claim: The Hunger Games film series' first film was directed by a gorilla.
evidence: Anthony James Wylie `` Tony '' Godwin -LRB- c.1920-1976 -RRB- was an influential British publisher of the 1960s / 1970s .. British. United Kingdom. His contribution to the publishing industry is recognized in the form of the Tony Godwin Memorial Trust .. He started the avant-garde bookshop Better Books in Charing Cross Road , where author Barry Miles worked .. avant-garde. avant-garde. bookshop. bookshop. Better Books. Better Books. Charing Cross Road. Charing Cross Road. Barry Miles. Barry Miles. He also ran Bumpus Books and the City Bookshop in London .. Bumpus Books. Bumpus Books. City Bookshop. City Bookshop. London. London. In May 1960 , Godwin was recruited to join the senior editorial group at Penguin Books and rose to Chief Editor .. Penguin Books. Penguin Books. He sought to update editorial and design policies .. With this aim in mind , he hired Germano Facetti in January 1961 , who replaced the original Penguin cover design system with the grid layout .. Germano Facetti. Germano Facetti. He also brought in another designer Alan Aldridge who pushed for a more radical transformation .. Alan Aldridge. Alan Aldridge. Godwin established the Penguin Modern Classics subseries in 1961 and The English Library series in 1965 .. Penguin Modern Classics. Penguin Modern Classics. In 1967 Godwin published Penguin 's edition of acclaimed French cartoonist Sine 's Massacre was published .. Sine. Sine. It contained anti-clerical cartoons and Foyles refused to stock the book .. anti-clerical. anti-clerical. Foyles. Foyles. A row over the book led to Godwin being fired by Penguin 's founder , Allen Lane .. Godwin went on to become managing director of publisher Weidenfield and Nicoloson , and in 1972 crossed the Atlantic to start his own imprint under the umbrella of American publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch .. Godwin published many high-profile writers such as Edna O'Brien and Len Deighton .. Edna O'Brien. Edna O'Brien