The Goodbye People (film)
The Goodbye People is a 1984 American comedy- drama film written and directed by Herb Gardner, based on his 1968 play" The Goodbye People".
The film stars Judd Hirsch, Martin Balsam, Pamela Reed, Vincent Gugleotti, Gene Saks and Ron Silver.
First screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1984, the film was released on January 31, 1986, by Embassy Pictures.
Hassan Zee
Hassan Zee is a Pakistani- American film director who was born in Chakwal, Pakistan.
Rumbi Katedza
Rumbi Katedza is a Zimbabwean Film Producer and Director who was born on 17 January 1974.
The Fearmakers
The Fearmakers is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Dana Andrews.
The screenplay is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Darwin Teilhet.
Ray Stark
Ray Stark
( October 3, 1915 – January 17, 2004) was one of the most successful and prolific independent film producers in postwar Hollywood.
Highly tenacious and intelligent, Stark's background as a literary and theatrical agent groomed him to produce some of the most dynamic and profitable films of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, such as" The World of Suzie Wong"( 1960)," West Side Story"( 1961)," The Misfits"( 1961)," Lolita"( 1962)," The Night of The Iguana"( 1964)," Reflections in a Golden Eye"( 1967)," Funny Girl"( 1968)," The Goodbye Girl"( 1977)," The Toy"( 1982)," Annie"( 1982), and" Steel Magnolias"( 1989).
In addition to his roster of films, Stark formed relationships with various directors and writers throughout his inspired career.
Stark made eight films with Herbert Ross, five with John Huston, and three with Sydney Pollack.
Additionally, Stark's 18- year partnership with playwright Neil Simon yielded 11 films between the duo, including" The Goodbye Girl"( 1977) and" The Sunshine Boys"( 1975).
In 1980, the Motion Picture Academy awarded him the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award for a lifetime of achievement in film.
Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur( November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir" Out of the Past" and a series of low- budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including" Cat PeopleI Walked with a Zombie", and" The Leopard Man".
He is also known for directing" Night of the Demon", which was released by Columbia Pictures.
While in Hollywood, he was usually addressed by his anglicized name" Jack Turner", a literal and phonetic translation of his name in English.
Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss( né Dreyfus; born October 29, 1947) is an American actor best known for starring in popular films between the 1970s and 1990s, including" American GraffitiJaws Stand by MeClose Encounters of the Third KindDown and Out in Beverly Hill s The Goodbye Girl Tin Men"," StakeoutAlways What About Bob?" and" Mr. Holland's Opus".
Dreyfuss won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1978 for" The Goodbye Girl", and was nominated in 1995 for" Mr. Holland's Opus".
He has also won a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and was nominated in 2002 for Screen Actors Guild Awards in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries categories.
Herbert Ross
Herbert David Ross( May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001) was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in the stage and film.
The Goodbye Girl
The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American romantic comedy- drama film produced by Ray Stark, directed by Herbert Ross and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings and Paul Benedict.
The original screenplay by Neil Simon centers on an odd trio: a struggling actor who has sublet a Manhattan apartment from a friend, the current occupant( his friend's ex-girlfriend, who has just been abandoned), and her precocious young daughter.
Richard Dreyfuss won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Elliot Garfield.
At the time he became the youngest man to win an Oscar for Best Actor.
The film became the first romantic comedy to earn 100 million dollars in box office grosses.
Patricia Pearcy
Patricia Sue Pearcy( born September 10, 1946) is an American film, stage, and television actress.
She began her career in theatre, appearing on Broadway and in local theatre companies in Connecticut and Kentucky before making her film debut in Monte Hellman's" Cockfighter"( 1974).
She would later have supporting parts in" The Goodbye Girl"( 1977) and in several television series.
She also appeared in several horror films, including" Squirm"( 1976) and" Delusion"( 1981).

Question: Which film has the director who was born earlier, The Goodbye Girl or The Fearmakers?
Answer: The Fearmakers