Question: Which film whose director was born first, The Town That Dreaded Sundown or Nimirndhu Nil?

He worked as an assistant to director K Balachander. His 2009 directorial" Naadodigal" was a runaway hit, which was later remade in three languages. He has acted in several films as well and is best known for his performances in" SubramaniapuramEasan"( both directed by M Sasikumar)," Saattai" and" Oppam". P. Samuthirakani( born 26 April 1973) is an Indian film actor and director who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry besides appearing in a number of Malayalam and Telugu films. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2016 for" Visaranai". He currently resides at Tivoli Gardens, Saligramam, Chennai. <SEP> Pierce directed thirteen films over the span of 26 years, but is best known for his cult hits" The Legend of Boggy Creek"( 1973) and" The Town That Dreaded Sundown"( 1976). An Arkansas resident most of his life, Pierce made his directorial debut with" Boggy Creek", a faux documentary- style film inspired by the legend of the Bigfoot- like Fouke Monster. The low- budget film grossed roughly$ 25 million, and Pierce followed that success with several inexpensive, regional films set in the southern United States, including" The Town That Dreaded Sundown", based on the true story of the Phantom Killer murders in Texarkana. Pierce continued directing films into the 1980s, when he wrote the story for the Clint Eastwood film" Sudden Impact". Charles B. Pierce( June 16, 1938 – March 5, 2010) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, set decorator, cinematographer and actor, and is considered one of the first modern independent filmmakers. For that screenplay, he is said to have written the phrase," Go ahead, make my day," which became one of the most famous movie quotes in history. After years of pressure from producers, Pierce directed a" Boggy Creek" sequel,, which he considered the worst film of his career; it was later riffed on by the comedy television series" Mystery Science Theater 3000". <SEP> Travis Tope( born November 11, 1991) is an American film and television actor, known for playing Chris Truby in the film" Men, Women and Children", Nick Strain in" The Town That Dreaded Sundown", Joe Harper in the series" Boardwalk Empire", and Kevin McClain in the Netflix mockumentary" American Vandal". <SEP> The film is loosely based on the Texarkana Moonlight Murders, crimes attributed to an unidentified serial killer known as the Phantom Killer. It is narrated by Vern Stierman, who had previously narrated Pierce's 1972 film "The Legend of Boggy Creek". Ben Johnson stars as Captain J.D. Morales, the fictionalized version of Texas Ranger Captain M. T. "Lone Wolf" Gonzaullas. The Phantom is played by Bud Davis, who later worked as stunt coordinator on films such as "Forrest GumpCast Away", and "Inglourious Basterds". The film was mostly shot around Texarkana, and a number of locals were cast as extras. The world premiere was held in Texarkana on December 17, 1976, before its regular run in theaters on December 24. The film is an early example of the slasher genre, released two years before "Halloween" (1978), and two years after "Black Christmas" and "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (both 1974). The film claims that "the incredible story you are about to see is true, where it happened and how it happened; only the names have been changed. " The actual Phantom attacked eight people in or near the town of Texarkana, Texas, which is on the Texas border with Arkansas. Most of the murders occurred in rural areas just outside Texarkana, in Bowie County, Texas, while the film has them occurring in Arkansas. However, the general outline of the murders largely follows reality, with mostly minor artistic license taken. The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 1976 American slasher film directed and produced by Charles B. Pierce, and written by Earl E. Smith. As in the film, the real killer was never identified nor apprehended. The film is loose enough with the facts that one family member of a victim filed a lawsuit in 1978, over its depiction of his sister. The fabricated facts in the film have also caused rumors and folklore to spread for generations around Texarkana. The film's tagline claims that the man who killed five people "still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Ark.", causing officials of that neighboring city to threaten Pierce over the ads in 1977; however, it remained on the posters. A sequel with the same name was released on October 16, 2014. <SEP> The Town That Dreaded Sundown is a 2014 American slasher film, a meta-sequel to the 1976 film of the same name. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon in his feature-length directorial debut, the film was written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and produced by Jason Blum and Ryan Murphy. The film stars Addison Timlin, Travis Tope, Spencer Treat Clark, Veronica Cartwright and Gary Cole and was one of the last films of Ed Lauter and Edward Herrmann before their deaths in October 2013 and December 2014, respectively. The film was released on October 16, 2014 by Orion Pictures to positive reviews. As of February 2019, the film has grossed over $100k through video sales. <SEP> It was produced by KS Sreenivasan's Vaasan Visual Ventures. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. Ravi played a revolutionist for a social cause. The film, which was simultaneously made in Telugu as" Janda Pai Kapiraju"( dubbed into Hindi as" Lion – The King" in 2015) with Nani in place of Jayam Ravi, released on 8 March 2014 and received mostly positive reviews. The film was also dubbed into Hindi as" Daring Mard" in 2014 and later into Telugu as" Pourudu" in 2018 despite the simultaneously shot Telugu version. Nimirndhu Nil is a 2014 Indian Tamil- language action drama film written and directed by Samuthirakani featuring Jayam Ravi and Amala Paul in the lead roles.