Harold Faltermeyer
Hans Hugo Harold Faltermeier( born 24 October 1958), known professionally as Harold Faltermeyer, is a German action, fantasy, thriller musician, composer and record producer.
Faltermeyer is best known for composing the" Axel F" theme for the feature film" Beverly Hills Cop", an influential synth- pop hit in the 1980s.
He also composed the Top Gun" Anthem" for the feature film" Top Gun" and the music for the Chevy Chase" Fletch" feature films," Fletch" and" Fletch Lives".
The" Beverly Hills Cop" and" Top Gun" projects earned him two Grammy Awards: the first in 1986 for Best Album of original score written for a motion picture or television special, as a co-writer of the" Beverly Hills Cop" soundtrack; and the second in 1987 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance with guitarist Steve Stevens for Top Gun" Anthem" from the" Top Gun" soundtrack.
As a session musician, arranger and producer, Faltermeyer has worked with several international pop stars including Donna Summer, Amanda Lear, Patti LaBelle, Barbra Streisand, Glenn Frey, Blondie, Laura Branigan, La Toya Jackson, Billy Idol, Jennifer Rush, Alexis, Cheap Trick, Sparks, Bob Seger, Chris Thompson, Bonnie Tyler, Valerie Claire, John Parr, Al Corley and Pet Shop Boys.
Spike Jonze
Adam Spiegel( born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze( pronounced" Jones"), is an American filmmaker, photographer, and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television.
Jonze began his career as a teenager photographing BMX riders and skateboarders for" Freestylin' Magazine" and" Transworld Skateboarding", and co-founded the youth culture magazine" Dirt".
Moving into filmmaking, he began shooting street skateboarding films, including the influential" Video Days"( 1991).
Jonze co-founded the skateboard company Girl Skateboards in 1993 with riders Rick Howard and Mike Carroll.
Jonze's filmmaking style made him an in- demand director of music videos for much of the 1990s, resulting in collaborations with Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, Weezer, Björk, Kanye West and Arcade Fire.
Jonze began his feature film directing career with" Being John Malkovich"( 1999) and" Adaptation."( 2002), both written by Charlie Kaufman; the former earned Jonze an Academy Award nomination for Best Director.
He was a co-creator and executive producer of MTV's" Jackass" reality franchise.
Jonze later began directing films based on his own screenplays, including" Where the Wild Things Are"( 2009) and" Her"( 2013); for the latter film, he won the Academy Award, Golden Globe, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, while receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Song(" The Moon Song").
He has worked as an actor sporadically throughout his career, co-starring in David O. Russell's war comedy" Three Kings"( 1999) and appeared in supporting roles in Bennett Miller's" Moneyball"( 2011) and Martin Scorsese's" The Wolf of Wall Street"( 2013), in addition to a recurring role in comedy series" The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret"( 2010 – 2012) and cameo appearances in his own films.
Jonze co-founded Directors Label, with filmmakers Chris Cunningham and Michel Gondry, and the Palm Pictures company.
He is currently the creative director of Vice Media, Inc. and its multinational television channel Viceland.
Daniel Jeannette
Daniel Jeannette( born August 8, 1961) is an Animation Director and Visual Effects Supervisor, known for his work on the Academy Award- winning 2006 animated film" Happy Feet".
In 2009, he supervised the Visual Effects and Animation for the Spike Jonze film" Where the Wild Things Are.
Wild Things 2
Wild Things 2 is a 2004 erotic thriller film directed by Jack Perez and starring Susan Ward, Leila Arcieri, Isaiah Washington and Linden Ashby.
It is a sequel to" Wild Things"( 1998) and the second film in the" Wild Things" series.
The film was released on DVD on April 20, 2004.
Pepita Emmerichs
Pepita Emmerichs is an Australian musician and actress.
She co-founded the music group Oh Pep! with Olivia Hally, and appeared in the 2009 film" Where the Wild Things Are".
