Born Free
Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real- life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her into the wilderness of Kenya.
The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures.
The screenplay, written by blacklisted Hollywood writer Lester Cole( under the pseudonym" Gerald L.C. Copley"), was based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 non-fiction book" Born Free".
The film was directed by James Hill and produced by Sam Jaffe and Paul Radin.
" Born Free", and its musical score by John Barry, won numerous awards.
First Born (film)
First Born is a 2007 American drama film directed by Isaac Webb.
Joy Adamson
Friederike Victoria" Joy" Adamson( née Gessner, 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author.
Her book," Born Free", describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa.
" Born Free" was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award- winning movie of the same name.
In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art.
Henrique Dias
Henrique Dias( died 8 June 1662) was a literate Afro- Brazilian soldier and militia leader born in the Portuguese colony of Brazil.
There is no consensus among historians whether he was born free or captive.
Amaidhi Padai
Amaidhi Padai
( Tamil: அமைதிப்படை; English: Peacekeeping Force) is a 1994 Tamil political satire film, written and directed by Manivannan, who also acted in the movie.
Sathyaraj played a dual role as father and son in the film, with Ranjitha playing the female lead.
The story revolves around an ordinary man who builds his political career through short routes.
This film is touted as one of Sathyaraj's best performances till date.
The film was followed by the sequel" Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA" in 2013, also starring Naam Tamilar Katchi's Seeman.
It went on to run more than 25 weeks and was declared a blockbuster.
Over the recent years, this film developed a strong cult following and is regarded as an ingenious visionary political satire film.
James Hill (British director)
James Hill( 1 August 1919 – 7 October 1994) was a British film and television director, screenwriter and producer whose career spanned 52 years between 1937 and 1989, best remembered for his documentaries and short subjects such as" Giuseppina" and" The Home Made Car", and as director of the internationally acclaimed" Born Free".
Hill also directed, produced and/ or wrote such diverse films as" Black BeautyA Study in TerrorEvery Day's a Holiday The Lion at World's End"( a.k.a." Christian the lionCaptain Nemo and the Underwater City The Man from O.R.G.Y.", and the children's television series'" Worzel Gummidge" and" Worzel Gummidge Down Under".
Manivannan
S. Manivannan Rajagopal( 31 July 1953 – 15 June 2013), better his mononym Manivannan, was an Indian film actor, director and Tamil activist.
In a career spanning three decades, he went from being a story and dialogue writer for director Bharathiraja from 1980 – 82 to a successful director who thrived in experimenting with different genres, before becoming an actor.
With over 400 films to his name, Manivannan was one of the most experienced actors in the field and has directed exact 50 films.
Manivannan was mainly a supporting actor in films and often played the comedian or the villain's role.
During his lifetime, he supported various political parties, including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
He later became affiliated with the Naam Tamilar Katchi and had long supported its ideology of Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism.
Ben Palmer
Ben Palmer is a British film and television director who is known for being the director of" Bo' Selecta" and" The Inbetweeners".
Will Travers
Will Travers is an English director, writer, broadcaster and animal rights activist from Surrey, President of the Born Free Foundation and president of Born Free USA and Species Survival Network.
Son of English actors Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna.
Will Travers travelled with his parents to Kenya in 1963, when he was five years old, where his parents Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna were starring together in the 1966 true- life film," Born Free"( 1966), portraying conservationists Joy Adamson and George Adamson, who rescued a lioness cub called Elsa and successfully returned her to the wild.
The experience led them to become active supporters for wild animal rights as well as the protection of their natural habitat.
When Travers was 12 years old the family also took care of Christian, a captive- bred lion, originally from Ilfracombe Zoo and who came, via a department store and a furniture shop on the King's Road in Chelsea, to live at the Travers's family home in Surrey, England, before subsequently being returned to a wild and free life in Africa by their friend, conservationist George Adamson.
The story of Christian was made into a film, Christian, The Lion at World's End, by Travers' father, Bill. Travers' mother McKenna appeared in" An Elephant Called Slowly", a travelogue which features elephants Eleanor( brought up by conservationist Daphne Sheldrick) and young elephant Pole Pole.
The subsequent premature death of Pole Pole, after the elephant was transferred to London Zoo was to lead to McKenna and her husband launching the Zoo Check Campaign in 1984.
As cofounder, Will Travers assisted his parents in establishing Zoo Check and to their establishing the" Born Free Foundation" in 1991.
Travers also founded the Species Survival Network in 1992.
Travers is President of both the Born Free Foundstion, Born Free USA and the Species Survival Network.
Travers is a Trustee of The Hummingbird Initiative, a Patron of The High Five Club, an Advisor to the Olsen Animal Trust, a company director of Nice Little Effort Limited.
Travers was awarded the OBE in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Birthday Honours 2012 for services to animal welfare.
Travers started following a vegetarian diet in 1983 and made the transition to veganism in April 2014.
Virginia McKenna
Virginia Anne McKenna, OBE( born 7 June 1931), is a British stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner.
She is best known for the films" A Town Like Alice"( 1956)," Carve Her Name with Pride"( 1958)," Born Free"( 1966), and" Ring of Bright Water"( 1969), as well as her work with The Born Free Foundation.

Question: Which film has the director who died first, Born Free or Amaidhi Padai?
Answer: Born Free