Question: Which film whose director was born first, Flash Gordon (Film) or Cheyenne Roundup?

Flash Gordon is a 1980 British- Dutch- American space opera film based on the King Features comic strip of the same name created by Alex Raymond. It stars Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed and Ornella Muti. The movie was co-written by Michael Allin( known for" Enter the Dragon") and Lorenzo Semple Jr.( who had previously scripted De Laurentiis's remake of" King Kong"). It uses a camp style similar to the 1960s TV series" Batman"( which Semple developed) in an attempt to appeal to fans of the original comics and serial films. Although a box office success in the United Kingdom, it performed poorly in other markets. The film is notable for its soundtrack composed, performed and produced by the rock band Queen, with the orchestral sections by Howard Blake. Directed by Mike Hodges and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, the film was shot in Technicolor and Todd- AO- 35. The film has since gained a significant cult following. <SEP> Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 American black-and-white science fiction movie serial from Universal Pictures, produced by Henry MacRae and co-directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. The serial stars Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles B. Middleton, Frank Shannon, and Roland Drew. It was written by George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, and Barry Shipman and was adapted from Alex Raymond's syndicated newspaper comic strip of the same name from King Features Syndicate. Shown theatrically in 12 separate weekly "chapters", it was the last of the three Universal Flash Gordon serials made between 1936 and 1940. During the 1950s, all three Flash Gordon serials were syndicated to television by Motion Pictures for Television, along with many of Universal's other serial output. To avoid confusion with the imported Flash Gordon TV series airing around the same time, they were retitled "Space SoldiersSpace Soldiers' Trip to Mars", and "Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe". In 1966 "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" was edited down by King Features Syndicate into two feature-length films for television syndication: "Purple Death from Outer Space" and "Perils from the Planet Mongo". In the early 1970s, a third feature version was re-edited for the 16 mm home movie market, using story material taken from the entire serial. It bore the title "Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe" and later appeared on television during the 1980s. Afterward, all three edited feature-length versions became available through various public-domain video sellers, first on VHS videotape and later on DVD. In the mid-1970s all three complete Universal Flash Gordon serials were shown chapter-by-chapter by PBS stations across the U.S., bringing them to a new generation of science fiction fans, two years before  and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". From the late 1980s onward, all three serials became available on the home video market under their original theatrical release titles, chapters, and running times. <SEP> Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars is a 1938 Universal Pictures 15 – chapter superhero movie serial, based on the syndicated newspaper comic strip" Flash Gordon". It is the second of the three Flash Gordon serials made by Universal between 1936 and 1940. The main cast from the first serial reprise their roles: Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, Jean Rogers as Dale Arden, Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov, Charles B. Middleton as Ming the Merciless, and Richard Alexander as Prince Barin. Also in the principal cast are Beatrice Roberts as Queen Azura, Donald Kerr as Happy Hapgood, Montague Shaw as the Clay King, and Wheeler Oakman as Ming's chief henchman. The serial was followed by" Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe"( 1940). <SEP> He directed 159 films between 1926 and 1949. His debut was the 1926 film serial "Fighting with Buffalo Bill". Ray Taylor (1 December 1888 – 15 February 1952) was an American film director. <SEP> Cheyenne Roundup is a 1943 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Elmer Clifton and Bernard McConville. The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt, Harry Woods and Roy Barcroft. The film was released on April 12, 1943, by Universal Pictures. <SEP> His films as writer/ director include" Get CarterPulp The Terminal Man" and" Black Rainbow"; as director, his films include" Flash GordonCroupier" and" I'll Sleep When I'm Dead". His theatre plays include" Soft Shoe Shuffle"( 1985) and" Shooting Stars and Other Heavenly Pursuits"( 2000), which was adapted for BBC radio. Other radio plays include" King Trash"( 2004). His first novel," Watching The Wheels Come Off", was published in 2010. In 2018 a trio of novellas(' Bait',' Grist'&' Security') was published. Michael Tommy" Mike" Hodges( born 29 July 1932) is an English screenwriter, film director, playwright and novelist. Retrospectives of his work in television and cinema: NFT( London) 1980; MOMA( New York) 1990; American Cinematheque( LA) 1990; Munich( Germany) 1999. Another retrospective at the NFT( London) is planned for May, 2020. He was awarded the degree of' Doctor of Letters" by the University of the West of England Bristol in 2005.