Vincent Landay
Vincent Landay is a Canadian- American film producer.
He has worked with Spike Jonze on his music videos and feature films since 1993.
Some of the movies he has produced include" Being John Malkovich" and" Where the Wild Things Are", as well as the 2010 Canadian short film" Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life", created for the Blu-ray release of" Where the Wild Things Are".
He has made music videos for Kanye
West, REM, Jay Z and many more artists.
Where the Wild Things Are (film)
Where the Wild Things
Are is a 2009 fantasy drama film directed by Spike Jonze.
Written by Jonze and Dave Eggers, it is adapted from Maurice Sendak's 1963 children's book of the same name.
It combines live- action, performers in costumes, animatronics, and computer- generated imagery( CGI).
The film stars Max Records and features the voices of James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Lauren Ambrose, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O' Hara, and Chris Cooper.
The film centers on a lonely boy named Max who sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the" Wild Things," who declare Max their king.
In the early 1980s, Disney considered adapting the film as a blend of traditionally animated characters and computer- generated environments, but development did not go past a test film to see how the animation hybridizing would result.
In 2001, Universal Studios acquired rights to the book's adaptation and initially attempted to develop a computer- animated adaptation with Disney animator Eric Goldberg, but the CGI concept was replaced with a live- action one in 2003, and Goldberg was dropped for Spike Jonze.
The film was co-produced by actor Tom Hanks through his production company Playtone and made with an estimated budget of$ 100 million.
" Where the Wild Things Are" was a joint production between Australia, Germany, and the United States, and was filmed principally in Melbourne.
The film was released on October 16, 2009, in the United States, on December 3 in Australia, and on December 17 in Germany.
The film was met with mostly positive reviews and appeared on many year- end top ten lists.
However the film flopped commercially at the box office, making$ 100.1 million from a budget of$ 100 million.
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 2, 2010.
Tony Scott
Anthony David Leighton Scott( 21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter.
He was known for directing action and thriller films such as" Top Gun"( 1986)," Beverly Hills Cop II"( 1987)," The Last Boy Scout"( 1991)," True Romance"( 1993)," Crimson Tide"( 1995)," Enemy of the State"( 1998)," Man on Fire"( 2004)," Déjà Vu"( 2006), and" Unstoppable"( 2010).
Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott.
They both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, and both were among a generation of British film directors who started their careers making television commercials.
In 1995 both Tony and Ridley received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema.
In 2010, they received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.
He died by suicide on 19 August 2012, by jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California.
Wild Things: Foursome
Wild Things: Foursome is a 2010 erotic thriller film directed by Andy Hurst and starring Jillian Murray, Marnette Patterson, Ashley Parker Angel and John Schneider.
It is a sequel to  (2005) and the fourth and final film in the "Wild Things" series.
The film was released on DVD on June 1, 2010.
Top Gun
Top Gun is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with Paramount Pictures.
The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an article titled "Top Guns" published in "California" magazine three years earlier.
The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt.
It also marked the debut of actor Adrian Pasdar.
Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a young naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier .
He and his Radar Intercept Officer, Nick "Goose" Bradshaw (Edwards) are given the chance to train at the US Navy's Fighter Weapons School at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California.
"Top Gun" was released on May 16, 1986.
Upon its release, the film received generally mixed reviews from film critics but many particularly praised the action sequences, the effects, the aerial stunts, and the acting performances with Cruise and McGillis receiving the most praise.
Four weeks after release, the number of theaters showing it increased by 45 percent.
Despite its initial mixed critical reaction, the film was a huge commercial hit grossing US$356 million against a production budget of only US$15 million.
The film maintained its popularity over the years and earned an IMAX 3D re-release in 2013.
Additionally, the film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Take My Breath Away" performed by Berlin.
In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
A sequel, titled  is scheduled for release on June 26, 2020.

Question: Which film has the director who was born earlier, Where the Wild Things Are (film) or Top Gun?
Answer: Top Gun