Question: Which filmmaker was born first, René Clair or Emilio Fernández?
Context: Les Belles de nuit (US title: Beauties of the Night) is a 1952 French language motion picture fantasy directed and written by René Clair who co-produced with Angelo Rizzoli.  The film stars Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida and Magali Vendeuil.  It was nominated the Venice Film Festival for Golden Lion (René Clair). Le Million is a 1931 French musical comedy film directed by René Clair. The story was adapted by Clair from a play by Georges Berr and Marcel Guillemand. René Lefèvre, born René Paul Louis Lefèvre, (6 March 1898 - 23 May 1991) was a French actor and writer.  Throughout his career, he worked with several notable directors, like Jean Renoir, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jules Dassin, and René Clair. René Clair Award (French: "Prix René-Clair" ) is an award instituted in 1994 and presented by the "Académie française" for achievements in the field of cinema.  The prize was named after the French filmmaker René Clair. Emilio "El Indio" Fernández (born Emilio Fernández Romo, ] ; March 26, 1904 – August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter.  He was one of the most prolific film directors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s.  He is best known for his work as director of the film "Maria Candelaria" (1944), which won the Palme d'Or award at the 1946 Cannes Film Festival.  As an actor, he worked in numerous film productions in Mexico and in Hollywood. Fernando Fernández "El Crooner de México" (1916–1999) was a Mexican actor and singer.  He was born on November 9, 1916, in Monterrey, Mexico, and died in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 24, 1999.  Fernando was the son of Eloisa Reyes.  He was brother of the famous film director Emilio Fernández and actor Jaime Fernández.  He was married to singer Lupita Palomera, who died in 2008.  Fernando Fernández was known as "the Crooner of Mexico." Man About Town (original title: Le Silence est d'or - "Silence is golden") is a 1947 French-American film written and directed by René Clair.  It was released in a shortened version in the USA as Man About Town (see below).  The film marked Clair's return to working in France after twelve years abroad in Britain and the USA. René Clair (11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981) born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer.  He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films in which comedy was often mingled with fantasy.  He went on to make some of the most innovative early sound films in France, before going abroad to work in the UK and USA for more than a decade.  Returning to France after World War II, he continued to make films that were characterised by their elegance and wit, often presenting a nostalgic view of French life in earlier years.  He was elected to the Académie française in 1960.  Clair's best known films include "The Italian Straw Hat" (1928), "Under the Roofs of Paris" (1930), "Le Million" (1931), "À nous la liberté" (1931), "I Married a Witch" (1942), and "And Then There Were None" (1945). Jaime Fernández Reyes (December 6, 1937 – April 15, 2005) was a Mexican actor.  Over his career, he won 3 Silver Ariel awards - the Mexican equivalent of the Oscar - including one for what is arguably his best-known role, playing Friday in Luis Buñuel's "Robinson Crusoe".  He appeared in over 200 films and served as the General Secretary of the Mexican actors' union for 11 years.  His older brother was actor/director Emilio Fernández. The Grand Maneuver (French: Les Grandes Manœuvres ) is a 1955 French drama film written and directed by René Clair, and starring Michèle Morgan and Gérard Philipe.  It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland as Summer Manoeuvres, and in the United States under the title The Grand Maneuver.  It is a romantic comedy-drama set in a French provincial town just before World War I, and it was René Clair's first film to be made in colour.
Answer: René Clair