Question: Which film whose director was born first, My Sassy Girl or Sweet Sweetback'S Baadasssss Song?

Melvin "Block" Van Peebles (born August 21, 1932) is an American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer. He is most famous for creating (and starring in) the acclaimed film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song", which heralded a new era of black-focused films. He is the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles. <SEP> The film is based on a true story told in a series of blog posts written by Kim Ho-sik, who later adapted them into a fictional novel. The film was very successful in South Korea, where it was the highest-grossing comedy of all time, and one of the top five highest-grossing films ever at the time. When "My Sassy Girl" was released across East Asia, it became a blockbuster in the region, becoming a hit in Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Its DVD release also drew a large international cult following, particularly in China, Southeast Asia, and parts of South Asia. The film's success in Asia drew comparisons to "TitanicMy Sassy Girl" sparked an international breakthrough for Korean cinema, and it played a key role in the spread of the Korean Wave. The film has spawned an international media franchise, consisting of film remakes and television adaptations in different countries as well as a sequel. An American remake, starring Jesse Bradford and Elisha Cuthbert, and directed by Yann Samuell, was released in 2008. A Japanese drama adaptation with Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and actress Rena Tanaka as the leads started broadcasting in April 2008. A sequel, "My New Sassy Girl", a collaborative work between Korea and China, was released in 2016. There is also a Korean television adaptation of "My Sassy Girl", as well as Indian, Chinese and Nepali film remakes. My Sassy Girl  is a 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Cha Tae-hyun. <SEP> Baadasssss! is a 2003 American biopic, written, produced, directed by, and starring Mario Van Peebles. The film is based on the struggles of Van Peebles' father Melvin Van Peebles( played by Mario himself), as he attempts to film and distribute" Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song", a film that was widely credited with showing Hollywood that a viable African- American audience existed, and thus influencing the creation of the Blaxploitation genre. The film also stars Joy Bryant, Nia Long, Ossie Davis, Paul Rodriguez, Rainn Wilson, and Terry Crews. <SEP> He studied physics at Kyung Hee University. He achieved success with his debut film "Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day" in 1989, but the failure of his next two movies led to eight years of unemployment before a comeback with the smash-hit film "My Sassy Girl" in 2001. He is known for his limitless fondness of love stories set in a mix of different genres. Kwak Jae-yong (born 22 May 1959) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. <SEP> Hammer is a 1972 blaxploitation film directed by Bruce D. Clark. The film was released following the successes of" Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" and" Shaft", notable 1971 films that popularized black cinema. It starred Fred Williamson as B.J. Hammer. Williamson went on to become a staple of the genre. <SEP> His son Mario Van Peebles also appears in a small role, playing the title character as a young boy. It tells the picaresque story of a poor black man on his flight from the white authority. Van Peebles began to develop the film after being offered a three-picture contract for Columbia Pictures. No studio would finance the film, so Van Peebles funded the film himself, shooting it independently over a period of 19 days, performing all of his own stunts and appearing in several sex scenes, some reportedly unsimulated. He received a $50,000 loan from Bill Cosby to complete the project. The film's fast-paced montages and jump-cuts were unique features in American cinema at the time. The picture was censored in some markets, and received mixed critical reviews. However, it has left a lasting impression on African-American cinema. The musical score of "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" was performed by Earth, Wind & Fire. Van Peebles did not have any money for traditional advertising methods, so he released the soundtrack album prior to the film's release in order to generate publicity. Initially, the film was screened only in two theaters in the United States. It went on to gross $15.2 million at the box office. Huey P. Newton celebrated and welcomed the film's revolutionary implications, and "Sweetback" became required viewing for members of the Black Panther Party. According to "Variety", it demonstrated to Hollywood that films which portrayed "militant" blacks could be highly profitable, leading to the creation of the blaxploitation genre, although critic Roger Ebert, commenting on a review of the 2004 film about the making of this movie, did not consider this example of Van Peebles' work to be an exploitation film. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is a 1971 American independent action thriller film written, co-produced, scored, edited, directed by and starring Melvin Van Peebles.