William Leete Stone Sr.
William Leete Stone( 20 April 1792 New Paltz, New York( or 1793 Esopus, New York) – 15 August 1844 Saratoga Springs, New York), known as Colonel Stone, was an influential journalist, publisher, author, and public official in New York City.
His name also appears as" Leet".
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Anne Akerman( 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York.
She is best known for" Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles"( 1975), which was dubbed a" masterpiece" by" The New York Times".
According to film scholar Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Akerman's influence on feminist filmmaking and avant- garde cinema has been substantial.
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.
Big (film)
Big is a 1988 American fantasy comedy film directed by Penny Marshall, and stars Tom Hanks as Adult Josh Baskin, a young boy who makes a wish" to be big" and is then aged to adulthood overnight.
The film also stars Elizabeth Perkins, David Moscow as young Josh, John Heard and Robert Loggia, and was written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg.
It was produced by Gracie Films and distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Upon release," Big" was met with universal critical acclaim, particularly for Hanks' performance.
It was a huge commercial success as well, grossing$ 151 million worldwide against a production budget of$ 18 million.
The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor( Hanks) and Best Original Screenplay.
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.
Rowland York
Rowland York or Yorke( died 1588) was an English soldier of fortune and defector to Spain.
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.
A Couch in New York
A Couch in New York( French title" Un divan à New York") is a 1996 film about an anonymous exchange of apartments between a successful New York psychoanalyst and a young woman from Paris.
It was written and directed by Chantal Akerman.
Penny Marshall
Carole Penny Marshall( October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018) was an American actress, director, and producer.
She came to notice in the 1970s for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom" Laverne& Shirley"( 1976 – 1983), receiving three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her portrayal.
Marshall made her directorial debut with" Jumpin' Jack Flash"( 1986) before directing" Big"( 1988), which became the first film directed by a woman to gross more than$ 100 million at the U.S. box office.
Her subsequent directing credits included" Awakenings"( 1990), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture," A League of Their Own"( 1992)," Renaissance Man"( 1994)," The Preacher's Wife"( 1996) and" Riding in Cars with Boys"( 2001).
She also produced" Cinderella Man"( 2005) and" Bewitched"( 2005), and directed episodes of the TV series" According to Jim" and" United States of Tara".
Ellen Olney Kirk
Ellen Warner Olney Kirk( November 6, 1842 – 1928) was an American novelist.
Her novels tended to have romance plots set in New York or Philadelphia.

Question: Which film has the director died first, A Couch In New York or Big (Film)?
Answer: A Couch In New York