Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
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The Grass Is Greener
The Grass Is Greener is a 1960 comedy film directed by Stanley Donen and starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Jean Simmons.
The film was adapted by Hugh Williams and Margaret Vyner from the play of the same name which they had written and found success with in London's West End.
Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen (April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer
whose most celebrated works are "On the Town" (1949) and "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), both of which starred Gene Kelly who co-directed.
His other films include "Royal Wedding" (1951), "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1954), "Funny Face" (1957), "Indiscreet" (1958), and "Charade" (1963).
He began his career in the chorus line on Broadway for director George Abbott, where he befriended Kelly.
From 1943, he was in Hollywood and worked as a choreographer before beginning to collaborate with Kelly.
After "On the Town", Donen worked as a contract director for MGM under producer Arthur Freed producing critically well-received box-office hits.
Donen and Kelly co-directed the musical "Singin' in the Rain", released in April 1952, which has appeared on lists of the best films ever made.
Donen's relationship with Kelly deteriorated during their final collaboration, "It's Always Fair Weather" (1955).
He then broke his contract with MGM to become an independent producer in 1957.
He continued making films throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, often financial successes that gained positive attention.
His film output became less frequent in the early 1980s and he briefly returned to the stage as a director in the 1990s and again in 2002.
Donen is credited with having transitioned Hollywood musical films from realistic backstage dramas to a more integrated art form in which the songs were a natural continuation of the story.
Before Donen and Kelly made their films, musicals – such as the extravagant and stylized work of Busby Berkeley – were often set in a Broadway stage environment where the musical numbers were part of a stage show.
Donen and Kelly's films created a more cinematic form and included dances that could only be achieved in the film medium.
Donen stated that what he was doing was a "direct continuation from the Astaire – Rogers musicals ... which in turn came from René Clair and from Lubitsch ...
What "we" did was not geared towards realism but towards the unreal."
Donen is highly respected by film historians; however his career is often compared to Kelly's, and there is debate over who deserves more credit for their collaborations.
Donen and Kelly's relationship was complicated, both professionally and personally, but Donen's films as a solo director are generally better regarded by critics than Kelly's.
French film critic Jean-Pierre Coursodon has said that Donen's contribution to the evolution of the Hollywood musical "outshines anybody else's, including Vincente Minnelli's".
David Quinlan called him "the King of the Hollywood musicals".
Among his awards are an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 and a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 2004.
Donen married five times and had three children.
Film director and comedian Elaine May was his partner from 1999 until his death in 2019.
He was the last surviving notable director of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Grassella Oliphant
Grassella Oliphant( September 1, 1929 in Pittsburgh – December 16, 2017) was an American jazz drummer.
Oliphant backed Ahmad Jamal in 1952 and Sarah Vaughan in the late 1950s, then worked with Gloria Lynne and Shirley Scott.
He released two soul jazz albums as a leader on Atlantic Records in the 1960s.
" The Grass Roots", released in 1965, saw Oliphant working with saxophonist Harold Ousley, vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson, and bassist Ray McKinney.
His 1968 release" The Grass Is Greener" featured John Patton on organ, Grant Green on guitar, Clark Terry on trumpet, and Major Holley on bass, in addition to Ousley.
" The Grass Is Greener" has been repeatedly sampled by hip hop artists.
Both albums were reissued on CD by Collectables Records as a single disc in 2005.
After an almost 40- years hiatus from music, working as the manager of a golf course, Oliphant resumed playing in the 2000s, this time in the New Jersey area.
During his 2007 NAMM Oral History Program interview, Oliphant spoke about his early days in jazz and the many changes he has witnessed during his career, especially those related to the development of instruments and musical products.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
The Boat on the Grass
The Boat on the Grass is a 1971 French film directed by Gérard Brach.
It was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
Grass Is Greener
Grass Is Greener is a documentary film about cannabis, which premiered on Netflix on April 20, 2019.
Grass Is Greener
Grass Is Greener is a documentary film about cannabis, which premiered on Netflix on April 20, 2019.

Question: What nationality is the director of film The Grass Is Greener?
Answer: American