Rainbow (1944 film)
Rainbow (translit. "Veselka", ; translit.
"Raduga"), is a 1944 Soviet war film directed by Mark Donskoy and written by Wanda Wasilewska based on her novel, "Tecza".
The film depicts life in a German-occupied village in Ukraine from the viewpoint of the terrorized villagers.
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.
The Navy Way
The Navy Way is a 1944 American film directed by William Berke concentrating on US Navy recruit training with many sequences filmed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
The film had its premiere at the Genesee Theatre in nearby Waukegan, Illinois.
William Berke
William A. Berke( October 3, 1903 – February 15, 1958) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
He directed nearly 90 films between 1934 and 1958.
He also produced nearly 80 films between 1933 and 1958.
He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and died in Los Angeles, California.
Richard Fleischer later recalled Berke" was known as King of the B's.
For years and years he had made nothing but pictures with ten or twelve day shooting schedules, minuscule budgets of about$ 100,000 and no stars.
Without bothering with editing or any postproduction chores and with short shooting schedules, he was able to squeeze in eight or ten pictures a year.
And he was going nuts".
According to Fleischer, Berke eventually pestered RKO executives enough to be assigned an A picture with a long shooting schedule and stars and he still shot it in twelve days.
Gambler's Choice
Gambler's Choice is a 1944 film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Chester Morris and Nancy Kelly.
Lost in a Harem
Lost in a Harem is a 1944 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
Mark Donskoy
Mark Semyonovich Donskoy( – 21 March 1981) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter.
Mark Donskoy was born in Odessa in a Jewish family.
During the Civil War, he served in the Red Army( 1921- 1923), and was captured by the whites for ten months.
Demobilized, he studied psychology and psychiatry at the Crimean medical school.
In 1925 he graduated from the legal department of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Crimean University named after M.V. Frunze in Simferopol.
At the same time he worked in investigative bodies, in the Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR, and in the bar association.
He released a collection of short stories about his life called “ Prisoners ”( 1925).
Donskoy began his career in film in 1926.
He worked in the script department, then as an assistant director in Moscow, later as an editing assistant in Leningrad.
In 1935 he became the first Soviet dubbing director, he dubbed the American film “ The Invisible Man ”.
In 1938- 1941, and in 1945- 1955 he was the director of the Soyuzdetfilm film studio( Moscow).
In 1942- 1945 and in 1955- 1957- director of the Kiev film studio.
Since 1957, director and art director of the Maxim Gorky film studio( formerly Soyuzdetfilm).
His wife was the screenwriter Irina Borisovna Donskaya( 1918- 1983).
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.
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.
Rationing (film)
Rationing is a 1944 film starring Wallace Beery and featuring Marjorie Main.
The screen comedy was directed by Willis Goldbeck.

Question: Which film has the director died first, Rainbow (1944 Film) or The Navy Way?
Answer: The Navy Way