Instructions: In this task, you are given a context paragraph, a question based on that and corresponding answer of a question. Your task is to generate supporting fact/knowledge from context paragraph which helps in answering a given question.
Input: Hal Ashby (September 2, 1929 December 27, 1988) was an American film director and editor associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. Question: Who started directing films first Hal Ashby or Oscar Apfel ? Answer: Oscar C. Apfel
Output:
Hal Ashby September 2, 1929 December 27, 1988 was an American film director and editor associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.