Garland Roark
Garland Roark was an American author( July 26, 1904 – February 9, 1985) known best for his nautical/ adventure fiction.
His first novel" Wake of the Red Witch", published 1946, was a Literary Guild selection and adapted later by Republic Pictures company as a movie featuring John Wayne.
Olav Aaraas
Olav Aaraas( born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian and museum director.
He was born in Fredrikstad.
From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn Folk Museum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director of the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.
Brian Kennedy (gallery director)
Brian Patrick Kennedy( born 5 November 1961) is an Irish- born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.
He is currently the director of the Peabody Essex Museum.
He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019.
He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia( Canberra) from 1997- 2004.
Wake of the Red Witch
Wake of the Red Witch is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara, and Luther Adler.
Produced by Edmund Grainger, it is based upon the 1946 novel of the same name by Garland Roark.
The film was distributed by Republic Pictures.
Rare for a film produced by Republic Pictures, "Wake of the Red Witch" is an A movie that had a relatively high budget for its production, later becoming one of Republic Pictures' most successful releases.
John Wayne stars as a sea captain in the early 1860s
East Indies out for revenge against a wealthy shipping magnate.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Edward Ludwig
Edward Irving Ludwig (October 7, 1899 – August 20, 1982) was a Russian-born American film director and writer.
He directed nearly 100 films between 1921 and 1963 (some under the names Edward I. Luddy and Charles Fuhr).
Ludwig was also one of the directors of John Payne's NBC western series "The Restless Gun" (1957-1959).
Ludwig and Erle C. Kenton were the principal directors of the CBS television series,
"The Texan" (1958-1960), starring Rory Calhoun as a "Robin Hood of the West" who drifts through the region helping persons in need. "
The Texan" in its first season ran opposite "The Restless Gun" in its second and last season.
Ludwig was born in the Ukraine, then part od the Russian Empire, entered the United States from Canada on March 6, 1911, became a naturalized citizen December 23, 1932, and died in Santa Monica, California.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Nathan Scott (composer)
Nathan Scott( May 11, 1915 – February 27, 2010) was an American film score and television composer.
He composed, conducted, arranged and orchestrated more than 850 separate credits in television, as well as the music for more than 100 films.
His credits in television included" Lassie The Twilight Zone" and" Dragnet", while his film credits included the film score for" Wake of the Red Witch".
Jesse E. Hobson
Jesse Edward Hobson( May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director of SRI International from 1947 to 1955.
Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour Research Foundation.
S. N. Mathur
S.N. Mathur was the Director of the Indian Intelligence Bureau between September 1975 and February 1980.
He was also the Director General of Police in Punjab.

Question: Where did the director of film Wake Of The Red Witch die?
Answer: Santa Monica