Jean Poton de Xaintrailles
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles( 1390? – 7 October 1461), a minor noble of Gascon origin, was one of the chief lieutenants of Joan of Arc.
He served as master of the royal stables, as royal bailiff in Berry and as seneschal of Limousin.
In 1454 he was appointed a Marshal of France.
Jean Poton was a leading figure on the French side in the Hundred Years War.
He fought at the battle of Verneuil in 1424.
His participation, along with Joan of Arc, in the battle at Orléans in 1427 led to the end of the Siege of Orléans.
He was badly wounded during this battle.
He was captured at the battle of Cravant and later exchanged for John Talbot.
Jean Poton fought numerous battles alongside Joan of Arc during the Loire Campaign.
He remained a lifelong support for Joan of Arc.
With La Hire, he even tried, albeit in vain, to rescue Joan after she was captured.
Believing Joan was being held captive in Compiègne, Jean Poton captured it, only to learn that the prisoner had already been moved to Rouen.
He served with Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans, and the battles of Jargeau, Meung- sur- Loire, Beaugency and Patay.
He raised the siege of Compiègne.
In the latter phase of the Hundred Years War he was active in the reconquest of Normandy and the conquest of Guyenne, often with Étienne de Vignolles, better known as La Hire, including the action at Gerbevoy.
When the standing army was created in 1445, Xaintrailles was appointed to command one of the twelve companies of the new army.
He died in Bordeaux without heirs and left his estate to the church.
Lionel Royer
Lionel- Noël Royer( December 25, 1852 – 30 June 1926) was a French painter.
He was most famous for painting large scenes of the life of Joan of Arc in the in Domrémy.
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc is a 2017 French musical film directed by Bruno Dumont.
It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
It was followed two years later by the non-musical sequel" Joan of Arc" which premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, written and directed by Dumont and with Lise Leplat Prudhomme reprising her role.
Jean Pasquerel
Jean Pasquerel( c. 1400) was an Augustinian friar( member of the Order of St. Augustine), almoner and confessor of Joan of Arc.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc  is a 1999 French epic historical drama film directed by Luc Besson.
The film stars Milla Jovovich, John Malkovich, Faye Dunaway and Dustin Hoffman.
The screenplay was written by Besson and Andrew Birkin, and the original music score was composed by Éric Serra.
"The Messenger" portrays the story of St. Joan of Arc, the French war heroine and religious martyr of the 15th century.
The story begins with young Joan as she witnesses the atrocities of the English against her family, and she is portrayed as having visions that inspire her to lead the French in battle against the occupying English forces.
Her success in routing the English allows Charles VII to take the throne.
Eventually Joan is captured by the English, tried and executed for heresy.
Besson's previous film, "
The Fifth Element", which also starred Jovovich, was a critical and financial success, and it had a positive influence on both their careers.
"
The Messenger" was intended to follow up that success and cement the status of Besson and Jovovich in film.
However, the film received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office, earning just under $67 million on a $60 million budget.
Luc Besson
Luc Besson (born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter, and producer.
He directed or produced the films "Subway" (1985), "The Big Blue" (1988), and "Nikita" (1990).
Besson is associated with the "Cinéma du look" film movement.
He has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films  and .
He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film "The Fifth Element" (1997).
He wrote and directed the 2014 sci-fi action film "Lucy" and the 2017 space opera film "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets".
In 1980, he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup, and, later, Les Films du Dauphin, which were superseded in 2000 by his co-founding EuropaCorp film company with his longtime collaborator, .
As writer, director, or producer, Besson has so far been involved in the creation of more than 50 films.
Jean de Metz
Jean de Metz( also Jean de Nouillonpont)( born c. 1398) was a French nobleman who is known primarily for his role in the exploits of Joan of Arc.
Joan of Arc (1935 film)
Joan of Arc is a 1935 German historical film directed by Gustav Ucicky and starring Angela Salloker, Gustaf Gründgens and Heinrich George.
It depicts the life of Joan of Arc, and is the first female embodiment of the Nazi Fuhrer figure in film.
The press in Germany and abroad detected direct parallels between the presentation of France in 1429 and the situation in Germany in 1935.
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig.
The Trial of Joan of Arc
The Trial of Joan of Arc is a 1962 French historical film directed by Robert Bresson.
Joan of Arc is played by Florence Delay.
As with Bresson's most renowned films," The Trial of Joan of Arc" stars non-professional performers and is filmed in an extremely spare, restrained style.
Bresson's screenplay is drawn from the transcriptions of Joan's trial and rehabilitation.
Bresson's" Joan of Arc" is often compared with" The Passion of Joan of Arc"( 1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer.
Bresson compared that film unfavorably with his own, expressing his dislike of the actors'" grotesque buffooneries" in Dreyer's film.
Robert le Maçon
Robert le Maçon( c. 1365 – 28 January 1443) was chancellor of France, advisor to Charles VII and supporter of Joan of Arc.

Question: When was the director of film The Messenger: The Story Of Joan Of Arc born?
Answer: 18 March 1959