Question: Toa Fraser, born in Britain in 1975, of a Fijian father and a British mother, is a playwright and film director, his second film was Dean Spanley, a British comedy drama film, released in what year, with fantastic elements, from Miramax, Atlantic Film Group (UK) and General Film Corporation (NZ)?

Toa Fraser, born in Britain in 1975, of a Fijian father and a British mother, is a playwright and film director.  His first feature film, "No. 2", starring Ruby Dee won the Audience Award (World Dramatic) at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.  His third film "Giselle" was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.  His fourth, "The Dead Lands", a Maori action-adventure film, was released in 2014.  His second, "Dean Spanley", starring Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole, premiered in September 2008. <SEP> Miramax (also known as Miramax Films) is an American entertainment company known for producing and distributing films and television shows.  It is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.  Miramax was founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and was a leading independent film motion picture distribution and production company before it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company on June 30, 1993.  Shortly thereafter, "Pulp Fiction" was released.  The Weinsteins operated Miramax with more creative and financial independence than any other division of Disney, until September 30, 2005 when they left the company and founded The Weinstein Company.  Miramax was sold by Disney to Filmyard Holdings, a joint venture of Colony NorthStar, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, and Qatar Investment Authority, in 2010, ending Disney's 17-year ownership of the studio.  In 2016, ownership was transferred to beIN Media Group. <SEP>  Set in Edwardian England, the film is based on an Alan Sharp adaptation of Irish author Lord Dunsany's 1936 novella "My Talks with Dean Spanley". Dean Spanley is a 2008 British comedy drama film, with fantastic elements, from Miramax, Atlantic Film Group (UK) and General Film Corporation (NZ), directed by Fijian New Zealander Toa Fraser.  It stars Sam Neill as the Dean, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole as Fisk Junior and Fisk Senior respectively and Bryan Brown as Wrather. <SEP> Jean Betts is a London born New Zealand playwright , actor and director.  She emigrated with her parents, both founders of Unity Theatre, London, to Christchurch, New Zealand.  She obtained a degree at University of Canterbury in English Literature and New Zealand and Pacific History.  and graduated from the New Zealand Drama School (now Toi Whakaari) in 1970, the inaugural year when its founder, Nola Millar, was principal.  During her time as actor and director at Gateway, BATS, Downstage and Circa Theatres, she became a foundation member of Playmarket (New Zealand, 1975), Circa Theatre (Wellington, 1976) and Taki Rua/The Depot Theatre (Wellington, 1983).  In 1979 Jean worked at ESTA (English Speaking Theatre Amsterdam) as actor/director, and was a founding member of the expatriate (New Zealand) group 'The Heartache and Sorrow Company' (directing) which presented work in Amsterdam, Germany, London, and at the Edinburgh Festival, where the group received a 'Fringe First' and a Scotsman's Award.  In 1993 she co-founded the Women's Professional Playwrights Association (WOPPA) which premiered her play "Ophelia Thinks Harder", and established The Women's Play Press with Lorae Parry, Cathy Downes, Viv Plumb and Fiona Samuel.  ("Ophelia Thinks Harder" has subsequently been translated in German and Italian and produced over 160 times.)  In 2005 she set up a small NZ play publishing project, The Play Press (www.playpress.co.nz).  She has been a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize twice; and in 2015 received the Playmarket Award of $20,000 for her contribution to New Zealand Theatre.