James Whale
James Whale( 22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theater director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood.
He is best remembered for several horror films:" Frankenstein"( 1931)," The Old Dark House"( 1932)," The Invisible Man"( 1933) and" Bride of Frankenstein"( 1935), all considered classics.
Whale also directed films in other genres, including the 1936 film version of the musical" Show Boat".
He became increasingly disenchanted with his association with horror, and many of his non-horror films have fallen into obscurity.
Whale was born into a large family in Dudley, Worcestershire.
He discovered his artistic talent early on and studied art.
With the outbreak of World War I he enlisted in the British Army and became an officer.
He was captured by the Germans and during his time as a prisoner of war he realized he was interested in drama.
Following his release at the end of the war he became an actor, set designer and director.
His success directing the 1928 play" Journey's End" led to his move to the US, first to direct the play on Broadway and then to Hollywood, California, to direct films.
He lived in Hollywood for the rest of his life, most of that time with his longtime companion, producer David Lewis.
Apart from" Journey's End"( 1930), which was released by Tiffany Films, and" Hell's Angels"( 1930), released by United Artists, he directed a dozen films for Universal Pictures between 1931 and 1937, developing a style characterized by the influence of German Expressionism and a highly mobile camera.
At the height of his career as a director Whale directed" The Road Back"( 1937), a sequel to" All Quiet on the Western Front".
Studio interference, possibly spurred by political pressure from Nazi Germany, led to the film's being altered from Whale's vision and it was a critical and commercial failure.
A run of similar box- office disappointments followed and, while he would make one final short film in 1950, by 1941 his film directing career was effectively over.
He continued to direct for the stage and also rediscovered his love for painting and travel.
His investments made him wealthy and he lived a comfortable retirement until suffering strokes in 1956 that robbed him of his vigor and left him in pain.
He committed suicide on 29 May 1957 by drowning himself in his swimming pool.
Whale was openly gay throughout his career, something that was very unusual in the 1920s and 1930s.
As knowledge of his sexual orientation has become more common, some of his films," Bride of Frankenstein" in particular, have been interpreted as having a gay subtext and it has been claimed that his refusal to remain in the closet led to the end of his career.
The Land (1969 film)
The Land( translit. Al- ard) is a 1969 Egyptian drama film directed by Youssef Chahine, based on a popular novel by Abdel Rahman al- Sharqawi.
The film narrates the conflict between peasants and their landlord in rural Egypt in the 1930s, and explores the complex relation between individual interests and collective responses to oppression.
It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.
The Iron Mask
The Iron Mask is a 1929 American part- talkie adventure film directed by Allan Dwan.
It is an adaptation of the last section of the novel" The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Lady in the Iron Mask
Lady in the Iron Mask is a 1952 film directed by Ralph Murphy, produced by Walter Wanger and starring Louis Hayward as D'Artagnan and Patricia Medina in the titular role.
Alan Hale, Jr. portrays Porthos, Judd Holdren plays Aramis, and Steve Brodie appears as Athos in this Three Musketeers adventure film, a reworking of Douglas Fairbanks' 1929 screen epic" The Iron Mask", an adaptation of the last section of the novel" The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.
Louis Hayward had played the dual role of the imprisoned prince and his twin in the 1939 version" The Man in the Iron Mask" while Alan Hale, Sr. portrayed Porthos, and in what may have been an instance of stunt casting, the same part was subsequently played by his lookalike son Alan Hale, Jr. in" Lady in the Iron Mask" thirteen years later.
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film)
The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the novel" The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas," père", which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask.
The film was Peter Cushing's screen debut.
It was also notable for being the source of several subsequent remakes.
The film was directed by James Whale and stars Louis Hayward as royal twins, Joan Bennett as Princess Maria Theresa, Warren William as d' Artagnan, and Joseph Schildkraut as Nicolas Fouquet.
Youssef Chahine
Youssef Chahine( 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptian film director.
He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death.
A winner of the Cannes 50th Anniversary Award( for lifetime achievement), Chahine was credited with launching the career of actor Omar Sharif.
A well regarded director with critics, he was often present at film festivals during the earlier decades of his work, Chahine gained his largest international audiences as one of the co-directors of" 11' 9" 01 September 11"( 2002).
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.

Question: Are both director of film The Land (1969 film) and director of film The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film) from the same country?
Answer: no