Leslie Goodwins
Leslie Goodwins( 17 September 1899 – 8 January 1969) was an English film director and screenwriter.
He directed nearly 100 films between 1926 and 1967.
His 1936 film" Dummy Ache" was nominated for an Academy Award in 1936 for Best Short Subject( Two- Reel).
His 1937 film" Should Wives Work?" was also nominated for an Academy Award in the same category.
He was born in London, England and he died in Hollywood, California.
Querelle
Querelle is a 1982 West German- French English- language drama film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Brad Davis, adapted from French author Jean Genet's 1947 novel" Querelle of Brest".
It marked Fassbinder's final film as a writer/ director; it was posthumously released just months after the director died of a drug overdose in June 1982.
The George Raft Story
The George Raft Story is a 1961 American biographical film of Hollywood film star George Raft.
Ray Danton portrays Raft and the film was directed by Joseph M. Newman.
The picture was retitled Spin of a Coin for release in the United Kingdom, a reference to Raft's character's nickel- flipping trick in" Scarface"( 1932), the film that launched Raft's career as an actor known for portraying gangsters.
Ray Danton
Ray Danton( born Raymond Caplan; September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992), also known as Raymond Danton, was a radio, film, stage, and television actor, director, and producer whose most famous roles were in the screen biographies" The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond"( 1960) and" The George Raft Story"( 1962).
He was married to actress Julie Adams from 1954 to 1981.
Joseph M. Newman
Joseph M. Newman( August 17, 1909 – January 23, 2006) was an American film director most famous for his 1955 film" This Island Earth".
His credits include episodes of" The Twilight Zone" and" The Alfred Hitchcock Hour".
He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the now defunct category of Assistant Director, for" David Copperfield" and" San Francisco".
He was also the last person nominated Assistant Director to die.
The Singing Sheriff
The Singing Sheriff is a 1944 American Western comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Henry Blankfort and Eugene Conrad.
The film stars Bob Crosby, Fay McKenzie, Fuzzy Knight, Iris Adrian, Samuel S. Hinds, Edward Norris, Andrew Tombes and Joe Sawyer.
The film was released on October 6, 1944, by Universal Pictures.
Pick-Up (1933 film)
Pick- Up is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by Marion Gering and starring Sylvia Sidney and George Raft.
Le Masque de la Méduse
Le masque de la Méduse is a 2009 fantasy horror film directed by Jean Rollin.
The film is a modern-day telling of the Greek mythological tale of the Gorgon and was inspired by the 1964 classic Hammer Horror film of the same name and the 1981 cult classic" Clash of the Titans".
It was Rollin's final film, as the director died in 2010.
Loan Shark (film)
Loan Shark is a 1952 American crime film noir directed by Seymour Friedman and starring George Raft.
Broadway (1942 film)
Broadway is a 1942 crime drama musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring George Raft as himself and Pat O'Brien as a detective.
The supporting cast features Janet Blair and Broderick Crawford.
Another fictionalized biographical movie based on Raft's life," The George Raft Story"( 1961) featured a different actor( Ray Danton) playing Raft.

Question: Which film has the director died first, The Singing Sheriff or The George Raft Story?
Answer: The Singing Sheriff