Title: Venetian Bird
Content:  Venetian Bird is a 1952 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and John Gregson. Adapted by Victor Canning from his own 1950 novel of the same title, in its US release, it was titled The Assassin.
Title: Venetian Bird
Content: Richard Todd as Edward Mercer ; Eva Bartok as Adriana Medova ; John Gregson as Renzo Uccello ; George Coulouris as Chief of Police Spadoni ; Margot Grahame as Rosa Melitus ; David Hurst as Minelli ; Walter Rilla as Count Boria ; John Bailey as Lieutenant Longo ; Sid James as Bernardo ; Sydney Tafler as Boldesca ; Miles Malleson as Grespi ; Eric Pohlmann as Gostini 
Title: Venetian Bird (novel)
Content:  In 1952 the story was turned into a film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and Margot Grahame, with Canning adapting his own novel for the screenplay. In 1975, the novel was adapted by screenwriter Alfred Hayes into a two-part, eighth season episode of the CBS private eye TV series Mannix entitled Bird of Prey. It was shot on Catalina island, doubling for a fictional Latin American country.
Title: List of things named Venetian
Content: The Anonymous Venetian (film) (Anonimo veneziano), a 1970 Italian drama by Enrico Maria Salerno ; A Holy Venetian Family (Leoni), a 2015 Italian comedy movie by Pietro Parolin ; The Venetian (film) (Venetianskan), a 1958 TV movie directed by Ingmar Bergman ; The Venetian Affair (film), 1967 American movie ; Venetian Bird, a 1952 British thriller movie directed by Ralph Thomas ; Venetian Honeymoon (La prima notte, Les noces vénitiennes), 1959 Italian-French comedy movie by Cavalcanti ; Venetian Lovers, 1925 British silent film by Niebuhr and Tilley ; Venetian Nights (Nuits de Venise), a 1931 German operetta movie by Billon and Wiene ; The Venetian Woman (La venexiana), 1986 Italian erotic film by Mauro Bolognini 
Title: Venetian Bird
Content:  Michael Balcon originally rejected the idea of a film based on Canning's novel because it was set in Italy and dealt with Italians, not Britons. Betty Box appealed to Earl St John who over-ruled Balcon. Italian censors did require the script clear up the portrayal of political struggles in post-war Venice that were in the novel. The film was shot entirely on location in Venice. Box and Thomas decided not to use colour as they felt it would not suit the genre.
Title: The Venetian (film)
Content:  The Venetian (Venetianskan) is a 1958 Swedish television drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, based on the 16th century Italian play La Venexiana written by an anonymous playwright.
Title: The Anonymous Venetian (film)
Content:  Anonimo Veneziano (The Anonymous Venetian) is a 1970 Italian drama film written and directed by the famous Italian actor Enrico Maria Salerno in his debut as a film director. It starred American actor Tony Musante and Brazilian actress Florinda Bolkan. The film is especially notable for its romantic musical score, composed by Stelvio Cipriani. In the movie's musical score there is also an Adagio, erroneously attributed to the Baroque Venetian composer Benedetto Marcello (31 July or 1 August 1686 – 24 July 1739). In reality, the author of the D concerto for oboe and orchestra was his older brother Alessandro (1 February 1673 – 19 June 1747). In 1970, Frida Boccara recorded the song "Venise Va Mourir", the main theme of the film (French version, lyrics by Eddy Marnay), later performing it at the Cannes Film Festival. Tony Renis recorded it as "Anonimo veneziano" (English and Italian versions, 1970) and "Venise Va Mourir" (1971, French version). Singers Sergio Denis (1971), Fred Bongusto (1971), Ornella Vanoni (1971), and Nana Mouskouri (as "To Be the One You Love", 1973), also performed the piece.
Title: The Captain of Venice
Content:  The Captain of Venice (Il Capitano di Venezia) is a 1951 Italian historical adventure film directed by Gianni Puccini and starring Leonardo Cortese, Mariella Lotti, and Andrea Checchi. The film's sets were designed by the art director Arrigo Equini.
Title: Venice/Venice
Content:  Venice/Venice is a 1992 American film written and directed by Henry Jaglom and starring Henry Jaglom, Nelly Alard, Melissa Leo, Suzanne Bertish, Daphna Kastner, David Duchovny, and John Landis.
Title: Killing Birds
Content:  by Lattanzi and Bruna Antonucci, dated January 29, 1987, which Italian film historian Roberto Curti said was "very similar to the finished film" and dismissed Fragasso's and Drudi's claims. The credited director on the film has been unclear, with many crew members stating that the film was actually directed by the producer Aristide Massaccesi (Joe D'Amato). Massaccesi stated in an interview "It seemed to me that the most sensible thing was to give the job of directing the dialogues to (Soavi's) assistant, Claudio Lattanzi, while I took care of the special effects scenes. In the end, I let (Lattanzi) sign as the director.

Question: Who was the director of Venetian Bird?
Answer: Ralph Thomas.
Ralph Philip Thomas.