Dean Spanley is a 2008 British comedy drama film, with fantastic elements, from Miramax, Atlantic Film Group (UK) and General Film Corporation (NZ), directed by Fijian New Zealander Toa Fraser.
 Set in Edwardian England, the film is based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's 1936 novella "My Talks with Dean Spanley".
 It stars Sam Neill as the Dean, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole as Fisk Junior and Fisk Senior respectively and Bryan Brown as Wrather.
Toa Fraser, born in Britain in 1975, of a Fijian father and a British mother, is a playwright and film director.
 His first feature film, "No. 2", starring Ruby Dee won the Audience Award (World Dramatic) at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
 His second, "Dean Spanley", starring Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole, premiered in September 2008.
 His third film "Giselle" was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
 His fourth, "The Dead Lands", a Maori action-adventure film, was released in 2014.
The daughter of a British mother and Spanish artist father, Isabel Gallegos was born and educated in Rome.
 Her career began in the late 1930s as a stylist at Elizabeth Arden's London salon and she was then headhunted to work at "Vogue", which she did throughout the war.
 In 1941, she married Hans Tisdall (born Hans Aufseeser), a textile designer and German émigré who had been working in Britain since the 1930s.
 During her tenure at "Vogue", Tisdall is said to have spotted the talent of photographer Norman Parkinson, also championing the photojournalism of Lee Miller and becoming a friend and supporter of Cecil Beaton.
 She spent some time at "Harper's" magazine in London, before returning to UK "Vogue" as fashion editor.
Jean Betts is a London born New Zealand playwright , actor and director.
 She emigrated with her parents, both founders of Unity Theatre, London, to Christchurch, New Zealand.
 She obtained a degree at University of Canterbury in English Literature and New Zealand and Pacific History.
 and graduated from the New Zealand Drama School (now Toi Whakaari) in 1970, the inaugural year when its founder, Nola Millar, was principal.
 During her time as actor and director at Gateway, BATS, Downstage and Circa Theatres, she became a foundation member of Playmarket (New Zealand, 1975), Circa Theatre (Wellington, 1976) and Taki Rua/The Depot Theatre (Wellington, 1983).
 In 1979 Jean worked at ESTA (English Speaking Theatre Amsterdam) as actor/director, and was a founding member of the expatriate (New Zealand) group 'The Heartache and Sorrow Company' (directing) which presented work in Amsterdam, Germany, London, and at the Edinburgh Festival, where the group received a 'Fringe First' and a Scotsman's Award.
 In 1993 she co-founded the Women's Professional Playwrights Association (WOPPA) which premiered her play "Ophelia Thinks Harder", and established The Women's Play Press with Lorae Parry, Cathy Downes, Viv Plumb and Fiona Samuel.
 ("Ophelia Thinks Harder" has subsequently been translated in German and Italian and produced over 160 times.)
 In 2005 she set up a small NZ play publishing project, The Play Press (www.playpress.co.nz).
 She has been a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize twice; and in 2015 received the Playmarket Award of $20,000 for her contribution to New Zealand Theatre.
Steptoe and Son is a 1972 British comedy drama film and a spin-off from the popular British television comedy series of the same name about two father and son rag and bone men.
 It starred Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett as the eponymous characters, Albert and Harold Steptoe respectively.
 It also features Carolyn Seymour.
 A sequel "Steptoe and Son Ride Again" was released the following year.
No. 2, released as Naming Number Two in North America, is a 2006 New Zealand film written and directed by Toa Fraser in his feature film debut.
 It was released 16 February 2006 in New Zealand and 3 August 2007 in the U.S. It was adapted from British-Fijian playwright Fraser's 2000 play.
Giselle is a 2013 New Zealand drama film written and directed by Toa Fraser.
 It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
 The film is based on the 2012 production "Giselle", performed by The Royal New Zealand Ballet which many of the cast members are part of.
Timothy Peter Mo (born 30December 1950) is a British novelist.
 Born to a British mother and a Hong Kong father, Mo lived in Hong Kong until the age of 10, when he moved to Britain.
 Educated at Mill Hill School and St John's College, Oxford, Mo worked as a journalist before becoming a novelist.
Miramax (also known as Miramax Films) is an American entertainment company known for producing and distributing films and television shows.
 It is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
 Miramax was founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and was a leading independent film motion picture distribution and production company before it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company on June 30, 1993.
 Shortly thereafter, "Pulp Fiction" was released.
 The Weinsteins operated Miramax with more creative and financial independence than any other division of Disney, until September 30, 2005 when they left the company and founded The Weinstein Company.
 Miramax was sold by Disney to Filmyard Holdings, a joint venture of Colony NorthStar, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, and Qatar Investment Authority, in 2010, ending Disney's 17-year ownership of the studio.
 In 2016, ownership was transferred to beIN Media Group.
Michael J. Bullen (born 13 January 1960) is an English screenwriter.
 Bullen grew up in the West Midlands of England, attending the Solihull School and later Magdalene College, Cambridge.
 He left with a degree in history of art and became a radio producer for the BBC World Service.
 Unhappy with the quality of British television targeted at people his age, Bullen took a course in screenwriting and developed a one-off comedy drama for Granada Television.
 This led to the commissioning of "Cold Feet", a multiple-award-winning comedy drama that aired on the ITV network from 1998 to 2003.
 The series won Bullen the Writer of the Year award at the 2003 British Comedy Awards.
 He wrote two more series for Granada; "Life Begins", which ran for three years, and "All About George", which ran for only one.
 His works have been described as being "about the intricacies of interpersonal relationships and what happens when they break down".

Question: Toa Fraser, born in Britain in 1975, of a Fijian father and a British mother, is a playwright and film director, his second film was Dean Spanley, a British comedy drama film, released in what year, with fantastic elements, from Miramax, Atlantic Film Group (UK) and General Film Corporation (NZ)?
Answer: 2008