Vernon Sewell
Vernon Campbell Sewell( 4 July 1903 – 21 June 2001) was a British film director, writer, producer and, briefly, an actor.
Sewell was born in London, England, and was educated at Marlborough College.
He directed more than 30 films during his career, starting with" Morgenrot"( 1933) and ending with" Burke& Hare"( 1971).
He worked chiefly in B-movies, some of which were, according to the BFI Screenonline," well above the usual cut -price standards of film- making at this level."
He was married to the actress Joan Carol.
Vernon Sewell died on 21 June 2001 in Durban, South Africa, at age 97.
Finola Dwyer
Finola Dwyer( born 10 July 1963) is a UK- based New Zealand film producer and editor, best known for her films" An Education" and" Brooklyn", produced with frequent collaborator Amanda Posey.
An Elephant Sitting Still
An Elephant Sitting Still( Dà Xiàng Xídì Érzuò) is a 2018 Chinese film written, directed and edited by Hu Bo.
The first and last film of the novelist- turned- director Hu, who committed suicide soon after finishing his film on 12 October 2017 at the age of 29, it is based on a story with the same title from his 2017 novel" Huge Crack".
It made its world premiere in the Forum section of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival.
The film had won acclaim from other established directors such as Bela Tarr, Wang Bing, Ang Lee and Gus Van Sant.
The film opened the FIRST International Film Festival in Xining.
It was released in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2018 and in the United States on March 8, 2019.
Critics' reviews were highly positive.
Jane Johnson (slave)
Jane Johnson( c. 1814-1827 – August 2, 1872) was an African- American slave who gained freedom on July 18, 1855 with her two young sons while in Philadelphia with her master and his family.
She was aided by William Still and Passmore Williamson, abolitionists of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society and its Vigilance Committee.
This resulted in precedent- setting legal cases in 19th- century Pennsylvania, as a federal judge applied the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in a controversial way.
He sentenced abolitionist Passmore Williamson to 90 days for contempt of court for failing to produce Johnson and her sons under a writ of" habeas corpus", or tell their location.
The jailing attracted even wider publicity, and widespread discussion of issues of state and federal laws related to slavery.
Pennsylvania had long been a free state and held that slaveholders gave up their property right in slaves if they brought them voluntarily to the state.
Johnson returned to Philadelphia from New York in August 1855 and testified in the trial of William Still and five dockworkers, charged by her master John Hill Wheeler with assault.
They had aided her escape.
She testified at length about having planned to gain freedom in the North, and said she chose of her own free will to leave with Still, and would never go back to slavery.
She helped win acquittal for Still and three men, and reduced sentences for two others.
State and local officials protected her after testimony, and she and her sons soon moved to Boston, where they settled.
She married again there.
Her son Isaiah Johnson served in the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War.
Hu Bo
Hu Bo( 20 July 1988 – 12 October 2017), also known by his pen name Hu Qian, was a Chinese novelist and film director, best known for his only feature film" An Elephant Sitting Still"( 2018).
He died by suicide on 12 October 2017 at the age of 29, soon after he finished that film.
William Henry (actor)
William Albert Henry( November 10, 1914 – August 10, 1982) was an American actor who worked in both films and television.
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
Charles K. Gifford
Charles K. Gifford is an American banker and businessman.
He is the chairman emeritus of Bank of America having served on its board of directors from 2004 to 2016.
Soho Incident
Soho Incident, released in the United States as Spin a Dark Web, is a 1956 British film noir directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Faith Domergue and Lee Patterson.
The screenplay is based on" Wide Boys Never Work", a novel by Robert Westerby.
Tony Gerber
Tony Gerber is an American filmmaker and the co-founder of Market Road Films, an independent production company.

Question: Do both films An Elephant Sitting Still and Soho Incident have the directors from the same country?
Answer: no