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).
Howard W. Koch
Howard Winchel Koch( April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an American producer and director of film and television.
Karl Grune
Karl Grune (22 January 1890 – 2 October 1962) was an Austrian film director and writer who made many silent films in the 1920s.
Grune was born into a Jewish family in Vienna, where he later attended drama school.
He volunteered in the First World War, where an injury temporarily deprived him of the ability to speak in 1918.
After the war he made his directing debut in 1919 with "Menschen in KettenPeople in Chains").
In 1923 he made "Schlagende Wetter" with Liane Haid and Eugen Klöpfer in the leading roles.
The film is a notable early example of naturalism in film making, at a time when expressionism was the norm.
Also that year he made "Die StraßeThe Street"), which is considered Grune's most notable film.
In 1926 he made "Die Brüder SchellenbergThe Brothers Schellenberg") with Conrad Veidt and Lil Dagover.
Many of his early films are now lost.
He emigrated to England in 1933 and there made "Abdul the Damned" with Fritz Kortner in 1935, and in 1936 he filmed Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci with Richard Tauber.
In his later career he turned to producing films in the 1940s.
He died in Bournemouth, England in 1962.
Hanro Smitsman
Hanro Smitsman, born in 1967 in Breda( Netherlands), is a writer and director of film and television.
Brian Johnson (special effects artist)
Brian Johnson( born 1939 or 1940) is a British designer and director of film and television special effects.
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.
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
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.
At the Edge of the World (1927 film)
At the Edge of the World is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Karl Grune and starring Albert Steinrück, William Dieterle and Brigitte Helm.
The film was so heavily cut by the management of UFA that Grune tried to have his name removed from the credits and publicly criticized them in an open letter.
Robert Neppach oversaw the film's art direction.
Peter Levin
Peter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.

Question: Are both director of film The Night They Raided Minsky's and director of film At the Edge of the World (1927 film) from the same country?
Answer: no