Question: Which film has the director born first, Proud Mary (Film) or Far And Away?

Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. <SEP> Sepideh Farsi is an Iranian film director, born in Tehran in 1965. <SEP> He is known for directing the 2016 film" London Has Fallen". Babak Najafi( born 14 September 1975) is an Iranian- Swedish film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. <SEP> Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, guest- starring in several television series, including an episode of" The Twilight Zone". He gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor( played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom" The Andy Griffith Show" from 1960 through 1968. During this time, he also appeared in the musical film" The Music Man"( 1962), a critical and commercial success. Howard was cast in one of the lead roles in the coming- of- age film" American Graffiti"( 1973), which received widespread acclaim and became one of the most profitable films of all time. The following year, Howard became a household name for playing Richie Cunningham in the sitcom" Happy Days", a role he would play from 1974 through 1980. Howard continued appearing in films during this time, such as the western film" The Shootist"( 1976) and the comedy film" Grand Theft Auto"( 1977), which also marked his directorial debut. In 1980, Howard left" Happy Days" to focus on directing. His films include the science- fiction/ fantasy" Cocoon"( 1985), the fantasy" Willow"( 1988), the thriller" Backdraft"( 1991), the historical docudrama" Apollo 13"( 1995), the Christmas comedy" How the Grinch Stole Christmas", the biographical drama" A Beautiful Mind"( 2001), the biographical sports drama" Cinderella Man"( 2005), the thriller" The Da Vinci Code"( 2006), the historical drama" Frost/ Nixon"( 2008),( 2018), and the documentary" Pavarotti"( 2019). For" A Beautiful Mind", Howard won the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture. In 2003, Howard was awarded the National Medal of Arts. Asteroid 12561 Howard is named after him. Ronald William Howard( born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries. <SEP> It stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. This was the last cinematography credit for Mikael Salomon before he moved onto a directing career, and the music score was done by John Williams. It was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Far and Away is a 1992 American epic romantic adventure drama film directed by Ron Howard from a script by Howard and Bob Dolman. Cruise and Kidman play Irish immigrants seeking their fortune in 1890s America, eventually taking part in the Land Run of 1893. This was Cyril Cusack's final film before his death the following year. <SEP> The film stars Taraji P. Henson, Jahi Di' Allo Winston, Billy Brown, Danny Glover, Neal McDonough, Xander Berkeley, Margaret Avery, and follows an assassin who must look after a young teenaged boy after a hit job goes wrong. " Proud Mary" was released on January 12, 2018, by Screen Gems, which was also the film's production company. Upon release, the film received negative reviews from critics and grossed$ 21 million. Proud Mary is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi, from a screenplay written by John S. Newman and Christian Swegal.