Venkat Prabhu
Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren( born 7 November 1975), better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu, is an Indian filmmaker, who has worked as an actor, director and playback singer in the tamil centre Tamil film industry.
After completing his education, he began pursuing an acting career, with his first three ventures featuring him in a starring role, failing to release, following which he began appearing in character roles.
He entered the spotlight for the first time when he turned director with the summer hit" Chennai 600028"( 2007).
He achieved further commercial successes with his subsequent directorials" Saroja"( 2008)," Goa"( 2010)," Mankatha"( 2011)," Biriyani"( 2013) and" Masss"( 2015).
His father Gangai Amaren is a film director and music director.
Chennai 600028
Chennai 600028 is a 2007 Tamil- language sports comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, in his directorial debut.
The film stars Jai, Shiva, Premji Amaran, Aravind Akash, Nithin Sathya and newcomers Ajay Raj, Ranjith, Vijay Vasanth, Prasanna, Inigo Prabakaran, Karthik and Arun in the lead along with Vijayalakshmi, daughter of National Film Award- winning director Agathiyan, and Kristine Zedek, making their acting debut as well.
The film was produced by S. P. B. Charan along with J. K. Saravana, a Singapore- based award- winning producer.
The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Premji Amaran and Yuvan Shankar Raja, respectively.
The film is based on street cricket played in India, focussing on various themes as friendship, love and rivalry in a suburban area.
Following its theatrical release on 27 April 2007, it received critical acclaim and emerged a surprise sleeper hit, running successfully for more than one year in theaters, whilst going on to achieve cult status in the subsequent years.
The film's title is derived from the pincode for Mandaveli, a suburb of Chennai, where the story takes place.
The success of the film gained the relatively unknown actors — Jai, Shiva, Premji Amaren and Nithin Sathya, newcomers Vijayalakshmi, Vijay Vasanth and the director Venkat Prabhu popularity.
Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu and released as" Kodithe Kottalira".
The film was also remade in Bengali as" Le Chakka"( 2010), Sinhalese as" Super Six"( 2012), and in Kannada as" Bangalore 560023"( 2015).
A sequel for the film,, has also since been released.
Hartley Lobban
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Chennai 600028 II
Chennai 600028
II: Second Innings is a 2016 Indian Tamil- language sports comedy film co-produced, written and directed by Venkat Prabhu, who also produces the film along with S. P. B. Charan under Black Ticket Company and Capital Film Works.
The film, which is a sequel to" Chennai 600028"( 2007), features several cast members from the earlier film including Jai, Shiva, Premji, Aravind Akash and Nithin Sathya.
The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
The film was released on 9 December 2016 to positive reviews and performed well at the box office.
Wale Adebanwi
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J. Michael Straczynski
Joseph Michael Straczynski( born July 17, 1954) is an American television and film screenwriter, producer and director, and comic book writer.
He is the founder of Studio JMS, and is best known as the creator of the science fiction television series" Babylon 5"( 1993 – 1998) and its spinoff" Crusade"( 1999), as well as the series" Jeremiah"( 2002– 2004), and" Sense8"( 2015–2018).
Straczynski wrote the psychological drama film" Changeling"( 2008) and was co-writer on the martial arts thriller" Ninja Assassin"( 2009), horror film( 2012), and apocalyptic horror film" World War Z"( 2013).
From 2001 to 2007, Straczynski wrote Marvel Comics'" The Amazing Spider- Man", followed by runs on" Thor" and" Fantastic Four".
He is also the author of the trilogy of graphic novels, and has written" SupermanWonder Woman", and" Before Watchmen" for DC Comics.
Straczynski is the creator and writer of several original comic book series such as" Rising StarsMidnight NationDream Police", and" Ten Grand" through Joe's Comics.
A prolific writer across a variety of media and former journalist, Straczynski is the author of the novels" Blood Night"( 1988)," Othersyde"( 1990), and" Tribulations"( 2000), the short fiction collection" Straczynski Unplugged"( 2004), and the nonfiction book" The Complete Book of Scriptwriting"( 1982).
Straczynski is a long- time participant in Usenet and other early computer networks, interacting with fans through various online forums( including GEnie, CompuServe, and America Online) since 1984.
He is credited as being the first TV producer to directly engage with fans on the Internet, and allow their viewpoints to influence the look and feel of his show.
( See" Babylon 5" s use of the Internet.)
Two prominent areas where he had a presence were GEnie and the newsgroup rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated.
Claude Weisz
Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.
John McMahon (Surrey and Somerset cricketer)
John William Joseph McMahon( 28 December 1917 – 8 May 2001) was an Australian- born first- class cricketer who played for Surrey and Somerset in England from 1947 to 1957.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
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Babylon 5: The Lost Tales
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales was intended to be an anthology show set in the" Babylon 5" universe.
It was announced by J. Michael Straczynski, creator of" Babylon 5", at the San Diego Comic Con in July 2006.
Straczynski has described the stories as ones he had for the" Babylon 5" television series, but never had the time to produce.

Question: Which film has the director born first, Babylon 5: The Lost Tales or Chennai 600028?
Answer: Babylon 5: The Lost Tales