Ludwig is a 1973 film directed by Italian director Luchino Visconti about the life and death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
 Helmut Berger stars as Ludwig, Romy Schneider reprises her role as Empress Elisabeth of Austria (from the 1955 film "Sissi" and its two sequels).
Eriprando Visconti di Modrone, Count of Vico Modrone (September 24, 1932 – May 25, 1995) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer.
 He was the nephew of the more famous Luchino Visconti.
Carlo Alberto Chiesa (1922–1960) was an Italian screenwriter, film editor and director.
 In 1945 he edited Luchino Visconti's docu-drama "Days of Glory".
 He spent much of his later career directing commercials, his one feature film as director was the 1951 comedy "The Two Sergeants" (1951).
Luchino Visconti is a 1999 Italian documentary film about the filmmaker Luchino Visconti and directed by Carlo Lizzani.
 It stars Claudia Cardinale.
Death in Venice (original Italian title: "Morte a Venezia") is a 1971 Italian-French drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Andrésen.
 It is based on the novella "Death in Venice", first published in 1912 as Der Tod in Venedig by the German author Thomas Mann.
Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976), was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter.
 He is best known for his films "Ossessione" (1943), "Senso" (1954), "Rocco and His Brothers" (1960), "The Leopard" (1963) and "Death in Venice" (1971).
Chester Erskine (November 29, 1905 – April 7, 1986) was a Hollywood and Broadway director, writer, and producer.
Midnight is a 1934 American drama film directed by Chester Erskine and starring Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull and Margaret Wycherly.
 The film was produced for Universal and was shot on a modest budget of $50,000 at Thomas Edison Studios, which producer/director Chester Erskine had re-opened specifically for the shoot.
Bellissima (1951) is an Italian neorealism film by Italian director Luchino Visconti.
 The film, which is a satire of the film industry, was shot at the Cinecittà studios.
 Alessandro Blasetti, a contemporary film director, appears as himself.
 Bellissima is the only feature film in Visconti's oeuvre with a predominantly comic tone.
Visconti is the family name of two important Italian noble dynasties of the Middle Ages.
 There are two distinct Visconti families: the first one (chronologically) in the Republic of Pisa in the mid twelfth century who achieved prominence first in Pisa, then in Sardinia, where they became rulers of Gallura.
 The second family rose to power in Milan, where they ruled from 1277 to 1447, and where several collateral branches still exist.
 Pope Gregory X, who reigned from 1271 to 1276, was a member of the Visconti family of Milan.
 The renowned film director Luchino Visconti was a scion of this latter family's Visconti of Modrone branch.

Question: Which director was older at the time of their death, Luchino Visconti or Chester Erskine?
Answer: Chester Erskine