claim: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was directed by Stephen Hillenburg in 2011.
evidence: Leslie Poles Hartley CBE -LRB- 30 December 1895 -- 13 December 1972 -RRB- , known as L. P. Hartley , was a British novelist and short story writer .. CBE. Order of the British Empire. short story. short story. His best-known novels are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy -LRB- 1947 -RRB- and The Go-Between -LRB- 1953 -RRB- .. The Go-Between. The Go-Between. The latter was made into a 1971 film , directed by Joseph Losey with a star cast , in an adaptation by Harold Pinter .. 1971 film. The Go-Between ( 1971 film ). Joseph Losey. Joseph Losey. Harold Pinter. Harold Pinter. Its opening sentence , `` The past is a foreign country  : they do things differently there '' , has become almost proverbial .. His 1957 novel The Hireling was made into a critically acclaimed film of the same title in 1973 .. film of the same title. The Hireling. He is also a noted writer of short fiction that has been acclaimed for its eerie , strange qualities that have drawn comparison with the macabre wit of Saki and the supernatural fiction of Henry James and Walter de la Mare .. Saki. Saki. supernatural fiction. supernatural fiction. Henry James. Henry James. Walter de la Mare. Walter de la Mare