Christy Cabanne
William Christy Cabanne( April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter and silent film actor.
Austin Roe
Austin Roe (March 2, 1749November 28, 1830) was a member of the Culper Ring, a successful spy network during the American Revolution that was organized in 1778 by George Washington.
Roe served the spy ring as a courier by secretly relaying its messages across the 55 miles that separated the spy ring's two centers of operation, Setauket, New York and New York City.
During this time, Long Island and New York City were both occupied by the British.
Austin Roe claimed to be conducting business as a merchant in order to avoid suspicion.
Having over the course of the Revolution rode over 1000 miles swiftly on horseback, he has been called "The Paul Revere of Long Island".
Austin Roe was also the owner of "Roe's Tavern" in East Setauket, an extant structure (now a private residence) where George Washington stayed overnight during his 1790 tour of Long Island.
In 2015, a letter from a loyalist soldier was uncovered identifying brothers Nathaniel and Phillip Roe as also assisting the Culper Ring.
Smashing the Spy Ring
Smashing the Spy Ring is a 1938 American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne.
It stars Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, and Regis Toomey, and was released on December 29, 1938.
Thulasi (1987 film)
Thulasi is a 1987 Tamil romantic drama film directed by Ameerjan.
The film features Murali and Seetha in lead roles.
The film, produced by P. S. V. Hariharan, had musical score by Sampath Selvam and was released on 27 November 1987.
The music director died before the release of the film.
Querelle
Querelle is a 1982 West German- French English- language drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel" Querelle of Brest".
It marked Fassbinder's final film as a writer/ director; it was posthumously released just months after the director died of a drug overdose in June 1982.
Jawed Wassel
Jawed Wassel (1959 – October 3, 2001) was an Afghan-American film director who made the film "FireDancer", which was the first Afghan film to be submitted for an Academy Award.
He was fatally stabbed on October 3, 2001, after getting into a dispute with another filmmaker, Nathan Powell, over earnings from the production of "FireDancer."
The Spy Ring
The Spy Ring is a 1938 American adventure film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and written by George Waggner.
The film stars William Hall, Jane Wyman, Esther Ralston, Robert Warwick, Leon Ames and Ben Alexander.
The film was released on January 8, 1938, by Universal Pictures.
Le Masque de la Méduse
Le masque de la Méduse is a 2009 fantasy horror film directed by Jean Rollin.
The film is a modern-day telling of the Greek mythological tale of the Gorgon and was inspired by the 1964 classic Hammer Horror film of the same name and the 1981 cult classic" Clash of the Titans".
It was Rollin's final film, as the director died in 2010.
Carlos Esparza
Carlos Esparza( 1828 – September 28, 1885), lived in Mexico at the Texas border, and during his life he served as a soldier and the leader of the spy ring of Juan Cortina.
In addition, he wrote poetry and proverbs.
FireDancer
Fire Dancer is a 2002 film directed by an Afghan- American, Jawed Wassel.
It was the first Afghan film to be submitted for an Academy Award.

Question: Which film has the director died first, Smashing The Spy Ring or Firedancer?