Question: Which film whose director was born first, Kafka (Film) or Night In Montmartre?

Ostensibly a biopic, based on the life of Franz Kafka, the film blurs the lines between fact and Kafka's fiction( most notably" The Castle" and" The Trial"), creating a Kafkaesque atmosphere. It was written by Lem Dobbs, and stars Jeremy Irons in the title role, with Theresa Russell, Ian Holm, Jeroen Krabbé, Joel Grey, Armin Mueller- Stahl, and Alec Guinness. Released after Soderbergh's critically acclaimed debut" Sex, Lies, and Videotape" it was the first of what would be a series of low- budget box- office disappointments. Kafka is a 1991 French- American mystery thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. It has since become a cult film, being compared to Terry Gilliam's" Brazil" and David Cronenberg's" Naked Lunch". <SEP> He was born in London in 1894. He directed" Alibi"( 1931), the first ever depiction of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, with Austin Trevor in the lead role. He directed a follow- up," Black Coffee"( also 1931), also starring Trevor. During the 1930s, he became best known for his mystery films, also working on portrayals of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and A. E. W. Mason's Inspector Hanaud. He worked extensively at Twickenham Film Studios in west London where he was a co-founder. Leslie Stephenson Hiscott( 25 July 18943 May 1968) was an English film director and screenwriter who made over sixty films between 1925 and 1956. <SEP> Deepak Sareen is a Bollywood film director and assistant director. His first film as director was" Ranbhoomi" and last film as director was" Albela". <SEP> Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. <SEP> Night in Montmartre is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Horace Hodges, Franklin Dyall, Hugh Williams, Reginald Purdell and Austin Trevor. It was based on a play by Miles Malleson. <SEP> He is an early pioneer of independent cinema. Soderbergh's directorial breakthrough—indie drama" Sex, Lies, and Videotape"( 1989) —lifted him into the public spotlight as a notable presence in the film industry. At 26, Soderbergh became the youngest solo director to win the Palme d' Or at the Cannes Film Festival which garnered the film worldwide commercial success, among numerous accolades. His breakthrough saw him to Hollywood where he directed crime comedy" Out of Sight"( 1998); biopic" Erin Brockovich"( 2000) and crime drama film" Traffic"( 2000), the latter winning him the Academy Award for Best Director. He found further popular and critical success with the" Ocean's" trilogy and film franchise( 2001 – 18);" Contagion"( 2011);" Magic Mike"( 2012);" Side Effects"( 2013);" Logan Lucky"( 2017); and" Unsane"( 2018). Steven Andrew Soderbergh( born January 14, 1963) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and actor. Despite his film career spanning a multitude of genres, his cinematic niche centers on psychological, crime, and heist thrillers. His films have grossed over US$ 2.2 billion worldwide and garnered nine Oscar nominations, winning seven. Soderbergh's films often revolve around familiar concepts often used for big budget Hollywood movies but with an avant garde arthouse approach to them. They center on the themes of shifting personal identities, vengeance, sexuality, morality, and the human condition. His feature films retain distinctive cinematography as a result of his liberal use of avant- garde cinema coupled with unconventional film and camera formats. Many of Soderbergh's films are anchored by multi-dimensional storylines with plot twists, nonlinear storytelling, experimental sequencing, suspenseful soundscapes, and third person vantage points. Uniquely, he often serves as his own director of photography and editor under the respective pseudonyms Peter Andrews and Mary Ann Bernard.