Question: Toa Fraser, born in Britain in 1975, of a Fijian father and a British mother, is a playwright and film director, his second film was Dean Spanley, a British comedy drama film, released in what year, with fantastic elements, from Miramax, Atlantic Film Group (UK) and General Film Corporation (NZ)?

<P0-S0>  Set in Edwardian England, the film is based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's 1936 novella "My Talks with Dean Spanley". <P0-S1> Dean Spanley is a 2008 British comedy drama film, with fantastic elements, from Miramax, Atlantic Film Group (UK) and General Film Corporation (NZ), directed by Fijian New Zealander Toa Fraser. <P0-S2>  It stars Sam Neill as the Dean, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole as Fisk Junior and Fisk Senior respectively and Bryan Brown as Wrather. <SEP> <P1-S0> Miramax (also known as Miramax Films) is an American entertainment company known for producing and distributing films and television shows. <P1-S1>  It is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. <P1-S2>  Miramax was founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and was a leading independent film motion picture distribution and production company before it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company on June 30, 1993. <P1-S3>  Shortly thereafter, "Pulp Fiction" was released. <P1-S4>  The Weinsteins operated Miramax with more creative and financial independence than any other division of Disney, until September 30, 2005 when they left the company and founded The Weinstein Company. <P1-S5>  Miramax was sold by Disney to Filmyard Holdings, a joint venture of Colony NorthStar, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, and Qatar Investment Authority, in 2010, ending Disney's 17-year ownership of the studio. <P1-S6>  In 2016, ownership was transferred to beIN Media Group. <SEP> <P2-S0> Jean Betts is a London born New Zealand playwright , actor and director. <P2-S1>  She emigrated with her parents, both founders of Unity Theatre, London, to Christchurch, New Zealand. <P2-S2>  She obtained a degree at University of Canterbury in English Literature and New Zealand and Pacific History. <P2-S3>  and graduated from the New Zealand Drama School (now Toi Whakaari) in 1970, the inaugural year when its founder, Nola Millar, was principal. <P2-S4>  During her time as actor and director at Gateway, BATS, Downstage and Circa Theatres, she became a foundation member of Playmarket (New Zealand, 1975), Circa Theatre (Wellington, 1976) and Taki Rua/The Depot Theatre (Wellington, 1983). <P2-S5>  In 1979 Jean worked at ESTA (English Speaking Theatre Amsterdam) as actor/director, and was a founding member of the expatriate (New Zealand) group 'The Heartache and Sorrow Company' (directing) which presented work in Amsterdam, Germany, London, and at the Edinburgh Festival, where the group received a 'Fringe First' and a Scotsman's Award. <P2-S6>  In 1993 she co-founded the Women's Professional Playwrights Association (WOPPA) which premiered her play "Ophelia Thinks Harder", and established The Women's Play Press with Lorae Parry, Cathy Downes, Viv Plumb and Fiona Samuel. <P2-S7>  ("Ophelia Thinks Harder" has subsequently been translated in German and Italian and produced over 160 times.) <P2-S8>  In 2005 she set up a small NZ play publishing project, The Play Press (www.playpress.co.nz). <P2-S9>  She has been a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize twice; and in 2015 received the Playmarket Award of $20,000 for her contribution to New Zealand Theatre. <SEP> <P3-S0> Toa Fraser, born in Britain in 1975, of a Fijian father and a British mother, is a playwright and film director. <P3-S1>  His second, "Dean Spanley", starring Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole, premiered in September 2008. <P3-S2>  His first feature film, "No. 2", starring Ruby Dee won the Audience Award (World Dramatic) at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. <P3-S3>  His third film "Giselle" was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. <P3-S4>  His fourth, "The Dead Lands", a Maori action-adventure film, was released in 2014.