Question: Which film has the director born first, The Optimists Of Nine Elms or Travelling North?

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Anthony Simmons( 16 December 1922 – 22 January 2016) was a British writer and film director. He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni ’s movie" Il Grido"( 1957). Carl Schultz( born 19 September 1939) is a Hungarian- Australian film director. He left his native Budapest during the uprising of 1956 with his brother Otto Schultz. They fled to England, and after arriving in London they moved to Manchester. In 1958, Schultz emigrated to Australia by himself, where he worked for Australian TV, first as a cameraman, and then as a director. In 1978, he directed his first feature film," Blue Fin", starring Hardy Kruger. His more notable film credits include" Careful, He Might Hear You", winner of eight Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Director and Best Film;" Travelling North", with Leo McKern; and" The Seventh Sign", starring Demi Moore and Jürgen Prochnow. The Optimists of Nine Elms, also known as The Optimists, is a 1973 British drama film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Anthony Simmons, who also wrote the 1964 novel upon which the film is based. The film is about an old street musician( played by Sellers) who strikes up a friendship with two children- Liz, played by Donna Mullane, and her younger brother Mark, played by John Chaffey. Neither of the child actors was featured in future films. A young Keith Chegwin also played a small role. Mullane was recruited for her role by the film crew when they were scouting locations and saw her as she was walking home from school Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand. Bruce Purchase ( 2 October 1938 – 5 June 2008) was a New Zealand- born actor known for his roles on stage and television. Born in Thames, New Zealand, he won a scholarship to study acting in England, training at RADA, and went on to become a founding actor-member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre. He also performed regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His TV credits included" Callan The First ChurchillsA Picture of Katherine MansfieldDoomwatch Fall of Eagles I, Claudius The New AvengersDoctor Who"( in the serial" The Pirate PlanetBlake's 7 Quatermass" and" The Tripods". His films included" Macbeth"( 1971)," Mary, Queen of Scots"( 1971)," The Optimists of Nine Elms"( 1973)," Soft Beds, Hard Battles"( 1974)," Meetings with Remarkable Men"( 1979)," Pope John Paul II"( 1984),( 1985)," Playing Away"( 1987)," Lionheart"( 1987) and" Another Life"( 2001). In 2007, Purchase became seriously ill while touring with a production of" The Last Confession". He died of cancer on 5 June 2008 at his home in Putney, London. Patricia Ann Brake (born 25 June 1942 in Bath, Somerset) is an English actress. Patricia Brake played Ingrid Fletcher, the daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher, in the BBC sitcom "Porridge", and its sequel "Going Straight". Most recently, in 2015, she guest-starred in the BBC ongoing drama "Casualty" and in "Midsomer Murders" for ITV. Alongside her extensive body of work in West End theatres, she has also appeared in UK soaps "EastEnders" and "Coronation Street". but has played opposite many British comic actors in numerous situation comedies and one-off plays. After leaving The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Brake's first acting roles were with the Royal Shakespeare Company where she played alongside such colleagues as Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, Ian Richardson and Ian Holm. She appeared in series such as "A Sharp Intake of Breath" with David Jason, "Emergency – Ward 10" and "Lorna Doone", as well as film roles in "My Lover, My Son" (1970) and "The Optimists of Nine Elms" (1973). Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris. Travelling North is a 1987 film directed by Carl Schultz and starring Leo McKern, Julia Blake, and Graham Kennedy. Based on an original 1979 play of the same name by David Williamson, it is one of Williamson's favourite movies based on his works. Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. Hartley W Lobban (9 May 1926 – 15 October 2004) was a Jamaican-born first-class cricketer who played 17 matches for Worcestershire in the early 1950s.

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The Optimists of Nine Elms, also known as The Optimists, is a 1973 British drama film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Anthony Simmons, who also wrote the 1964 novel upon which the film is based. Travelling North is a 1987 film directed by Carl Schultz and starring Leo McKern, Julia Blake, and Graham Kennedy. Anthony Simmons( 16 December 1922 – 22 January 2016) was a British writer and film director. Carl Schultz( born 19 September 1939) is a Hungarian- Australian film director.