Question: Which film has the director who is older, The Birdcage or Szamanka?

He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and for his aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience. Nichols began his career in the 1950s with the comedy improvisational troupe The Compass Players, predecessor of The Second City, in Chicago. He then teamed up with his improv partner, Elaine May, to form the comedy duo Nichols and May. Their live improv act was a hit on Broadway, and the first of their three albums won a Grammy Award. After Nichols and May disbanded in 1961, he began directing plays, and quickly became known for his innovative productions and ability to elicit polished performances. His Broadway directing debut was Neil Simon's" Barefoot in the Park" in 1963, with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. He next directed" Luv" in 1964, and in 1965 directed another Neil Simon play," The Odd Couple". He received a Tony Award for each of those plays. In 2012, he won his sixth Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play with a revival of" Death of a Salesman". Nichols directed and/ or produced more than twenty- five Broadway plays. In 1966, Warner Brothers invited Nichols to direct his first film," Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The groundbreaking film inspired some critics to declare Nichols the" new Orson Welles". It won five Academy Awards( out of 13 nominations), and was the top- grossing film of 1966. Mike Nichols( born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian. Nichols's next film," The Graduate"( 1967) starred then unknown actor Dustin Hoffman, alongside Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. It was another critical and financial success, became the highest- grossing film of the year, and received seven Academy Award nominations, winning Nichols the Academy Award for Best Director. Among the other films Nichols directed were" Catch- 22"( 1970)," Carnal Knowledge"( 1971)," Silkwood"( 1983)," Working Girl"( 1988)," Wolf"( 1994)," The Birdcage"( 1996)," Closer"( 2004) and" Charlie Wilson's War"( 2007). Along with an Academy Award, Nichols won a Grammy Award( the first for a comedian born outside the United States), four Emmy Awards, nine Tony Awards, and three BAFTA Awards. His other honors included the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010. His films received a total of 42 Academy Award nominations, and seven wins. He is one of the few people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards. <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> Szamanka(" The Shaman") is a Polish- French- Swiss film, released in 1996, directed by Andrzej Żuławski and adapted from a screenplay by Manuela Gretkowska. The film, which was controversial upon its release in Poland, is about the obsessive relationship between an anthropology professor and a strange young woman only known as the" Italian". The name of the film is the Polish feminine form of the word" shaman". <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). <SEP> He was born in Lwów( Lviv),[ Poland]( now Ukraine). Żuławski often went against mainstream commercialism in his films, and enjoyed success mostly with European art- house audiences. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France. Andrzej Żuławski( 22 November 1940 – 17 February 2016) was a Polish film director and writer. His second feature" The Devil"( 1972) was banned in Poland, and Żuławski went to France. After the success of in 1975, he returned to Poland where he spent two years making" On the Silver Globe"( 1988). The work on this film was interrupted by the Polish authorities. After that, Żuławski moved to France where he became known for controversial and violent art- house films. Żuławski is also known for his work with actresses including Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau. His films have received awards at various international film festivals. Żuławski had also written several novels, for example:" Il était Un VergerLity Bór"( a.k.a." La Forêt ForteresseW Oczach Tygrysa", and" Ogród Miłości". <SEP> Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, and Christine Baranski appear in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1978 Franco- Italian film" La Cage aux Folles" by Édouard Molinaro starring Michel Serrault and Ugo Tognazzi. The Birdcage is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, adapted by Elaine May, and starring Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, and Dianne Wiest.