Question: Which of the following is best remembered for co-directing Daredevils of the Red Circle: William Witney or Joyce Wieland?
Context: Apache Rifles is a 1964 Western film in which Audie Murphy plays cavalry officer Jeff Station, charged with bringing in renegade Apaches in the Arizona Territory.  Directed by William Witney the film was shot at Bronson Canyon and Red Rock Canyon State Park, California. William Nuelsen Witney (May 15, 1915 – 17 March, 2002) was an American film and television director.  He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as "Daredevils of the Red Circle", "Zorro's Fighting Legion" and "Drums of Fu Manchu". The Crimson Ghost is a 1946 Republic film serial directed by Fred C. Brannon and William Witney with Charles Quigley and Linda Stirling playing the leads.  This was Witney's last serial, after a career that left him one of the most praised of all serial directors.  The serial was re-released as a six-episode television series in the 1950s and as a television film called Cyclotrode "X" in 1966.  In the 1990s "The Crimson Ghost" was one of only two Republic serials to be colorised.  The villain of the serial, the Crimson Ghost of the title, is one of the most visually striking of the medium.  The horror punk band Misfits adapted his visage as their skull logo, and he has appeared in the music video for the song "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden. Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939) is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Charles Quigley, David Sharpe, Herman Brix (better known under his subsequent stage name, Bruce Bennett), Carole Landis, Miles Mander (in a dual role) and Charles Middleton.  It was directed by William Witney and John English and is considered one of the better serials produced by Republic.  The serial was the fourteenth of the sixty-six serials produced by the studio. Paratroop Command is a 1959 war film directed by William Witney, starring Richard Bakalyan, Ken Lynch and Jack Hogan.  Quentin Tarantino, an admirer of Witney's work, considers this film to be among his four best.  American International Pictures originally released the film as a double feature with "Submarine Seahawk". Joyce Wieland, OC (June 30, 1930 – June 27, 1998) was a Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist. King of the Carnival (1955) is a Republic movie serial.  It contains a substantial amount of stock footage from the earlier Republic serial "Daredevils of the Red Circle".  This was the 66th and last serial ever made by Republic and is often considered to be one of the worst produced by that company.  The plot concerns Treasury Agents investigating a Cold War counterfeiting operation believed to be connected to a circus. Outlaws of Pine Ridge is a 1942 American western film directed by William Witney and starring Don 'Red' Barry, Lynn Merrick and Noah Beery. 7 Up (stylized as 7up outside of the U.S.) is a brand of lemon-lime flavored, non-caffeinated soft drink.  The rights to the brand are held by Dr Pepper Snapple Group in the United States, and PepsiCo (or its licensees) in the rest of the world.  The U.S. version of the "7 Up" logo includes a red circle between the "7" and "Up"; this red circle has been animated and used as a mascot for the brand as Cool Spot. The Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) is a 12-chapter Republic movie serial starring Don "Red" Barry and Noah Beery, Sr. based on the Western comic strip "Red Ryder".  It was directed by William Witney and John English.  This serial was the 18th of the 66 serials produced by Republic.  Westerns made up a third of all serials produced by the studio.
Answer: William Nuelsen Witney