Question: Which film has the director born first, Rome 1585 or The Story Of Qiu Ju?

The Story of Qiu Ju is a 1992 Chinese comedy- drama film. The screenplay is an adaption of Chen Yuanbin's novella" The Wan Family's Lawsuit". The film was directed by Zhang Yimou and, as in many of his films, stars Gong Li in the title role. The film tells the story of a peasant woman, Qiu Ju, who lives in a rural area of China. When her husband is kicked in the groin by the village head, Qiu Ju, despite her pregnancy, travels to a nearby town, and later a big city to deal with its bureaucrats and find justice. The film was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was a hit at film festivals and won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in 1992. <SEP> Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. <SEP> He is part of the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with" Red Sorghum". Zhang has won numerous awards and recognitions, with Best Foreign Film nominations for" Ju Dou" in 1990," Raise the Red Lantern" in 1991, and" Hero" in 2003, Silver Lion and Golden Lion prizes at the Venice Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1993, he was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Zhang Yimou( born 2 April 1950) is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. Zhang directed the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, which received considerable international acclaim. One of Zhang's recurrent themes is the resilience of Chinese people in the face of hardship and adversity, a theme which has been explored in such films as" To Live"( 1994) and" Not One Less"( 1999). His films are particularly noted for their rich use of colour, as can be seen in some of his early films, like" Raise the Red Lantern", and in his wuxia films like" Hero" and" House of Flying Daggers". His highest budgeted film to date is the 2016 monster film" The Great Wall", set in Imperial China and starring Matt Damon. <SEP> Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris. <SEP> Bonnard was born and died in Rome. He began his cinematic career as an actor becoming a popular romantic lead in numerous silent films made before World War I. In 1917 he ventured into film directing for the first time. Before the arrival of sound films he worked for a period in Germany in films directed by Luis Trenker. Back in Italy in 1932, he became a prolific director working with the major stars of the time as: Assia Noris, Elsa Merlini, Amedeo Nazzari Luisa Ferida, Henry Viarisio. Il feroce saladino( 1937), was the most popular of his films of the 1930s. During the war he continued to work. In the post World War II period his films, ranging from comedies to period dramas enjoyed much success. However, today he's no longer well known. Mario Bonnard( 24 December 1889 – 22 March 1965) was an Italian actor and film director. One of his last film was" The Last Days of Pompeii"( 1959). He had to leave production early due to an illness, so the film had to be completed by Sergio Leone. His brother was the composer Giulio Bonnard who frequently wrote film scores for Mario's productions. <SEP> It is Bonnard's last film. Rome 1585 , also known as The Mercenaries, is a 1961 Italian epic adventure film co-written and directed by Mario Bonnard and starring Daniela Rocca and Antonio Cifariello.