Question: Who directed the film named after a spiritual composition by Sam Cooke?

Context articles: The Best of Sam Cooke
Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke at the Copa
Stand by Me (song)
Songs by Sam Cooke
The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke discography
We Remember Sam Cooke
Swing Low (album)
Stand by Me (film)

The Best of Sam Cooke is the second greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke.
 Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in 1962 in the United States by RCA Victor.
 The compilation contains most of Sam Cooke's most well-known hits from 1957 to 1962.
Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke is a tour-only EP by Colin Meloy, lead singer of The Decemberists.
 It is the third in a series of EPs featuring covers of influential artists, which includes works of Morrissey ("Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey") and Shirley Collins ("Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins").
 The album was released to accompany his 2008 solo tour, and features five covers of songs previously performed by the American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer Sam Cooke.
 Four songs were written or co-written by Cooke; one, "Summertime," is a pop standard that Cooke had performed in 1957.
 The artwork of the album was designed by Carson Ellis, who has done much of the artwork for The Decemberists, and all of Colin Meloy's solo work.
 The EP also includes vocals from Laura Gibson.
Sam Cooke at the Copa is the first live album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke.
 The album was released in October 1964 in the United States by RCA Victor.
"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King, written by King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
 According to King, the title is derived and was inspired by a spiritual composition by Sam Cooke called "Stand by Me Father" (although Mike Stoller has stated differently).
 This spiritual was sung by the Soul Stirrers with Johnnie Taylor singing lead.
 The third line of the second verse of "Stand by Me" derives from Psalms 46:2c.
 There have been over 400 recorded versions of the song performed by many artists.
 It has been featured on the soundtrack of the 1986 film "Stand by Me".
 A music video was also released to promote the film.
Sam Cooke, better known as Songs by Sam Cooke (as shown on the back cover), is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke.
 The backing band is the Bumps Blackwell Orchestra.
The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke.
The discography of Sam Cooke, an African-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, consists of fifteen studio albums (including one collaborative album and two notable posthumous releases), two live albums, and numerous compilations.
 Over the course of his eight-year career, Cooke placed 29 singles in the Top 40 on the "Billboard" Pop Singles chart.
 He also placed 20 singles in the Top Ten of "Billboard"'s R&B chart, Black Singles chart.
 Between 1957 and 1960, Sam Cooke's records were produced on the Keen label.
 From 1960 through 1966, they were produced on the RCA label.
We Remember Sam Cooke is the fifth studio album recorded by The Supremes, issued by Motown in April 1965 (see 1965 in music).
 The album is a tribute album dedicated to soul musician Sam Cooke, who had died the previous December.
 Notable selections on the album, consisting entirely of Cooke covers, included covers of "A Change Is Gonna Come", "You Send Me" and "(Ain't That) Good News" (led by Florence Ballard).
Swing Low, also known as Sam Cooke, is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke.
 Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in March 1961 in the United States by RCA Victor.
 The album includes the hit single "Chain Gang".
Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Rob Reiner, and starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell.
 The film, whose plot is based on Stephen King's novella "The Body" (1982) and title is derived from Ben E. King's eponymous song, which plays over the ending credits, tells the story of four boys in a small town in Oregon who go on a hike to find the dead body of a missing child.