Flirting (film)
Flirting is a 1991 Australian coming- of- age comedy drama film written and directed by John Duigan.
The story revolves around a romance between two teenagers, and it stars Noah Taylor, who appears again as Danny Embling, the protagonist of Duigan's 1987 film" The Year My Voice Broke".
It also stars Thandie Newton and Nicole Kidman.
" Flirting" is the second in an incomplete potential trilogy of autobiographical films by Duigan.
It was produced by Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, Barbara Gibbs and George Miller, and made by Kennedy Miller Studios, who also made the" Mad Max Trilogy".
The film won the 1990 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, as" The Year My Voice Broke" had in 1987.
John Duigan
John Duigan( born 19 June 1949) is an Australian film director.
He is mostly known for his two autobiographical films" The Year My Voice Broke" and" Flirting", and the 1994 film" Sirens", which starred Hugh Grant.
Wale Adebanwi
Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford.
The Year My Voice Broke
The Year My Voice Broke is a 1987 coming of age drama film written and directed by John Duigan and starring Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, and Ben Mendelsohn.
Set in 1962 in the rural Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, it was the first in a projected trilogy of films centred on the experiences of an awkward Australian boy, based on the childhood of writer/ director John Duigan.
The film itself is a series of interconnected segments narrated by Danny who recollects how he and Freya grew apart over the course of one year.
Although the trilogy never came to fruition, it was followed by a 1991 sequel," Flirting".
The film was the recipient of the 1987 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, a prize which" Flirting" also won in 1990.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand.
Ben Mendelsohn
Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn( born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor, who first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in" The Year My Voice Broke"( 1987) and internationally for his role in the crime drama" Animal Kingdom"( 2010).
Since then he has had roles in films such as" The Dark Knight Rises"( 2012)," Starred Up"( 2013)," Mississippi Grind"( 2015)," Rogue One"( 2016)," Darkest Hour"( 2017) and Steven Spielberg's" Ready Player One"( 2018).
In 2017, he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Talos in" Captain Marvel"( 2019) and( 2019).
Mendelsohn starred in the Netflix original series" Bloodline"( 2015 – 2017), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Fred Humes
Fred Humes( June 15, 1896 – January 3, 1971) was an American actor best known for his work in Western films.
Humes was born and educated in Pittsburgh.
He appeared in the films" Ride for Your Life The Ridin' Kid from Powder River The Hurricane Kid The Saddle HawkLet'er Buck The Yellow BackProwlers of the Night The Stolen RanchBlazing Days One Glorious Scrap Put' Em UpCircus Rookies Battling with Buffalo BillLaw and OrderClancy of the Mounted The Cactus KidSunset Range The Roaring West" and" The Day the Bookies Wept", among others.
The Day the Bookies Wept
The Day the Bookies Wept is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Bert Granet and George Jeske.
The film stars Joe Penner, Betty Grable, Richard Lane, Tom Kennedy and Thurston Hall.
The film was released on September 15, 1939, by RKO Pictures.
Kevin Manser
Kevin Baden Manser( 16 February 1929 – 21 December 2001) was an Australian actor best known for his career as a Dalek operator in the early seasons of the British science- fiction television series" Doctor Who".
He was born in Adelaide and worked for South Australian Engineering and Water Supply until 1957, when he emigrated to London to work as a stage manager.
This led to later work as a theatrical and television actor.
In 1969 he returned to Australia and continued to play small parts on television while becoming involved with" Doctor Who" conventions.
He wrote his autobiography," The Memoirs of a Dalek", in 2001, after being diagnosed with the cancer that eventually resulted in his death at the end of that year.
Amongst his TV and film roles, included appearances in the TV mini-series" Bodyline"( 1984) and" The Dismissal"( 1983), the film" The Year My Voice Broke"( 1987) and appearing as Australian prime- minister William McMahon in the mini-series" Vietnam"( 1987).
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.

Question: Which film has the director who was born first, The Year My Voice Broke or The Day The Bookies Wept?
Answer: The Day The Bookies Wept