Question: Who directed the film where the actor who played Gandalf played Cogsworth?

Context articles: Jack Starrett
Stephen Nicholas (actor)
Melina Paez
Y. Kasi Viswanath
Ako Mitchell
Ian McKellen, roles and awards
Akshay Kumar filmography
Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
A Wednesday!
Frank Harts

Jack Starrett (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director.
 He is credited as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr. in some of his films.
 Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as "Gabby Johnson", a parody of George "Gabby" Hayes, in the 1974 classic parody film "Blazing Saddles" and is also known for his role as the brutal deputy Art Galt in the 1982 action film "First Blood".
 He also played the cruel foreman Swick in "The River".
 Starrett was often typecast as a tough-talking police officer and played essentially the same character in a trio of biker films: "The Born Losers" (the film that introduced Billy Jack), "Hells Angels on Wheels" (both from 1967), and "Angels from Hell" (1968).
 He acted in another biker film, "Hell's Bloody Devils" (1970), and directed two more: "Run, Angel, Run" in 1969 and "Nam's Angels" (1970) as well as the horror film "Race with the Devil" (1975), in which he also played a gas station attendant.
Stephen Nicholas (born 23 August 1978) also known as Stephen Charles Nicholas is an actor and presenter from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
 Stephen currently lives in Sheffield, his first role was on Sky One's Dream Team, where he played Scott Ward.
 From there, he filmed the first in the trilogy Goal!
 (In which he played a Newcastle United Reserves player).
 Following this, he moved to Los Angeles, where he played Smith in the feature film Futbaal: The Price of Dreams.
 Stephen then returned to the UK to make a Bollywood film called Dhana Dhana Goal with John Abraham.
 Stephen then experienced his first opportunity in reality TV with the show Premier League All Stars for Sky One, as well as playing a footballer, he was on-hand to present celebrity gossip and pitch side reports.
 He then appeared in Celebrity Most Haunted and Date the Enemy.
 From there he then went on to star in Goal 3 where he not only acted in the film he also became the football choreographer and choreographed all the football scenes in the film.
 Nicholas then starred in the film Damned United where he played Welsh international Alan Durban, the film was filmed in Chesterfield and Leeds and was directed by Oscar winner Tom Hooper and also starred Oscar nominated Michael Sheen.
 Stephens next production was the feature film called 'No Way Back Now'about the notorious Manchester district of Moss Side, where Stephen played the lead actor Stuart Gavin,The feature is roughly based on the notorious Gooch gang that terrorised Manchester throughout the years.
 The next move for Stephen was pantomime where he was part of the production Aladdin over the Christmas period of 2015 in Doncaster playing Abanaza the main villain which he did until January 7, 2016!
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 He has recently been cast in the up-and-coming Feature Film 'Whiteblade' where he will play Thurstan the head Warlord Whiteblade is currently in production and Stephen is shooting his scenes in August 2016.
 In September 2016 Stephen will be presenting the Sky TV show 'Britz go Bollywood' the show consists of a group of Celebrities being dressed by The best Indian designers, Stephen is the main presenter of the show which will be screened live September 2, 2016.
Melina Paez is a Los Angeles-based film, commercial and stage actor.
 She has trained for improvisation at Chicago's The Second City, performed in several sketch comedy shows, plays and in non-commercial radio (DJ Slothgirl, 89.1fm WIDR, Kalamazoo).
 She played Jane Doe in the 2003 feature film "Muhammad and Jane" directed by Usama Alshaibi and played Sabine in the 2007 feature film "Orchard Vale" directed by Tim Kinsella—both of which have been featured at the Chicago Underground Film Festival.
 In 2011, she appears as an interviewee in TV on the Radio's film, "Nine Types of Light", directed by Tunde Adebimpe.
 Melina has written about her experience of being on a bombed plane, TWA Flight 840, in 1986.
Yanamadala Kasi Viswanath is an Indian actor, director from Andhra Pradesh.
 He worked as an assistant director, associate director and co-director for 25 films.
 Later he directed the film Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu starring Tarun Kumar, Aarthi Agarwal.
 Nandamuri Kalyan Ram's Debut film Toli Choopulone is his second film as a director before turning into an actor.
