Coal Miner's Daughter (film)
Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical musical film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay written by Tom Rickman.
It follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn from her birth in a poor family and getting married at 13 to her rise as one of the most successful country musicians.
Based on Lynn's 1976 biography of the same name by George Vecsey, the film stars Sissy Spacek as Lynn.
Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D'Angelo and Levon Helm are featured in supporting roles.
Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, and Minnie Pearl make cameo appearances as themselves.
A film on Lynn's life was intended to be made since the release of the biography.
Production for the film began on March 1979, and Lynn herself chose Spacek to portray her on screen after seeing a photograph of her despite being unfamiliar with her films.
The film's soundtrack featured all Lynn's hit singles which were all sung by Spacek as well as Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams" sung by D'Angelo.
The soundtrack reached the top 40 in the U.S. on the Billboard 200 and sold over 500,000 copies, thus being certified gold by the RIAA.
"Coal Miner's Daughter" was released theatrically on March 7, 1980 and grossed $67.18 million in North America against a budget of $15 million, becoming the seventh highest-grossing film of 1980.
It garnered critical acclaim and received seven nominations at the 53rd Academy Awards including for the Best Picture and winning Best Actress (for Spacek).
At the 38th Golden Globe Awards, the film received four nominations and won two : Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress – Musical or Comedy (for Spacek).
In 2019, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Rumbi Katedza
Rumbi Katedza is a Zimbabwean Film Producer and Director who was born on 17 January 1974.
Amando de Ossorio
Amando de Ossorio( 6 April 1918 – 13 January 2001) was one of the foremost Spanish horror film directors during the European horror film surge in the 1970s, known especially for his" Blind Dead" tetralogy.
John M. Dwyer
John M. Dwyer( August 25, 1935 – September 15, 2018) was an American set decorator.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film" Coal Miner's Daughter", and won an Emmy Award in 1981 for" The Gangster Chronicles".
He worked on nearly 70 films and television shows from 1966 to 2004.
The Night of the Witches
The Night of the Witches aka Night of the Sorcerers is a 1973 horror film which starred Maria Kosti, Loli Tovar aka Maria Dolores del Loreto Tovar, Barbara King, Kali Hansa aka Marisol Hernandez, Jack Taylor, Simón Andreu, and Joseph Thelman.
Written and directed by Amando de Ossorio, the premise of the movie is that a group of African explorers run afoul of a native cult.
" Brujo" means a" male witch or warlock", so the title actually translates as" Night of the Warlocks", not" Night of the Witches"
Nashville Girl
Nashville Girl is a 1976 film from New World Pictures about an aspiring country and western singer.
It was also known as" New Girl in Town" and" Country Music Daughter" to capitalize on the success of the similar film" Coal Miner's Daughter".
Roger Corman says the film was very popular in the South and also in Europe, which surprised him.
John W. Corso
John William Corso( December 4, 1929 – October 9, 2019) was an American art director and production designer.
He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film" Coal Miner's Daughter".
Corso was a native of Wabash, Indiana.
Hassan Zee
Hassan Zee is a Pakistani- American film director who was born in Chakwal, Pakistan.
Michael Apted
Michael David Apted,( born 10 February 1941) is an English director, producer, writer and actor.
One of the most prolific English film directors of his generation, he is known for directing: the" Up" series( 1964 –), the James Bond film" The World Is Not Enough"( 1999) as well as" Coal Miner's Daughter"( 1980), which received seven Academy Award nominations including for the Best Picture, and" Nell"( 1994), which received three Golden Globe Award and one Academy Award nomination.
On 29 June 2003, he was elected president of the Directors' Guild of America.
He returned to television, directing the first three episodes of the TV series" Rome"( 2005).
Apted directed" Amazing Grace" which premiered at the closing of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George( CMG) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
The Night of the Damned
The Night of the Damned is a 1971 film directed by Filippo Ratti.

Question: Which film has the director who was born earlier, The Night Of The Witches or Coal Miner'S Daughter (Film)?
Answer: The Night Of The Witches