Leslie Thomas
Leslie Thomas, OBE( 22 March 1931 – 6 May 2014) was a Welsh author best known for his comic novel" The Virgin Soldiers".
Joel Lamangan
Joel Lamangan( born September 21, 1952) is a Filipino film director, television director and actor.
His award- winning films includes" The Flor Contemplacion StorySidhiDeathrowHubogAishte Imasu 1941 Blue Moon" and" Mano Po".
On August 19, 2008, Lamangan directed his first indie movie" Walang Kawala" produced by DMV Entertainment.
It stars Polo Ravales and Joseph Bitangcol, with the special participation of Jean Garcia.
Joel also directs" Obra" and will soon start shooting Desperadas
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He started production for the next Sine Novela:" Una Kang Naging Akin" starring Angelika dela Cruz, Wendell Ramos, and Maxene Magalona.
In 2013 Elections he ran as congressman for Cavite's 1st District under the Lakas- CMD/ United Nationalist Alliance/ Partido Magdalo.
However he backed out in the race.
In 2013, Lamangan was named as the artistic director of Gantimpala Theater Foundation.
Lamangan will direct an original musical titled" Katipunan: Mga Anak ng Bayan" and it will star actors Sandino Martin and Anna Fegi.
The show toured in August and September 2013 around provinces of Manila to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Philippine hero, Andres Bonifacio.
Lamangan is a member of the international Order of DeMolay from Baja Chapter, Cavite City.
He was conferred with the highest honor being a DeMolay to the rank of Legion of Honor last November 14, 2015, by the Grand Master Victor Antonio T. Espejo of the Supreme Council Order of DeMolay Philippines for outstanding leadership in his field of endeavor, for service to humanity, for success in fraternal life, including adult service to the Order of DeMolay.
The Supreme Council Order of DeMolay is an appendant body of Freemasonry.
Pearl Hackney
Pearl Hackney( 28 October 1916 – 18 September 2009) was a British actress and the wife of comic actor Eric Barker.
She was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, but spent much of her early life in Liverpool, Lancashire( now Merseyside).
As well as appearing with her husband in a number of productions including 21 episodes of" The Eric Barker Half- Hour" her television credits also include" Coronation Street Are You Being Served?"( as Mrs. Grainger, wife of Mr. Ernest Grainger, in one episode," The Clock", 1974)," The Famous Five" and" All Creatures Great and Small".
She also appeared in various radio episodes of" Dad's Army".
Her film appearances included" Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers"( 1977)," Yanks"( 1979)," The Ploughman's Lunch"( 1983), and four films for British director Pete Walker:" Cool It Carol!"( 1970)," Four Dimensions of Greta"( 1972)," Tiffany Jones"( 1973), and" Schizo"( 1976).
She died in Herne Bay, Kent, on 18 September 2009, aged 92 and is buried with her husband in the churchyard of St. Mary's, Stalisfield Green.
The Virgin Soldiers (film)
The Virgin Soldiers is a 1969 British war comedy- drama film directed by John Dexter and starring Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Patrick and Rachel Kempson.
It is set in 1950, during the Malayan Emergency, and is based on the novel of the same name by Leslie Thomas.
The film's popularity spawned a 1977 sequel," Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers".
Roy Stewart
Roy Stewart( 15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008) was a Jamaican- born British actor.
He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television.
In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran the Caribbean club and restaurant The Globe, in Talbot Road until his death.
Stewart played Quarrel Junior in the James Bond film" Live and Let Die"( 1973).
Other film appearances include" Carry On Up the Jungle"( 1970)," Leo the Last"( 1970)," Games That Lovers Play"( 1971)," Twins of Evil"( 1971)," Lady Caroline Lamb"( 1972)," Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers"( 1977) and" Arabian Adventure"( 1979).
He was also active on television, with credits including:" Out of the Unknown Adam Adamant Lives!
Doctor Who"( in the serials" The Tomb of the Cybermen" and" Terror of the AutonsDoomwatch Up Pompeii!
The Troubleshooters" and" I, Claudius".
Desperadas
Desperadas is a 2007 Filipino romantic comedy film written by Roy Iglesias, directed by Joel Lamangan, and starring Marian Rivera, Ruffa Gutierrez, Ruffa Mae Quinto and Iza Calzado.
The film was followed by the sequel" Desperadas 2" in 2008.
Rumbi Katedza
Rumbi Katedza is a Zimbabwean Film Producer and Director who was born on 17 January 1974.
Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers
Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers is a 1977 British film directed by Norman Cohen and starring Robin Askwith and Nigel Davenport.
It is a sequel to" The Virgin Soldiers"( 1969).
The screenplay was written by Leslie Thomas based on his 1975 novel of the same name.
Norman Cohen
Norman Cohen( 11 June 1936 in Dublin – 26 October 1983 in Van Nuys, California) was an Irish film director and producer, best known for directing two feature films based on television comedy programmes," Till Death Us Do Part"( 1969) and" Dad's Army"( 1971).
He was also a director of several of the" Confessions of ..." sex comedy series:" Confessions of a Pop Performer"( 1975)," Confessions of a Driving Instructor"( 1976) and" Confessions from a Holiday Camp"( 1977).
In addition to those films, he also produced as well as directed the adaptation of Spike Milligan's( 1973), and the comedy sequel" Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers"( 1977).
Cohen's first film production was" The London Nobody Knows"( 1967) narrated by James Mason and his final film was" Burning Rubber"( 1981).
He died after suffering a heart attack in 1983.
Hassan Zee
Hassan Zee is a Pakistani- American film director who was born in Chakwal, Pakistan.

Question: Which film has the director who was born earlier, Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers or Desperadas?
Answer: Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers