Paul Leni
Paul Leni( 8 July 1885 – 2 September 1929), born Paul Josef Levi, was a German filmmaker and a key figure in German Expressionist filmmaking, making" Backstairs Hintertreppe", 1921) and" Waxworks Das Wachsfigurenkabinett", 1924) in Germany, and" The Cat and the Canary"( 1927)," The Chinese Parrot"( 1927)," The Man Who Laughs"( 1928), and" The Last Warning"( 1929) in the U.S.
James Kyrle MacCurdy
James Kyrle MacCurdy, born James Kyrle McCurdy( May 20, 1875 – December 5, 1923) was a theater actor and playwright.
He married actress Kate Woods Fiske( who also wrote under the pen name Katharine Wald) and lived in Brentwood, New York.
In 1907 he wrote" Yankee Doodle Detective".
He wrote the 1915 play" A Little Girl in the Big City" that was made into the 1925 silent film" A Little Girl in a Big City".
He also wrote the 1917 play Broken Hearts of Broadway that was made into the 1923 silent film" Broken Hearts of Broadway" produced and directed by Irving Cummings and starring Colleen Moore.
He also wrote the Old Clothes Man 1918.
He also wrote and performed in" Pedro, the Italian".
He was born in Stockton, California.
He acted for stock companies on the west coast then moved east and performed as the principal actor in Augustin Daly's comedy" A Night Off".
He then worked for the Thanhouser Company.
He died of accidental asphysixiation from a broken heater.
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.
Broken Hearts of Broadway
Broken Hearts of Broadway is a 1923 silent film drama produced and directed by Irving Cummings and starring Colleen Moore.
It is based on a 1917 play" Broken Hearts of Broadway" by James Kyrle McCurdy.
The Platonic Marriage
The Platonic Marriage( German: Die platonische Ehe) is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Paul Leni and starring Mia May, Georg Alexander and Albert Paulig.
An impoverished noblewoman marries a woman he finds unattractive simply to get his hands on her money.
However, he gradually finds himself falling in love with her.
Leni also worked as art director, designing the film's sets.
Irving Cummings
Irving Camisky( October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor, director, producer and writer.
Broadway or Bust
Broadway or Bust is a lost 1924 silent film western romantic comedy directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Hoot Gibson.
It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
Broken Hearts of Hollywood is a 1926 American comedy drama film released by Warner Bros. and directed by Lloyd Bacon.
It is unknown, but the film might have been released with a Vitaphone soundtrack.
A print of the film exists.
Vincent Liff
Vincent Liff( c. 1951–2003) was an American casting director of Broadway musicals and plays.
According to" NPR", he" changed the face of Broadway by bringing more children, minorities and foreigners to the stage."
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.

Question: Which film has the director died earlier, The Platonic Marriage or Broken Hearts of Broadway?
Answer: The Platonic Marriage