Question: Which film has the director who was born first, The Frighteners or Ambassador Bill?

Hassan Zee is a Pakistani- American film director who was born in Chakwal, Pakistan. <SEP> The film stars Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey and Jake Busey. " The Frighteners" tells the story of Frank Bannister( Fox), an architect who practices necromancy, developing psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts after his wife's murder. He initially uses his new abilities to befriend ghosts, whom he sends to haunt people so that he can charge them handsome fees for" exorcising" the ghosts. However, the spirit of a mass murderer appears able to attack the living and the dead, posing as the ghost of the Grim Reaper, prompting Frank to investigate the supernatural presence. Jackson and Walsh conceived the idea for" The Frighteners" during the script- writing phase of" Heavenly Creatures". Executive producer Robert Zemeckis hired the duo to write the script, with the original intention of Zemeckis directing" The Frighteners" as a spin- off film of the television series," Tales from the Crypt". With Jackson and Walsh's first draft submitted in January 1994, Zemeckis believed the film would be better off directed by Jackson, produced by Zemeckis and funded/ distributed by Universal Studios. The visual effects were created by Jackson's Weta Digital, which had only been in existence for three years. This, plus the fact that" The Frighteners" required more digital effects shots than almost any movie made until that time, resulted in the eighteen- month period for effects work by Weta Digital being largely stressed. The Frighteners is a 1996 horror comedy film directed by Peter Jackson and co-written with Fran Walsh. Despite a rushed post-production schedule, Universal was so impressed with Jackson's rough cut on" The Frighteners", the studio moved the theatrical release date closer by four months. The film was not a box office success, but received generally positive reviews from critics. " The Frighteners" is also Fox's last leading role in a live- action feature film; Fox then went on to a four- year run on the television series" Spin City" before semi-retiring in 2000 due to the effects of Parkinson's disease. <SEP> Ambassador Bill is a 1931 American Pre- Code comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and starring Will Rogers and Marguerite Churchill. The film also features Greta Nissen and Ray Milland. <SEP> Taylor is best known for his comedic directorial work with Harold Lloyd and Mary Pickford, and also later worked with Laurel and Hardy. A notorious cinematic legend over the decades has suggested that Taylor's 1929 adaptation of Shakespeare's" The Taming of the Shrew" had the screen credit" additional dialogue by Sam Taylor." Sam Taylor( August 13, 1895, New York City – March 6, 1958, Santa Monica) was a film director, screenwriter, and producer, most active in the silent film era. However, no extant prints of the film contain this credit, and there is no documentary evidence that it ever existed. <SEP> Hartley W Lobban (9 May 1926 – 15 October 2004) was a Jamaican-born first-class cricketer who played 17 matches for Worcestershire in the early 1950s. <SEP> He is best known as the director, writer, and producer of the" Lord of the Rings" trilogy( 2001 – 03) and the" Hobbit" trilogy( 2012 – 14), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Sir Peter Robert Jackson( born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Other films include the critically lauded drama" Heavenly Creatures"( 1994), the mockumentary film" Forgotten Silver"( 1995), the horror comedy" The Frighteners"( 1996), the epic monster remake film" King Kong"( 2005), the supernatural drama film" The Lovely Bones"( 2009), and the World War I documentary film" They Shall Not Grow Old"( 2018). He produced" District 9"( 2009)," The Adventures of Tintin"( 2011)," West of Memphis"( 2012), and" Mortal Engines"( 2018). He is the third- highest grossing film director, his films having made over$ 6.5 billion worldwide. Jackson began his career with the" splatstick" horror comedy" Bad Taste"( 1987) and the black comedy" Meet the Feebles"( 1989) before filming the zombie comedy" Braindead"( 1992). He shared a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with his partner Fran Walsh for" Heavenly Creatures", which brought him to mainstream prominence in the film industry. Jackson has been awarded three Academy Awards for( 2003), including the award for Best Director. His other awards include a Golden Globe, four Saturn Awards and three BAFTAs among others. His production company is WingNut Films, and his most regular collaborators are co-writers and producers Walsh and Philippa Boyens. Jackson was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002. He was later knighted( as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit) by Anand Satyanand, the Governor- General of New Zealand, at a ceremony in Wellington in April 2010. In December 2014, Jackson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.