Question: Which film has the director died first, Uthiripookkal or The Fox Of Glenarvon?

Mahendran is regarded as one of the greatest film makers of Tamil cinema and has influenced several filmmakers of the generations followed. Mahendran entered the film industry as a screenwriter, writing scripts for nearly 26 films. He made an immediate impact with his first directional venture" Mullum Malarum"( 1978). J. Alexander( 25 July 1939 – 2 April 2019), known professionally as Mahendran, was an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor, known for his work in the Tamil film industry. Mahendran's next film" Uthiripookkal", based on a short story written by Pudumaipithan, firmly established him as an important filmmaker in Tamil cinema. His" Nenjathai Killathe" won three National Film Awards including the award for the best regional film. He has also acted in films during the latter part of his film career, including" Kamaraj"( 2004)," Theri"( 2016)," Nimir"( 2018) and" Petta"( 2019). Before his death, he was the head of the direction department of BOFTA Film Institute in Chennai. <SEP> He was brother- in- law to Joseph Goebbels. Max Wilhelm Kimmich( also known as M. W. Kimmich; 4 November 1893 in Ulm – 16 January 1980 in Icking, Upper Bavaria) was a German film director and screenwriter during the first half of the 20th century. <SEP> Le masque de la Méduse is a 2009 fantasy horror film directed by Jean Rollin. The film is a modern-day telling of the Greek mythological tale of the Gorgon and was inspired by the 1964 classic Hammer Horror film of the same name and the 1981 cult classic" Clash of the Titans". It was Rollin's final film, as the director died in 2010. <SEP> The Fox of Glenarvon( German: Der Fuchs von Glenarvon) is a German propaganda film from the Nazi era portraying the years of the Irish fight for independence during World War I. It was produced in 1940 by Max W. Kimmich and starred Olga Tschechowa, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ferdinand Marian and others. The screenplay was written by Wolf Neumeister and Hans Bertram after a novel of the same title by Nicola Rhon( Maria von Kirchbach) that had been published at Ullstein publishing house in 1937. The shoot lasted from December 1939 to February 1940. It passed censorship on 22 April 1940 and had its debut in Berlin's Ufa -Palast am Zoo two days later. <SEP> Mohsen Eslamzadeh is an Iranian documentary filmmaker. He is the director of" Alone Among The Taliban". This film has won the best documentary award at the 44th Athens International Film and Video Festival in the United States. This film has won the best documentary award at the 12th Marbella International Film Festival in Spain. This film has won the Shahid Avini Award offers. <SEP> Based on the short story" Chitrannai" by Pudhumaipithan, it stars Vijayan, Ashwini and Madhu Malini. The film focuses on a sadistic man who makes life miserable for everyone in his village, including his wife and children. " Uthiripookkal" was released on 19 October 1979. The film was a critical and commercial success, running for 175 days in theatres. Mahendran won the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director and S. Janaki won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback. Uthiripookkal is a 1979 Indian Tamil- language drama film, written and directed by J. Mahendran. In 2013, CNN- News18 included the film in its list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time. Although no print of" Uthiripookkal" is known to survive, the film is still available on home video.