James Townsend Saward
James Townsend Saward( 1798 – c. 1875) was a Victorian English barrister and forger also known by the nickname of Jim the Penman.
In addition to his legal career he forged money orders for almost 30 years.
David Robbins (composer)
David Robbins is an American music composer.
He is a brother of actor and director Tim Robbins.
He has written many works for television and films, including the films" Dead Man Walking" and" Bob Roberts".
Emanuel Ninger
Emanuel Ninger( 1845 – 1924), known as" Jim the Penman", was a counterfeiter in the late 1880s.
Edwin S. Porter
Edwin Stanton Porter( April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company.
Of over 250 films created by Porter, his most important include" Jack and the Beanstalk"( 1902)," Life of an American Fireman"( 1903)," The Great Train Robbery"( 1903)," The Kleptomaniac"( 1905)," Life of a Cowboy"( 1906)," Rescued from an Eagle's Nest"( 1908), and" The Prisoner of Zenda"( 1913).
Tikoy Aguiluz
Amable" Tikoy" Aguiluz is an award- winning Filipino film director, film producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.
He also founded the Cinemanila International Film Festival in Manila in 1999.
Aguiluz is one of the leading figures in the alternative cinema movement in the Philippines.
Educated at the University of the Philippines( Comparative Literature and Fine Arts), he is acknowledged as the co-founder in 1976 of the UP Film Center( now UP Film Institute) where he served until 1990 as its Assistant Director and spearheaded the association called Chamber Film Group.
He was a recipient of a John D. Rockefeller III Grant to study filmmaking at the New York University and film archiving at the Library of Congress Film Archives in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
A British Council Grant led to further film studies and training in film archiving at the British Film Institute.
He had worked in various capacities in film projects with other important Filipino directors his senior, including National Artist Lino Brocka.
He first made his mark with the 15- minute documentary" Mt. Banahaw, Holy Mountain".
The film won Silver Trophy at the prestigious Young Filmmakers of Asia Festival in Iran.
Aguiluz plunged into the full- length feature in 1984 with the acclaimed" Boatman".
It was exhibited at the 1985 London Film Festival where it was cited as the outstanding film of the year.
It was followed up several years later, in 1995, with his own version of the story of the ill- fated household helper Flor Contemplacion in the equally acclaimed docu- drama entitled" Bagong Bayani, OCW".
In 1996, his film" Segurista"( Dead Sure) was picked as the official Philippine entry to the Oscars for the Best Foreign- Language Film category.
It placed 12th in the list of thirty- nine titles.
The same film won the Best Director award for Aguiluz at the Gawad Urian( the local film critics award), as well as the Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Supporting Actor plums, this last for actor Albert Martinez.
" Segurista" toured international film festivals in Toronto, Singapore and others.
Aguiluz's next venture," Rizal sa Dapitan"( 1997) — the historical film on the Philippine national hero's poignant exile—altogether swept the Manila Film Festival.
It also captured the lion's share at the Philippine Movie Press Club's Star Awards and the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Annual Awards.
The film was also shown at the First Philippine International Film Festival, at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Mar del Plata, Argentina and in Singapore.
It continues its tour of world film capitals under the auspices of the Culture Committee of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines.
When it competed at the Brussels International Film Festival( Festival International du Film Independent), it was conferred the Grand Jury Prize in addition to the best actor award for lead star Albert Martinez who played the title role.
Aguiluz has served on the jury of the film festivals in Berlin, Pusan( South Korea), Singapore, Vesoul( France), Delhi, and Kerala in India, among others.
He is the chief creative force behind the highly successful Cinemanila International Film Festival, which is now on its 13th year.
In 2003, the French government awarded Aguiluz the Chevalier dans l' Ordre des Arts et Lettres prize for his contributions to Philippine cinema.
Jim, the Conqueror
Jim, the Conqueror is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by George B. Seitz.
Dead Sure
Dead Sure is a 1996 Philippine drama film directed by Tikoy Aguiluz.
The film was selected as the Philippines entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Jim the Penman (1921 film)
Jim the Penman is a 1921 American silent crime drama film produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed through Associated First National, later just First National Pictures.
It is based on a well known play," Jim the Penman" by Charles Lawrence Young about a forger in Victorian Britain.
The film stars Lionel Barrymore and was directed by Kenneth Webb, the duo having worked on" The Great Adventure" previously.
" Jim the Penman" is preserved though incomplete( reel 5 missing) at the Library of Congress.
Jim the Penman (1915 film)
Jim the Penman is a 1915 silent film crime drama produced by the Famous Players Film Company and released through Paramount Pictures.
It was the first movie based on a well- known stage play," Jim the Penman" by Charles Lawrence Young, about a forger in Victorian Britain.
The film was directed by Edwin S. Porter and starred stage actor John B. Mason, in his debut film, in line with Adolph Zukor's efforts to recruit famous stage actors for films.
Co- starring with Mason was the young up- and- coming favorite Harold Lockwood.
Mason had played the part on the stage in the 1910 season on Broadway.
Some sources erroneously credit this film as being shot in a stereoscopic format, but it was in fact shot in the conventional 2 D format.
Stereoscopic tests films were shot by Porter( not for use in the film) using the sets and actors.
This film is lost.
Satan Town
Satan Town is a 1926 American Western film featuring Harry Carey.
Prints of the film have survived.

Question: Do both films: Jim the Penman (1915 film) and Dead Sure have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no