Question: Which film has the director born first, In Enemy Country or American Beauty (1999 Film)?

<P0-S0> Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, an advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, played by Mena Suvari. <P0-S1> Wes Bentley, Chris Cooper, and Allison Janney also feature. <P0-S2> He shelved the play after realizing the story would not work on stage. <P0-S3> The rewritten script had a cynical outlook influenced by Ball's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms. <P0-S4> American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes, in his feature directorial debut. <P0-S5> Producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen took the script for" American Beauty" to the fledgling DreamWorks studio, which bought it for$ 250,000, outbidding several other production bodies. <P0-S6> DreamWorks financed the$ 15 million production and served as its North American distributor. <P0-S7> " American Beauty" marked acclaimed theater director Mendes' film debut; courted after his successful productions of the musicals" Oliver!" and" Cabaret", Mendes was nevertheless only given the job after twenty others were considered and several A- list directors reportedly turned down the opportunity. <P0-S8> Similarly, the studio suggested several actresses for the role of Carolyn until Mendes offered the part to Bening without the studio's knowledge. <P0-S9> Mendes' dominant directorial style was deliberate and composed; he made extensive use of static shots and slow pans and zooms to generate tension. <P0-S10> Cinematographer Conrad Hall complemented Mendes' style with peaceful shot compositions to contrast with the turbulent on- screen events. <P0-S11> During editing, Mendes made several changes that softened the cynical tone of Ball's script. <P0-S12> Released in North America on September 17, 1999," American Beauty" was positively received by critics and audiences; it was the best- reviewed American film of the year and grossed over$ 350 million worldwide. <P0-S13> Reviewers praised most aspects of the production, mainly the acting performances( particularly those of Spacey, Benning, and Cooper), as well as Mendes ’ Direction and the themes of the film; criticism tended to focus on the familiarity of the characters and setting. <SEP> <P1-S0> He also is known for dark re-inventions of the stage musicals" Cabaret"( 1994)," Oliver!"( 1994)," Company"( 1995), and" Gypsy"( 2003). <P1-S1> Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes( born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his directoral debut film" American Beauty"( 1999), which earned him the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Director, the crime film" Road to Perdition"( 2002) the James Bond films" Skyfall"( 2012) and" Spectre"( 2015), and the war film" 1917"( 2019). <P1-S2> He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with" Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"( 2013). <P1-S3> For directing the play" The Ferryman", Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019. <P1-S4> In 2000 Mendes was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for" services to drama" and in the same year was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany. <P1-S5> In 2005, he received a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain. <P1-S6> In 2008" The Daily Telegraph" ranked him number 15 in their list of the" 100 most powerful people in British culture". <SEP> <P2-S0> Christopher Greenbury( September 24, 1951 – January 4, 2007) was an English film editor with more than thirty film credits dating from 1979's" The Muppet Movie". <P2-S1> With Tariq Anwar, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for" American Beauty"( 1999), which he was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing. <P2-S2> " American Beauty" is a serious drama, but in general Greenbury edited comedy films, including six directed by the Farrelly brothers commencing with 1994's" Dumb and Dumber". <P2-S3> Greenbury was a member of the American Cinema Editors( ACE). <SEP> <P3-S0> Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. <SEP> <P4-S0> He is perhaps best remembered today for shooting additional footage on" Touch of Evil"( 1958). <P4-S1> Harry Keller( 22 February 1913 – 19 January 1987) was an American film editor, producer and director, who made a number of westerns and worked for many years at Universal Pictures. <SEP> <P5-S0> During World War II a group of Allied agents are sent on a secret mission to German-occupied France to destroy a dangerous new weapon. <P5-S1> The film's art direction was by John Beckman and Alexander Golitzen. <P5-S2> In Enemy Country is a 1968 American action film directed by Harry Keller and starring Anthony Franciosa, Anjanette Comer and Guy Stockwell.