Question: Which person directed motion pictures first, Howard Higgin or Jiang Wen?

Context articles: Devils on the Doorstep
In the Heat of the Sun
Howard Higgin
Jiang Wen
Hell's House
Let the Bullets Fly
Rogue One
Gone with the Bullets
The Sun Also Rises (2007 film)
Jiang Wu

Devils on the Doorstep (; Japanese: 鬼が来た!
 ; literally "the devils are here") is a 2000 Chinese black comedy film directed, co-written and produced by Jiang Wen, starring Jiang himself, Kagawa Teruyuki, Yuan Ding and Jiang Hongbo.
 Shot in black and white to mimic old-time war movies, the film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival on 12 May and clinched the Grand Prix but was subsequently banned in its home country.
In the Heat of the Sun is a 1994 Chinese film directed and written by Jiang Wen.
 This was Jiang Wen's first foray into directing after years as a leading man.
 The film is based loosely on author Wang Shuo's novel "Wild Beast".
Howard Higgin (February 15, 1891 - December 16, 1938) was an American writer and director of motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s.
Jiang Wen (born 5 January 1963) is a Chinese film actor, screenwriter, and director.
 As a director, he is sometimes grouped with the "Sixth Generation" that emerged in the 1990s.
 Jiang is also well known internationally as an actor, having starred with Gong Li in Zhang Yimou's debut film "Red Sorghum" (1986), and more recently as Baze Malbus in the Star Wars anthology film "Rogue One" (2016).
 He is the older brother of fellow actor Jiang Wu.
Hell's House is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring Junior Durkin, featuring Bette Davis and directed by Howard Higgin.
 The screenplay by Paul Gangelin and B. Harrison Orkow, set during the waning days of the Prohibition era, is based on a story by Higgin.
Let the Bullets Fly () is a 2010 action comedy film written and directed by Jiang Wen, based on a story by Ma Shitu (), a famous Sichuanese writer.
 The film is set in Sichuan during the 1920s when the bandit Zhang (Jiang Wen) descends upon a town posing as its new governor.
 The film also stars Chow Yun-fat, Ge You, Carina Lau, Chen Kun and Zhou Yun.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, or simply Rogue One, is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards.
 The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta.
 It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
 It is the first installment of the "Star Wars" "Anthology" series, set immediately before the events of the original "Star Wars" film.
 The cast includes Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker.
 "Rogue One" follows a group of rebels on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star, the Galactic Empire's superweapon.
Gone with the Bullets (Chinese: 一步之遥) is a 2014 Chinese film directed by Jiang Wen and also starring Jiang Wen, Ge You, Zhou Yun and Shu Qi.
 Production started on location in Beijing at the China Film Group studio in Huairou on October 2, 2013.
 Production wrapped before the Chinese New Year holiday.
 The film was released on December 18, 2014.
 It was screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.
The Sun Also Rises () is a 2007 film directed, produced and co-written by Chinese director Jiang Wen starring Joan Chen, Anthony Wong, Jaycee Chan, and Jiang Wen himself.
 This movie is the polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
 This movie was screened in competition at the Venice International Film Festival and nominated for Golden Lion but lost to Ang Lee's historical thriller "Lust, Caution".
 This film also premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, and was nominated for Achievement in Cinematography at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Jiang Wu (born 4 November 1967) is a Chinese actor.
 He starred in Zhang Yimou's "To Live" (1994), and Zhang Yang's "Shower" (1999).
 He is the younger brother of Jiang Wen and is or was a member of the Beijing Experimental Theatre Troupe.