Question: Which film director was older, Stanley Kramer or Gordon Douglas?
Context: Gordon Douglas (December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993) was an American film director, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures.  He was a native of New York City. Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message films".  As an independent producer and director, he brought attention to topical social issues that most studios avoided.  Among the subjects covered in his films were racism (in "The Defiant Ones" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"), nuclear war (in "On the Beach"), greed (in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"), creationism vs. evolution (in "Inherit the Wind") and the causes and effects of fascism (in "Judgment at Nuremberg").  His other notable films included "High Noon" (1952, as producer), "The Caine Mutiny" (1954, as producer), and "Ship of Fools" (1965). A Child Is Waiting is a 1963 American drama film written by Abby Mann based on his 1957 "Westinghouse Studio One" teleplay of the same name.  The film was produced by Stanley Kramer and directed by John Cassavetes.  Burt Lancaster portrays the director of a state institution for mentally handicapped and emotionally disturbed children, and Judy Garland is a new teacher who challenges his methods. On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists, produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, that stars Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Anthony Perkins.  This black-and-white film is based on Nevil Shute's 1957 novel of the same name depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war.  Unlike the novel, no blame is placed on whoever started the war; it is hinted in the film that the threat of annihilation may have arisen from an accident or misjudgment. George Glass (August 19, 1910 – April 1, 1984) was an American film producer and publicist, best known for his work with Stanley Kramer.  In Kramer's 1997 autobiography, describing how he formed his first production company in the late 1940s, he called Glass "one of the best publicity men in town", and remarked "I was fortunate to get Glass, with whom I had worked in the Lewin-Loew partnership before the war.  He was a bright man and a very smooth operator."  In a 1973 biography of Marlon Brando, Bob Thomas wrote: The Runner Stumbles is a 1979 film directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, based on the Broadway play by Milan Stitt.  The film was the last of Kramer's long and distinguished career.  It stars Dick Van Dyke, Kathleen Quinlan, Maureen Stapleton, Tammy Grimes, Beau Bridges, and Ray Bolger. Karen Sharpe (born September 20, 1934) is an American former actress of film and television, who appeared on screen from 1952 to 1966.  She is the surviving third wife of producer/director Stanley Kramer, to whom she was married from 1966 until his death in 2001.  She has since been the caretaker of the Kramer estate and legacy. Rudolph Sternad (October 6, 1906 – April 23, 1963) was an American art director and production designer.  He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.  He was a frequent collaborator of producer-director Stanley Kramer, working with him on virtually all of the films that Kramer directed, and many famous ones that he only produced, such as "High Noon", "Cyrano de Bergerac", and "The Men". Oklahoma Crude is a 1973 American drama Metrocolor film directed by Stanley Kramer in Panavision.  It stars George C. Scott and Faye Dunaway.  It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where Kramer won the Golden Prize for Direction.  The song "Send a Little Love My Way", sung by Anne Murray, was featured in the film and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1973. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Stanley Kramer, and written by William Rose.  It stars Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and features Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton.  The film contains a (then rare) positive representation of the controversial subject of interracial marriage, which historically had been illegal in most states of the United States, and still was illegal in 17 states—mostly Southern states—until 12 June 1967, six months before the film was released, roughly two weeks after Tracy filmed his final scene (and two days after his death), when anti-miscegenation laws were struck down by the Supreme Court in "Loving v. Virginia".  The film's Oscar-nominated score was composed by Frank De Vol.
Answer: Gordon Douglas