Question: Which film has the director who was born first, Star Wars (Film) or Hell'S Four Hundred?

Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. <SEP> Donald F. Glut( born February 19, 1944) is an American writer, motion picture film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the novelization of the second" Star Wars" film," The Empire Strikes Back". <SEP> He worked on 19 films between 1913 and 1929 that included" Anna Christie"( 1923) and" Human Wreckage"( 1923), Dorothy Davenport's story about her husband Wallace Reid's drug addiction and death. John Griffith Wray( August 30, 1881 – July 15, 1929) was an American stage actor and director who later became a noted Hollywood silent film director. <SEP> It stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew. It is the first installment of the original" Star Wars trilogy", and was later rebranded as the fourth episode in the" Skywalker saga". Lucas had the idea for a science- fiction film in the vein of" Flash Gordon" around the time he completed his first film," THX 1138"( 1971), and began working on a treatment after the release of" American Graffiti"( 1973). " Star Wars" focuses on the journey of Luke Skywalker( Hamill), who along with Han Solo( Ford) and the wizened Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi( Guinness), attempt to free Princess Leia( Fisher) from the clutches of the Galactic Empire and the Sith Lord Darth Vader( Prowse, voiced by Jones). The heroes, in league with the Rebel Alliance, attempt to destroy the Empire's planet- destroying space station, the Death Star. " Star Wars" was released in a limited number of theaters in the United States on May 25, 1977, and quickly became a blockbuster hit, leading to it being expanded to a much wider release. The film opened to critical acclaim, most notably for its groundbreaking visual effects. It earned a total of$ 775 million, surpassing" Jaws"( 1975) to become the highest- grossing film at the time until the release of" E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial"( 1982). When adjusted for inflation," Star Wars" is the second- highest- grossing film in North America( behind" Gone with the Wind") and the fourth- highest- grossing film in the world. It received ten Oscar nominations( including Best Picture), winning seven. In 1989, it became one of the first films to be selected as part of the U.S. Library of Congress's National Film Registry as being" culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." At the time, it was the most recent film in the registry and the only one chosen from the 1970s. In 2004, its soundtrack was added to the U.S. National Recording Registry. Today, it is regarded as one of the most important films in the history of motion pictures. The film has been reissued multiple times at Lucas's desire—most significantly with its 20 th- anniversary theatrical" Special Edition" —incorporating many changes including modified computer- generated effects, altered dialogue, shots, remixed soundtracks and added scenes. It launched an industry of tie- in products, including novels, comics, video games, amusement park attractions, and including toys, games, clothing and many other spin- off works. The film's success led to two critically and commercially successful sequels," The Empire Strikes Back"( 1980) and" Return of the Jedi"( 1983), and later to a prequel trilogy, a sequel trilogy, two anthology films and various spin- off TV series. Star Wars( also known as Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space- opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by 20th Century Fox. <SEP> A dream sequence towards the end of the film was shot in Technicolor. Hell's Four Hundred is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring Margaret Livingston, Harrison Ford and Henry Kolker. <SEP> Lucas is best known for creating the" Star Wars" and" Indiana Jones" franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts and Industrial Light& Magic. He served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. After graduating from the University of Southern California in 1967, Lucas co- founded American Zoetrope with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas wrote and directed" THX 1138"( 1971), based on his earlier student short, which was a critical success but a financial failure. His next work as a writer- director was the film" American Graffiti"( 1973), inspired by his youth in early 1960s Modesto, California, and produced through the newly founded Lucasfilm. The film was critically and commercially successful, and received five Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. Lucas's next film, the epic space opera" Star Wars"( 1977), had a troubled production but was a surprise hit, becoming the highest- grossing film at the time, winning six Academy Awards and sparking a cultural phenomenon. Lucas produced and co-wrote the sequels" The Empire Strikes Back"( 1980) and" Return of the Jedi"( 1983). With director Steven Spielberg, he created, produced and co-wrote the" Indiana Jones" films" Raiders of the Lost Ark"( 1981)," Temple of Doom"( 1984)," The Last Crusade"( 1989) and" Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"( 2008). He also produced and wrote a variety of films and television series through Lucasfilm between the 1970s and the 2010s. George Walton Lucas Jr.( born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker, philanthropist and entrepreneur. In 1997, Lucas rereleased the" Star Wars" trilogy as part of a special edition featuring several alterations; home media versions with further changes were released in 2004 and 2011. He returned to directing with a" Star Wars" prequel trilogy comprising" The Phantom Menace"( 1999)," Attack of the Clones"( 2002), and" Revenge of the Sith"( 2005). He last collaborated on the CGI- animated television series( 2008 – 2014, 2020), the war film" Red Tails"( 2012), and the CGI film" Strange Magic"( 2015). Lucas is one of history's most financially successful filmmakers and has been nominated for four Academy Awards. His films are among the 100 highest- grossing movies at the North American box office, adjusted for ticket- price inflation. Lucas is considered a significant figure of the 20th- century New Hollywood movement.