Question: Who directed the 1989 film on which "Batman: The Ride" is thematically based?

Context articles: Batman (album)
Batman: The Video Game
Christopher Fairbank
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Batman in film
Batman: The Ride
Batman (1989 Ocean video game)
Batman (score)
Batman: Return of the Joker
Batman (1989 film)

Batman is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Prince and the soundtrack album to the 1989 film "Batman".
 It was released on June 20, 1989 by Warner Bros.
 Records.
 As a Warner Bros. stablemate, Prince's involvement in the soundtrack was designed to leverage the media company's contract-bound talent as well as fulfill the artist's need for a commercial (if not critical) revival.
 The result was yet another multi-platinum successful cross-media enterprise by Warner Bros., in the vein of "Purple Rain".
 The album was No. 1 on the "Billboard" albums chart for six consecutive weeks.
 It has sold over eleven million copies worldwide.
 In 2016, film critic Matt Zoller Seitz praised Prince's songs and music videos for "Batman", more so than the film itself, stating that his songs "suggest a goofy, perverse, sensuous, somewhat introverted Batman film that so far we've never gotten from anyone", and arguing that Prince's music videos "are more psychologically perceptive than any of the Batman films."
Batman, also known as Batman: The Video Game, is a group of platform games developed by Sunsoft for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, loosely based on the 1989 film of the same name.
 Despite having the same title, each is actually a different game.
 The NES title is arguably the best known and contains five levels culminating in a showdown with the Joker in the bell tower of Gotham Cathedral.
 It was received well despite changes from the movie upon which it was based.
Christopher "Chris" Fairbank (born 4 October 1953) is an English film, stage and television actor, perhaps best known for his role as Moxey in the hit comedy-drama series "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet".
 Born in Hertfordshire, he first developed an interest in acting while appearing in a play at his primary school in Clavering, Essex.
 He has numerous television credits to his name, including "Sapphire and Steel", "The Professionals", and "The Scarlet Pimpernel".
 He provided voice talent for both of the Wallace and Gromit feature-length films, "Curse of the Were-Rabbit" and "Flushed Away".
 Fairbank also appeared as one of the pair of muggers who rob an out-of-town family, heralding the first appearance of the Batman in Tim Burton's 1989 film.
 Fairbank also had roles as Mactilburgh the scientist in the film "The Fifth Element," the prisoner Murphy in "Alien 3", and the Player Queen in the Franco Zeffirelli version of "Hamlet", opposite Mel Gibson.
 He appeared in the "Goal!
" trilogy as a Newcastle United fan.
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (also known as The Little Mermaid III) is a 2008 animated fantasy feature film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and DisneyToon Studios, and the direct-to-video prequel to Disney's 1989 film "The Little Mermaid".
 Directed by Peggy Holmes, the film's story is set before the events of the 1989 film and the , where all music has been banned from the underwater kingdom of Atlantica by King Triton, and his youngest daughter Ariel attempts to challenge this law.
 The film features the voices of Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Sally Field, and Jim Cummings.
 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on August 26, 2008.
 The animated by Toon City Animation, Inc., to Walt Disney Animation Australia by 2008, unit director Pieter Lommerse, workbook supervisor Stephen Lumley, clean-up director David Hardy, inbetween director Miles Jenkinson, effects director Marvin Petilla, supervising color stylist Jenny North and Aaron Stannard.
 The film contradicts certain events of the television series, implying that it is an independent installment of Disney's "The Little Mermaid" franchise.
The fictional superhero Batman, who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics, has appeared in various films since his inception.
 Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, the character first starred in two serial films in the 1940s, "Batman" and "Batman and Robin".
 The character also appeared in the 1966 film "Batman", which was a feature film adaptation of the 1960s "Batman" TV series starring Adam West and Burt Ward, who also starred in the film.
 Toward the end of the 1980s, the Warner Bros. studio began producing a series of feature films starring Batman, beginning with the 1989 film "Batman", directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton.
 Burton and Keaton returned for the 1992 sequel "Batman Returns", and in 1995, Joel Schumacher directed "Batman Forever" with Val Kilmer as Batman.
 Schumacher also directed the 1997 sequel "Batman & Robin", which starred George Clooney.
 "Batman & Robin" was poorly received by both critics and fans, leading to the cancellation of "Batman Unchained".
Batman: The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster based thematically on the 1989 film Batman and found at seven Six Flags theme parks in the United States.
 Built by consulting engineers Bolliger & Mabillard, it rises to a height of between 100 and and reaches top speeds of 50 mph .
 The original roller coaster at Six Flags Great America was partially devised by the park's general manager Jim Wintrode.
 Batman: The Ride was the world's first inverted roller coaster when it opened in 1992, and has since been awarded Coaster Landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts.
 Clones of the ride exist at amusement parks around the world.
Batman (also known as Batman: The Movie) is an action video game developed by Ocean Software based on the 1989 film of the same name.
 It was released in 1989 for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, and ZX Spectrum.
Batman: Original Motion Picture Score is the score album for the 1989 film "Batman" by Danny Elfman.
 According to the "Batman" DVD Special Edition, Elfman said that producer Jon Peters was not sure about him as a composer until Tim Burton made him play the main titles.
 Elfman admitted he was stunned when Peters announced that the score would be released on its own album, as releasing a separate score album for a film was something that was rarely done in the 1980s.
 Elfman's "The Batman Theme" went on to become an iconic piece.
 It served as the basis for the theme music of "", which premiered in 1992, although this was later changed.
 Some parts of the Elfman score are also heard in "", "" and "".
 Parts are also played in the queue, and on the station platform of Batman the Ride at various Six Flags theme parks.
Batman: Return of the Joker, known in Japan as Dynamite Batman (ダイナマイトバットマン , Dainamaito Battoman ) , is a 1991 platform video game, the follow-up to Sunsoft's on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
 Unlike that game, which was based on the 1989 Batman film directed by Tim Burton, "Return of the Joker" is entirely self-contained and based more on the modern comic book iteration of Batman.
 However, Batman mans the Batmobile from the 1989 film.
 A remake of "Return of the Joker", titled Batman: Revenge of the Joker, was released on the Sega Genesis by Ringler Studios in 1992.
 A Super NES version of "Revenge of the Joker" was in development, but never released.
Batman is a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber, based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
 It is the first installment of Warner Bros.' initial "Batman" film series.
 The film stars Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Jack Nicholson as The Joker, alongside Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough and Jack Palance.
 The film takes place early in the title character's war on crime, and depicts a battle with his arch-nemesis the Joker.