 He made his debut as an actor in the film Nachavule directed by Ravi Babu.
 He played the father of hero in that film.
 Later he acted in more than 90 films.
Ako Mitchell is a British-American actor and filmmaker.
 Ako directed and co-wrote the short film "I'm in the corner with the bluebells" part of the international shorts competition at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
 Ako recently played “Klook” in “Klook’s Last Stand” at London’s Park Theatre where he received an Off West End Awards Best Actor nomination.
 He also recently played esteemed British actor Lenny Henry's brother in Fences in the West End.
 Ako has also worked at London’s Donmar Warehouse and played opposite Patina Miller in Sister Act at The London Palladium.
 Ako’s credits also include: Pilot in Nick Lloyd Webber’s The Little Prince (Savoy Theatre); Mitch in Spelling Bee (Donmar Warehouse); Mufasa in The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre-West End); Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime (Charing Cross Theatre) and Dennis in Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (Film).
 Ako also Co-produced the documentary film 500 Years Later, a winner at the Pan-African Film Festival, Black Berlin International Cinema and Harlem International Film Festival.
Ian McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English stage and screen actor.
 He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations.
 McKellen's work spans genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction.
 His notable film roles include Gandalf in "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies, Magneto in the "X-Men" films, Sir Leigh Teabing in "The Da Vinci Code" (2006), Sherlock Holmes in "Mr. Holmes" (2015) and Cogsworth in "Beauty and the Beast" (2017).
Akshay Kumar is a Legendary Indian film actor and producer who made his debut with a minor role in the 1987 Mahesh Bhatt directed Indian film "Aaj".
 He appeared as the lead actor in "Saugandh" (1991) before making his breakthrough with the suspense thriller "Khiladi" (1992), the first film of the "Khiladi" series.
 In the same year, he appeared in the Pramod Chakravorty-produced film "Deedar".
 In 1994, Kumar earned his first nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare Awards for his performance in the Yash Chopra-produced romance "Yeh Dillagi" and starred in "Mohra".
 The following year he appeared in "Sabse Bada Khiladi".
 Kumar played a supporting role in the Chopra-directed romance "Dil To Pagal Hai" (1997), for which he received a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.
 However, several other of his releases in the 1990s, including "Lahu Ke Do Rang", "Insaaf", "Daava", "Tarazu", "Angaaray", "Barood" and "Zulmi" performed poorly at the box office leading to a setback in his film career.
Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, and co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films.
 The film is based on Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's eighteenth-century fairy tale.
 The film features an ensemble cast that includes Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the titular characters with Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian McKellen, and Emma Thompson in supporting roles.
A Wednesday!
 is a 2008 Indian thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey.
 It stars Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher.
 Set between 2 pm and 6 pm on a Wednesday, the film depicts an about-to-retire police commissioner (Anupam Kher) narrating a sequence of events that unfolded on a particular Wednesday.
 There does not exist any written record.
 The awareness of the incident exists only in his mind and in those of several individuals who were involved, willingly and unwillingly, and how those events affected the lives of all the concerned people.
 It was the inspiration for Tamil movie "Unnaipol Oruvan" , Telugu movie "Eeenadu", with Kamal Hassan in the role played by Naseeruddin Shah in the original and Mohanlal and Daggubati Venkatesh playing the role acted by Anupam Kher in the original in Tamil and Telugu respectively and also Hollywood movie A Common Man (film).
 Directed by Chandran Rutnam with actor Ben Kingsley portraying the role played by Nasseruddin Shah and Ben Cross portraying the role played by Anupam Kher.
Frank Harts is an American film, television, and theatre actor.
 He played George Murchison in the 2004 Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of "A Raisin In The Sun" opposite Sean Combs, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, and Sanaa Lathan.
 Harts has played supporting roles in several films, including the film "Home" directed by Jono Oliver which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for best director in 2014.
 He played recurring character Deputy Dennis Luckey on the HBO series "The Leftovers" created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, directed by Peter Berg.
 He currently plays recurring character Dale Christo on the new Showtime series "Billions" Harts is a graduate of The Juilliard School.