Question: Who directed a 1994 American comedy film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character created by Alfred Harvey and Warren Kremer, that had a cameo appearance by a graduate of Columbia University, Stein began his career in law, graduating as valedictorian from Yale Law School?
Context: Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey World Famous Comics, Harvey Publications, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Hits, Harvey Illustrated Humor, and Harvey Picture Magazines) was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City by Alfred Harvey in 1941, after buying out the small publisher Brookwood Publications.  His brothers Robert B. Harvey and Leon Harvey joined soon after.  The company soon got into licensed characters, which by the 1950s, became the bulk of their output.  The artist Warren Kremer is closely associated with the publisher. Yale Law School (often referred to as Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.  Established in 1824, Yale Law offers the J.D., LL.M. , J.S.D., M.S.L., and Ph.D. degrees in law.  The school's small size and prestige make its admissions process the most selective of any law school in the United States.  Whereas less than 1 in 10 applicants are offered admission, roughly 8 in 10 admits ultimately matriculate, which marks the best yield rate among the top U.S. law schools.  Yale Law has been ranked the number one law school in the country by "U.S. News and World Report" every year since the magazine began publishing law school rankings.  Widely considered to be the preeminent law school in the nation, it is one of the most prestigious law schools in the world. Richie Rich (sometimes stylized as "Ri¢hie Ri¢h") is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character of the same name created by Alfred Harvey and Warren Kremer.  The film stars Macaulay Culkin, John Larroquette, Edward Herrmann, Jonathan Hyde, and Christine Ebersole while Reggie Jackson, Claudia Schiffer, and Ben Stein appear in cameo roles.  Culkin's younger brother, Rory Culkin, played the part of young Richie.  While in theaters, the film was shown with a Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner cartoon called "Chariots of Fur". Alfred Harvey, born Alfred Harvey Wiernikoff (October 6, 1913 – July 4, 1994), was the founder of comic book publisher Harvey Comics and the creator of the comic book characters Little Dot, Richie Rich, and Adam Awards.  He was born to Russian Jewish immigrants. Casper: A Spirited Beginning is a 1997 direct-to-video fantasy family comedy film based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost.  It is a prequel/spin-off to the 1995 film "Casper", giving more details to Casper's origin.  The film is produced by The Harvey Entertainment Company and Saban Entertainment and released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on September 9, 1997 after the company's acquisition of the character from Universal. Hot Stuff the Little Devil is a comic book character created by Warren Kremer who first appeared in "Hot Stuff" #1 (October 1957), published by Harvey Comics.  Imbued with a mischievous personality and able to produce fire, Hot Stuff appears as a red child devil who wears a diaper (said to be made of asbestos) and carries a magical sentient pitchfork (referred to as his "trusty trident"), which is a character in its own right.  Much to the consternation of his demonic brethren, Hot Stuff sometimes performs good deeds to irritate them. Jody S. Kraus is "a noted expert on contracts and commercial law.  His prolific scholarship focuses on the relationship between moral and economic theories of law in general, and contract law in particular."  In 2012, he joined the faculty of Columbia Law School, and is also a professor in Columbia University’s Department of Philosophy.  He will serve, in addition, as co-director of the Law School’s Center for Law & Philosophy.  Prior to joining the faculties of Columbia Law and Columbia University, Kraus was the David E. Kaufman & Leopold C. Glass Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he also co-directed the Institute for Law and Philosophy.  Before joining Penn Law, he was on the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law as the Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy and as the Albert Clark Tate, Jr.  Research Professor.  He teaches contracts, commercial law, political theory, and jurisprudence.  He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in Philosophy and an M.A. from the University of Arizona, and a B.A. from The Ohio State University.  He received numerous awards at the University of Arizona and served as a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal.  He entered Yale Law as a member of the Yale Law Journal after having been published in the Journal before enrolling. Benjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues.  A graduate of Columbia University, Stein began his career in law, graduating as valedictorian from Yale Law School.  He attained early success as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.  Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host.  He is most well-known on screen as the economics teacher in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) and as Dr. Arthur Neuman in "The Mask" (1994) and "Son of the Mask" (2005).  Stein is also a filmmaker.  He co-wrote and starred in the 2008 documentary "", which portrays intelligent design creationism as a scientifically valid alternative to Darwinian evolution and alleges the existence of a cover-up by the scientific community against the evidence for creation. Richard "Richie" $ Rich, Jr. (often stylized as Ri¢hie Ri¢h) is a fictional character in the Harvey Comics universe.  He debuted in "Little Dot" #1, cover-dated September 1953, and was created by Alfred Harvey and Warren Kremer.  Dubbed "the poor little rich boy," Richie is the only child of fantastically wealthy parents and is the world's richest kid.  So rich, his middle name is a dollar sign, $. Barry R. Schaller was an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 2007-2008.  He served as a judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court from 1992 to 2007.  Before that, he was a trial court judge in Connecticut for 18 years.  A graduate of Yale University and the Yale Law School, he is a visiting lecturer in public policy at Trinity College where he teaches Bioethics, Public Health Law and Ethics, health policy, and Public Policy and Law.  He is a Clinical Visiting Lecturer at the Yale Law School, where he teaches Appellate Practice and Procedure.  He has also had recent appointments as visiting lecturer at Wesleyan University, where he teaches Bioethics and Public Health law, ethics and policy, and at the University of Connecticut School of Public Health.  Justice Schaller also teaches an Appellate Advocacy class at Yale Law School, focusing on Connecticut Appellate Procedure.  Justice Schaller is a former Chair of the Connecticut Board of Pardons, a charter life member of the Connecticut Bar Foundation, a member of the American Law Institute, and Chair of the Connecticut Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee.  In May, 2008, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Quinnipiac University School of Law.
Answer: Donald Petrie