William Friedkin
William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935) is an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s.
Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is perhaps best known for directing the action thriller film "The French Connection" (1971) and the supernatural horror film "The Exorcist" (1973), the former of which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director.
The latter also earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.
His other films include the pioneering queer drama "The Boys in the Band" (1970), the suspense thriller "Sorcerer" (1977), the controversial crime film "Cruising" (1980), the action thriller "To Live and Die in L.A." (1985), the psychological horror film "Bug" (2006), and the dark comedy "Killer Joe" (2011).
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
The Night They Raided Minsky's
The Night
They Raided
Minsky's is a 1968 musical comedy film directed by William Friedkin and produced by Norman Lear.
Contrary to the film’s opening narration, it is a fictional account of the invention of the striptease at Minsky's Burlesque in 1925.
The film is based on the novel by Rowland Barber, published in 1960.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.
Mademoiselle Fifi (dancer)
Mary Elizabeth Dawson, née Elizabeth Buzby and better known as Mademoiselle Fifi( February 7, 1890 – July 21, 1982), was a dancer whose onstage performance at Winter Garden Theatre on the night of April 20, 1925 was memorialized in The Night They Raided Minsky's.
A Philadelphia native, her given name was Mary Dawson.
Her mother was a devout Catholic and her father was a Quaker who worked as a policeman.
On the evening of April 20, Mademoiselle Fifi wore a skintight black net from her toe tips to her bra.
As the orchestra played a medley of Puccini, ragtime music, and Gaite' Parisienne by Offenbach, she pulled one of her straps from her shoulder and then removed her bra.
Mademoiselle Fifi concluded her strip act that evening bare chested.
She was arrested by John Sumner, the secretary of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.
Fond of classic subjects, Mademoiselle Fifi performed" The Dance of the September Morn".
She also did an oriental shimmy with a live garter snake.
Gloria LeRoy
Gloria Jacqueline LeRoy( November 7, 1925 – May 24, 2018) was an American character actress.
LeRoy had a diverse career, on stage, in film and television.
Her film career began after Norman Lear spotted her on stage and cast her in" The Night They Raided Minsky's" in 1968.
Danny Daniels
Daniel Giagni Jr.,( October 25, 1924 – July 7, 2017), known as Danny Daniels, was an American choreographer, tap dancer, and teacher.
Daniels was a featured dancer in several 1940s Broadway musicals, including" Billion Dollar BabyStreet Scene", and" Kiss Me, Kate"; although he continued performing during the 1950s and after, including a tour with the Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre, Daniels quickly moved into choreography for stage, film, and television.
He won a Tony Award and an Astaire Award in 1984 for" The Tap Dance Kid" and received three more Tony nominations for" High Spirits Walking Happy", and the 1967 revival of" Annie Get Your Gun".
Notable film and TV credits include" Pennies from Heaven"( 1981)," Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"( 1984)," The Night They Raided Minsky's"( 1968), and" Zelig"( 1983)," The Judy Garland Show"( 1963), as well as specials featuring performers such as Gene Kelly and Danny Kaye.
In 1952, he created the" Tap Dance Concerto" with composer Morton Gould.
He choreographed the dance sequences and dubbed the tap sound effects for the movie musical" Stepping Out"( 1991) starring Liza Minnelli.
Daniels' students included Christopher Walken.
Daniels died on July 7, 2017 at the age of 92.
Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland( born Britt- Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress and singer.
She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in William Friedkin's" The Night They Raided Minsky's"( 1968), and the British crime film" Get Carter"( 1971), which established her as a movie sex symbol.
She also starred in the British cult horror film" The Wicker Man"( 1973) and appeared as a Bond girl in" The Man with the Golden Gun"( 1974).
Her high- profile social life and her 1964 marriage to actor Peter Sellers attracted considerable press attention, leading to her being one of the most photographed celebrities in the world during the 1970s.
John Farrell (businessman)
John Farrell is the director of YouTube in Latin America.
Dana Blankstein
Dana Blankstein- Cohen( born March 3, 1981) is the director of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television.
She is a film director, and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.

Question: Which country the director of film The Night They Raided Minsky'S is from?
Answer: American