Question: Which film has the director who is older than the other, Velvet Goldmine or The Little Dragons? 

The Little Dragons( also known as Karate Kids U.S.A. or simply Karate Kids) is a 1980 American action adventure film about two young brothers who use their karate skills to rescue a friend after she is held captive for ransom. It was produced and directed by Curtis Hanson. It stars Charles Lane, Ann Sothern, Chris Petersen and Pat Petersen <SEP> He is considered a pioneer of the New Queer Cinema movement of filmmaking that emerged in the early 1990s. Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film( 1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's tragic life and death, using Barbie dolls as actors. Haynes had not obtained proper licensing to use the Carpenters' music, prompting a lawsuit from Richard Carpenter, whom the film portrayed in an unflattering light, banning the film's distribution. " Superstar" became a cult classic. Todd Haynes( born January 2, 1961) is an American independent film director, screenwriter, and producer. Haynes' feature directorial debut," Poison"( 1991), a provocative, three- part exploration of AIDS- era queer perceptions and subversions, established him as a formidable talent and figure of a new transgressive cinema. " Poison" won the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize and is regarded as a seminal work of New Queer Cinema. Haynes received further acclaim for his second feature film" Safe"( 1995), a symbolic portrait of a housewife who develops extreme allergic reactions to her suburban life. " Safe" was later voted the best film of the 1990s by" The Village Voice" Film Poll. Haynes' next feature," Velvet Goldmine"( 1998), is a tribute to the 1970s glam rock era, drawing heavily on the rock histories and mythologies of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed. The film received the Special Jury Prize for Best Artistic Contribution at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. Haynes gained critical acclaim and a measure of mainstream success with his 2002 feature," Far from Heaven". Inspired by the cinematic language of the films of Douglas Sirk," Far from Heaven" is a 1950s- set melodrama about a Connecticut housewife who discovers that her husband is gay and falls in love with her African- American gardener. The film received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Screenplay for Haynes. His fifth feature," I'm Not There"( 2007), marked another shift in direction. A nonlinear biopic," I'm Not There" depicts various facets of Bob Dylan through seven fictionalized characters played by five actors and an actress. " I'm Not There" received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett. In 2011, Haynes directed and co-wrote" Mildred Pierce", a five- hour mini-series for HBO, which garnered 21 Emmy Award nominations, winning five, as well as four Golden Globe Award nominations and a win for lead actress Kate Winslet. In 2015, Haynes returned to the big screen with" Carol", his sixth feature film and the first film not written by him. Based on Patricia Highsmith's seminal romance novel" The Price of SaltCarol" is the story of a forbidden love affair between two women from different classes and backgrounds in early 1950s New York City. The film received critical acclaim and many accolades including a nomination for the Palme d' Or, six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe Award nominations, and nine BAFTA Award nominations. <SEP> His directing work included the psychological thriller" The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"( 1992), the neo-noir crime film" L.A. Confidential"( 1997), the comedy" Wonder Boys"( 2000), the hip- hop biopic" 8 Mile"( 2002), the romantic comedy- drama" In Her Shoes"( 2005), and the made- for- television docudrama" Too Big to Fail"( 2011). Curtis Lee Hanson( March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Hanson won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1998, for co-writing" L.A. Confidential" with Brian Helgeland, with additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, for a Palme d' Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. An active member of the Directors Guild of America, he was a member of the Creative Rights Committee, the President's Committee on Film Preservation, and the Film Foundation. <SEP> It is set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s; it tells the story of a fictional pop star, Brian Slade. Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 musical drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes from a story by Haynes and James Lyons. The film was nominated for the Palme d' Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and won the award for the Best Artistic Contribution. Sandy Powell received a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film utilizes a non-linear structure to interweave the vignettes of the various characters. <SEP> Rufus Norris( born 16 January 1965) is a British theatre and film director, who is currently the Artistic Director of the National Theatre. <SEP> Elliot Silverstein( born August 3, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American director, who is best known for being the director of the movie" Cat Ballou"( 1965).