence (from "Jean-Pierre Melville"): Spiritual father of the French New Wave, he influenced the new generation of filmmakers in Asia (John Woo, Ringo Lam, Johnnie To, Takeshi Kitano), in Europe (Aki Kaurismäki, Rainer Werner Fassbinder), and in America (Michael Mann, Walter Hill, Quentin Tarantino, William Friedkin, Jim Jarmusch).
Relevant evidence: No