Complex sentence: Director Roger Spottiswoode, screenwriter Steven E. de Souza, and producers Lawrence and Charles Gordon went on to make the film "48 Hrs." Several years later, the Gordon brothers and de Souza created the "Die Hard" franchise.
Split into simpler sentences: Director Roger Spottiswoode, screenwriter Steven E. de Souza, and producers Lawrence and Charles Gordon went on to make "48 Hrs.". The Gordon brothers and de Souza went on to create the "Die Hard" franchise.