W. Augustus Barratt
W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician.
M. Night Shyamalan
Manoj Nelliyattu" M. Night" Shyamalan( born August 6, 1970) is an American filmmaker and actor.
He is known for making films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings.
He was born in Mahé, Puducherry, India, and raised in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania.
The cumulative gross of his films exceeds$ 3 billion globally.
He made his directorial debut in 1992 with his first movie" Praying with Anger".
His second movie was the comedy- drama film" Wide Awake"( 1998).
His most well- received films include the supernatural thriller" The Sixth Sense"( 1999), the superhero thriller" Unbreakable"( 2000), the science fiction thriller" Signs"( 2002) and the period- piece thriller" The Village"( 2004).
For" The Sixth Sense", Shyamalan received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Afterward, Shyamalan released a series of poorly received but sometimes financially successful movies, including the dark fantasy" Lady in the Water"( 2006), the eco- thriller" The Happening"( 2008)," The Last Airbender"( 2010)( an adaptation of the animated television series), and the science fiction film" After Earth"( 2013).
Following the financial failure of" After Earth," Shyamalan's career was revived with the release of the found footage horror film" The Visit"( 2015), the psychological thriller" Split"( 2016), and continued with the superhero thriller" Glass"( 2019), with these three made for a combined total of$ 34 million, while earning a combined box office of$ 625 million.
" Glass" is the third and final chapter of his" Unbreakable" film series.
In addition to his directorial work, Shyamalan was a producer for the horror film" Devil"( 2010).
Shyamalan was also called in for an uncredited rewrite for the teen film" She's All That"( 1999) and also served as a writer for the film" Stuart Little"( 1999).
Shyamalan is also known for filming and setting his films in and outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Most of his commercially successful films were co-produced and released by Walt Disney Studios' Touchstone and Hollywood film imprints.
In 2008, Shyamalan was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India.
Sepideh Farsi
Sepideh Farsi is an Iranian film director, born in Tehran in 1965.
After Earth
After Earth is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic action film directed by M. Night Shyamalan, who co-wrote it with Gary Whitta, based on an original story idea by Will Smith.
It is the second film after" The Pursuit of Happyness" that stars real- life father and son Will and Jaden Smith; Will Smith also produced via his company Overbrook Entertainment, and the distribution was by Columbia Pictures.
The film takes place in the 31st century, when the Earth has long been abandoned and humans have been in conflict with a mysterious alien race.
It tells the story of a high- ranking general in the peacekeeping organization Ranger Corps, and his son, who, after an incident during a spaceflight, find themselves fighting for survival on a hostile planet( which is Earth itself).
The film was released in IMAX on May 31, 2013.
Upon release," After Earth" was panned by film critics; its acting was criticized as melodramatic, and the writing and storytelling were also singled out for mainstream criticism.
It grossed$ 243 million worldwide against a net production budget of$ 130 million.
This film and Shyamalan's previous film" The Last Airbender" are most commonly considered to be the lowest point of his directorial career, which had been in progressive decline after he had directed a series of critically panned films.
Eddie Romero
Edgar Sinco Romero( July 7, 1924 – May 28, 2013) was a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter.
Claude Weisz
Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.
Pangako ng Kahapon
Pangako ng Kahapon(" Yesterday's Promise") is an award- winning 1994 Filipino film directed by Joel Lamangan and stars Alice Dixson, Agot Isidro, and Donna Cruz.
Fred Roy Krug
Fred R. Krug is an American film and television producer- director born in Bern, Switzerland.
Jacques Décombe
Jacques Décombe is a French author, actor and director born in 1953.
Banta ng Kahapon
Banta ng kahapon is a 1977 Philippine action film directed by Eddie Romero and starring Vic Vargas, Bembol Roco, Roland Dantes, and Chanda Romero.
Set during the 1969 Philippine House of Representatives elections, it follows the motive of" guns, goons, and gold."

Question: Which film has the director born later, After Earth or Banta ng Kahapon?
Answer: After Earth