Question: Which film has the director born earlier, Sarasayya or The Little Prince (1974 film)?

Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris. <SEP> The Little Prince is a 1974 British- American fantasy- musical film with screenplay and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe. The film and its music were unsuccessful at the box office but became somewhat popular after its theatrical run, and has been released for sale on various media. It was both directed and produced by Stanley Donen and based on the 1943 classic children- adult's novella," The Little PrinceLe Petit Prince"), by the writer, poet and aviator Count Antoine de Saint- Exupéry, who disappeared near the end of the Second World War some 15 months after his fable was first published. <SEP> The film stars Sathyan, Madhu, Sheela and Jayabharathi in the lead roles. Sarasayya is a 1971 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Thoppil Bhasi and produced by P. V. Sathyam. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan. It is a sequel to the Malayalam film" Ashwamedham" of 1967. It won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film. <SEP> Black Starlet is a 1974 film. <SEP> His other films include" Royal Wedding"( 1951)," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"( 1954)," Funny Face"( 1957)," Indiscreet"( 1958), and" Charade"( 1963). He began his career in the chorus line on Broadway for director George Abbott, where he befriended Kelly. From 1943, he was in Hollywood and worked as a choreographer before beginning to collaborate with Kelly. After" On the Town", Donen worked as a contract director for MGM under producer Arthur Freed producing critically well- received box- office hits. Donen and Kelly co-directed the musical" Singin' in the Rain", released in April 1952, which has appeared on lists of the best films ever made. Donen's relationship with Kelly deteriorated during their final collaboration," It's Always Fair Weather"( 1955). He then broke his contract with MGM to become an independent producer in 1957. He continued making films throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, often financial successes that gained positive attention. His film output became less frequent in the early 1980s and he briefly returned to the stage as a director in the 1990s and again in 2002. Donen is credited with having transitioned Hollywood musical films from realistic backstage dramas to a more integrated art form in which the songs were a natural continuation of the story. Before Donen and Kelly made their films, musicals – such as the extravagant and stylized work of Busby Berkeley – were often set in a Broadway stage environment where the musical numbers were part of a stage show. Donen and Kelly's films created a more cinematic form and included dances that could only be achieved in the film medium. Donen stated that what he was doing was a" direct continuation from the Astaire – Rogers musicals ... which in turn came from René Clair and from Lubitsch ... What" we" did was not geared towards realism but towards the unreal." Donen is highly respected by film historians; however his career is often compared to Kelly's, and there is debate over who deserves more credit for their collaborations. Donen and Kelly's relationship was complicated, both professionally and personally, but Donen's films as a solo director are generally better regarded by critics than Kelly's. French film critic Jean- Pierre Coursodon has said that Donen's contribution to the evolution of the Hollywood musical" outshines anybody else's, including Vincente Minnelli's". David Quinlan called him" the King of the Hollywood musicals". Among his awards are an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 and a Career Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 2004. Stanley Donen( April 13, 1924 – February 21, 2019) was an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are" On the Town"( 1949) and" Singin' in the Rain"( 1952), both of which starred Gene Kelly who co-directed. Donen married five times and had three children. Film director and comedian Elaine May was his partner from 1999 until his death in 2019. He was the last surviving notable director of Hollywood's Golden Age. <SEP> He was associated with the communist movement in Kerala and his play" Ningalenne Communistakki"( You Made Me a Communist) is considered to be a groundbreaking event in the history of Malayalam theatre. Thoppil Bhasi( 8 April 1924 – 8 December 1992) was an Indian Malayalam- language playwright, screenwriter, and film director.