Question: Which film whose director was born first, Mission: Impossible Iii or The Maori Merchant Of Venice?

It is the third installment in the, following 2000's. In the film, Ethan( Cruise) has retired from field work for the Impossible Missions Force( IMF) and trains new recruits. However, he is sent back into action to track down the elusive arms dealer Owen Davian( Philip Seymour Hoffman). " Mission: Impossible III" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2006, and was released in the United States on May 5, 2006. It received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing over$ 397 million against a$ 150 million budget. It was followed by in 2011. Mission: Impossible III( stylized as M:i: III) is a 2006 American action spy film co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams( in his directorial debut), co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, and co-produced by and starring Tom Cruise in the role of IMF agent Ethan Hunt. <SEP> Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. <SEP> Veeshayne Patuwai née Armstrong( born 1972) is a New Zealand television presenter, actress, emcee and singer and currently appears on two shows on the Maori Television network, a panelist on Ask Your Auntie and Freestyle, a half- hour fashion magazine show. She is fluent in Te Reo Maori and English and has a son, Hohaia. She is of Nga Puhi and Ngati Hine descent. She is the youngest of six children and her hometown is Moerewa. She graduated from Bay of Islands College and AUT. In the 1990s she was a disc jockey| Radio DJ on Mai FM 88.6. Her show was Queen of the Night. She gained the job through being a personal assistant. As a radio DJ, she won the Best New Broadcaster award in the 1995 Mobil Radio Awards. Her acting credits include" The Maori Merchant of Venice", where she played Nerissa, earning a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 2003 NZ Film and Television Awards, and" Jackson's Wharf". She has recently started her own production company, Mad Ave Studios. She is married to Tamati Patuwai, also an actor of Māori heritage, who appeared in the episodes of," MatakuMercy Peak", and films such as" The Piano". <SEP> The Maori Merchant of Venice is a 2002 New Zealand drama film in the Māori language( with English subtitles), directed by Don Selwyn. <SEP> He was a founding member of the New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust and directed the 2002 film" The Merchant of Venice", the first Maori language feature film with English subtitles. Don Charles Selwyn( 22 November 1935 – 13 April 2007) was a Māori actor and filmmaker from New Zealand. <SEP> He is known for his work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote or produced such films as" Regarding Henry"( 1991)," Forever Young"( 1992)," Armageddon"( 1998)," Cloverfield"( 2008)," Star Trek"( 2009),( 2015), and( 2019). Abrams has created numerous television series, including" Felicity"( co-creator, 1998 – 2002)," Alias"( creator, 2001 – 2006)," Lost"( co-creator, 2004 – 2010), and" Fringe"( co-creator, 2008 – 2013). He won two Emmy Awards for" Lost" — Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series. His directorial film work includes( 2006)," Star Trek"( 2009)," Super 8"( 2011), and" Star Trek Into Darkness"( 2013). He also directed, produced and co-wrote" The Force Awakens", the seventh episode of the" Star Wars" saga and the first film of the sequel trilogy. The film is his highest- grossing, as well as the fourth- highest- grossing film of all time not adjusted for inflation. He returned to" Star Wars" by co-writing, producing and directing the ninth and final installment of the saga," The Rise of Skywalker". Abrams's frequent collaborators include producer Bryan Burk, producer/ director Tommy Gormley, actors Greg Grunberg, Simon Pegg and Keri Russell, composer Michael Giacchino, writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, cinematographers Daniel Mindel and Larry Fong, and editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey. Jeffrey Jacob Abrams( born June 27, 1966), known professionally as J. J. Abrams, is an American filmmaker.