Question: Which film has the director died earlier, The Greed Of William Hart or Universe (1976 Film)?

The Greed of William Hart is a 1948 British crime film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Tod Slaughter, Henry Oscar, Aubrey Woods, Patrick Addison, Jenny Lynn, Winifred Melville and Arnold Bell. The film depicts two Edinburgh bodysnatchers closely modeled on the real Burke and Hare. <SEP> It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. Universe is a 1976 American short documentary film directed by Lester Novros. <SEP> Born in Passaic, New Jersey in 1909, Novros studied painting at the National Academy of Design in New York City, was an active member of the Art Students League of New York and studied at the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. His curiosity in the study of movement lead to an interest in motion pictures. In 1936 he was recruited by the Walt Disney Company to come to Hollywood to work on feature animation projects. Novros was an" inbetweener" on the 1937 Disney animated film" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", and received a credit for art direction for the" Night on Bald Mountain" sequence of" Fantasia"( 1940). In 1941, Novros left Disney to form his own production company, Graphic Films. That same year he joined the faculty of the Cinema Department of the University of Southern California. Thousands of students took his course on" Filmic Expression" before his retirement in 1984. Graphic Films found immediate success producing training films for the military during World War II. As the United States Air Force and NASA emerged in the post war period, Graphic's expertise in animating the visual dimensions of space exploration played a key role in interesting the United States Congress and the general public in supporting the country's first forays into space. Among his many achievements, Novros may be most remembered as a pioneer in the large format and special venue film industries. Included in his filmography are numerous specialty films produced for World Fair Expositions, including several titles for the 1964 New York's World Fair, including Chemical Man for Abbott Laboratories, Reaching for the Stars, for Lockheed Corporation, and Voyage to America for the United States Pavilion. However, it was the 10- perf, 70 mm film" To the Moon and Beyond",( produced for Cinerama Corporation) that caught the attention of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, who soon enlisted the creativity of Novros and his special effects team in the creation of( 1968). Lester Novros( January 27, 1909 – September 10, 2000) was an American artist, animator and teacher. Novros's interest in large format film technology led him to produce some of the first Imax/ Omnimax films, for the Reuben H. Fleet Space Center in San Diego, California, including Voyage to the Outer Planets, and Tomorrow in Space( 1982). In 1976 Novros won national acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for his documentary film" Universe". Novros's much sought after course at USC helped young filmmakers understand the relationship of color, light, movement and form as they specifically related to the film medium. Upon his retirement from USC, he continued to assemble his lectures into a textbook. Former student and friend George Lucas penned these words for the introduction of the manuscript:" The first time I truly understood the unique quality of film was when I took Les Novros' class. Stressing that film is a kinetic medium, Les has kept the Eisenstienian flame burning at USC, and it is a tradition that has strongly influenced my work." At the age of 91, Novros died in Sherman Oaks, California, after an extended illness. <SEP> Nicole Taylor Hart or Nicole Hart( born September 27, 1968) is an American actress and songwriter. <SEP> Oswald Albert Mitchell (1890 - April 27, 1949) was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films. <SEP> Bowie Lam( Lam Bo-yee; born 4 September 1965) is an Hong Kong actor with the TVB network. He has starred in several popular dramas including" File of Justice" and" Healing Hands". Before working in entertainment, Lam held other occupations, including serving in the Hong Kong Police Force for a short time. He made his acting debut in 1986 in" Kiss Me Goodbye" and his singing debut in 1989. Lam's acting career took off after joining the major television network TVB in 1991. His first project was a supporting role in the 1992 drama" The Greed of Man", which starred Sean Lau, Vivian Chow, Adam Cheng, and Amy Kwok. " The Greed of Man" as of 2011 remained one of TVB's highest- rated dramas. After" The Greed of Man", Lam was featured in TVB dramas" Files of Justice"( 1994– 1997)," Untraceable Evidence"( 1997 and 1999), and" Healing Hands"( 1998, 2000, and 2005). His major break- out role is considered the 2004" War and Beauty", which was a huge success in Hong Kong and China.