Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
Akbar Oluwakemi- Idowu Gbajabiamila( born May 6, 1979), is a former professional American football player of the National Football League( NFL), who currently is the co-host for" American Ninja Warrior", works as a sports analyst for the NFL Network, and author.
The Los Angeles native grew up in the Crenshaw district with his mother and father, both of who were born and raised in Nigeria, and his 6 siblings.
Among his siblings is Green Bay Packers defensive end Kabeer Gbaja- Biamila.
Gbajabiamila was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent, in 2003.
Before beginning his professional career, he played college football at San Diego State University.
Gbajabiamila also played for the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins.
Gbajabiamila currently serves as a board member for the Asomugha Foundation, an organization aimed at creating better educational opportunities for impoverished communities.
Akbar also serves on the Board of the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which raises millions of dollars for Parkinson ’s research.
Gbajabiamila currently co-hosts American Ninja Warrior alongside Matt Iseman and Zuri Hall.
American Ninja Warrior is an American sports entertainment competition, which features hundreds of competitors attempting to complete series of obstacle courses of increasing difficulty in various cities across the United States, in hopes of becoming the season's" American Ninja Warrior."
In addition to this, he also hosts the Universal Kids spin off show, American Ninja Warrior Junior as well as NFL Networks ’ highest rated show, NFL Fantasy Live.
Gbajabiamila ‘s first book," Everyone Can Be a Ninja", was released on May 7, 2019.
Sam Firstenberg
Sam Firstenberg( born Shmulik Firstenberg on March 13, 1950) is an Israeli- American film director.
Born in Poland to a Jewish family, Sam Firstenberg grew up in Jerusalem, directing 22 theatrical feature films since completing his graduate studies in film at Loyola Marymount University, and obtained his higher education in Los Angeles, California.
He is best known for having made low- budget B-movies most of his career, among them the first two movies in the American Ninja series," American Ninja" and.
Sam Firstenberg has directed films ranging from comedy to action, musical to drama, science fiction, thrillers and horror.
Wong Jing
Wong Jing( born 3 May 1955) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter.
A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd- pleasing and publicity, Wong Jing has played a prominent role in the Hong Kong cinema of the last quarter- century.
Alty Karliev
Alty Karliev (6 January 1909 - 11 December 1973), PAU, was a Turkmen actor and director.
He studied at the Turkmen Drama Studio and the Baku Theatre College, graduating from the latter in 1931.
After this, he worked as an actor at the Ashkhabad Drama Theatre.
Karliev's first film appearance was as Kelkhan in the 1939 film "Soviet Patriots".
Other notable film roles included Nury in "Dursun" (1940) and Aldar Kose in "The Magic Crystal" (1945).
His appearance in "The Magic Crystal" gained him a following across the Soviet Union.
Karliev did not have any formal training as a director, but learned from Russian and Ukrainian directors.
His first directing credit was in 1957, when he worked with Yevgeni Ivanov-Barkov on the first colour film produced by Turkmenfilm, "Extraordinary Mission".
His next film was with Viktor Ivanov, "Anya" (1960).
This was followed by "The Decisive Step" (1965).
Confrontation (miniseries)
Confrontation or is a 1985 Soviet six- part television film directed by Semyon Aranovich based on the novel by Yulian Semyonov.
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is a 1987 action film directed by Sam Firstenberg.
It stars Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Jeff Weston, Gary Conway, Michelle Botes and Larry Poindexter.
The film is about two U.S. Army Rangers( Dudikoff and James) who are ordered to discover why Marines have been going missing from their posts at the US Embassy.
The two discover The Lion( Gary Conway) has been kidnapping the missing marines and having them brainwashed to join his army of assassins.
Claude Weisz
Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.
The Magic Crystal
The Magic Crystal is a 1986 Hong Kong action film written and directed by Wong Jing.
The film stars Andy Lau and Cynthia Rothrock.
It is about a mysterious crystal that holds powers to be able to do both nice and terrible things.
The film is well known for being one of those' so bad it's good' films.
What saves the film from total mediocrity is its high- octane martial arts scenes.
W. Augustus Barratt
W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician.
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation
American Ninja 4: The Annihilation is a 1991 action/ martial arts film starring Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, and James Booth.
It was the fourth film in the" American Ninja" series and was directed by Cedric Sundstrom.
The film marked Michael Dudikoff's final appearance in the" American Ninja" film series.

Question: Which film has the director born later, The Magic Crystal or American Ninja 2: The Confrontation?
Answer: The Magic Crystal