Question: Which film has the director born first, "Pimpernel" Smith or Ghost Rider (2007 Film)?

The" British Film Yearbook for 1945" described his work as" one of the most valuable facets of British propaganda". The film helped to inspire the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg to mount his real- life rescue operation in Budapest that saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi concentration camps during the last months of the Second World War. " Pimpernel" Smith( released in the United States as Mister V) is a 1941 British anti-Nazi thriller, produced and directed by its star Leslie Howard, which updates his role in the 1934" The Scarlet Pimpernel" from Revolutionary France to pre-Second World War Europe. <SEP> Ghost Rider is a 2007 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. " Ghost Rider" was released on February 16, 2007 in the United States. The film was met with negative reviews from critics, but was a box office success, earning$ 228.7 million worldwide on a$ 110 million budget. " Ghost Rider" was released on DVD, Blu -ray and UMD on June 12, 2007. The film was written and directed by Mark Steven Johnson, and stars Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze/ Ghost Rider, with Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Donal Logue, Matt Long, and Peter Fonda in supporting roles. A sequel, titled, was released on February 17, 2012, with Cage reprising his role. <SEP> Matthew Clayton Long( born May 18, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series" Jack& Bobby"( 2004 – 2005), and the films" Ghost Rider"( 2007) and" Sydney White"( 2007). <SEP> Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics antihero Ghost Rider. It is a standalone sequel to the 2007 film" Ghost Rider" and features Nicolas Cage reprising his role as Johnny Blaze/ Ghost Rider with supporting roles portrayed by Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Christopher Lambert, and Idris Elba. The film was directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, from a screenplay written by Scott M. Gimple, Seth Hoffman, and David S. Goyer. Released publicly for one night in December 11, 2011," Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" had its wide commercial release on February 17, 2012 in 2D and 3D. The film experienced worse critical reception than the first film, with criticism being aimed towards the script, CGI, and acting. The film grossed more than$ 132 million, against its$ 57 million production budget. Nicolas Cage stated that he was" done" with the" Ghost Rider" films and a planned sequel was cancelled. The film rights to the character reverted to Marvel Studios shortly thereafter, and the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider appeared in" Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.". <SEP> He also wrote many stories and articles for "The New York TimesThe New Yorker", and "Vanity Fair" and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. Howard is probably best remembered for playing Ashley Wilkes in "Gone with the Wind" (1939). He had roles in many other notable films, including "Berkeley Square" (1933), "Of Human Bondage" (1934), "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1934), "The Petrified Forest" (1936), "Pygmalion" (1938), "Intermezzo" (1939), Pimpernel" Smith" (1941), and "The First of the Few" (1942). Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 18931 June 1943) was an English stage and film actor, director, and producer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for "Berkeley Square" and "Pygmalion". Howard's World War II activities included acting and filmmaking. He was active in anti-German propaganda and rumoured to have been involved with British or Allied Intelligence, sparking conspiracy theories regarding his death in 1943 when the Luftwaffe shot down BOAC Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay (in Cedeira, A Coruña), on which he was a passenger. <SEP> Johnson was born in Hastings, Minnesota and graduated from California State University, Long Beach. Mark Steven Johnson( born October 30, 1964) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. He has written and directed the two comic book based films" Daredevil" and" Ghost Rider" as well as the film" Simon Birch". His early writing credits are for the film" Grumpy Old Men" and its sequel" Grumpier Old Men". Most recently, he wrote the story for the film" Christopher Robin."