Question: Which film has the director who was born first, The Black Monocle or Daddy and Them?

The Eye of the Monocle( French: L'oeil du monocle) is a 1962 French comedy thriller film directed by Georges Lautner and starring Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen and Gaia Germani. It is the sequel of" The Black Monocle"( 1961). Location shooting took place in Corsica. <SEP> Billy Bob Thornton( born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, writer, director and musician. Thornton had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller" One False Move", and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film" Sling Blade"( 1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following" Sling Blade", including Oliver Stone's neo-noir" U Turn"( 1997), political drama" Primary Colors"( 1998), science fiction disaster film" Armageddon"( 1998), the highest- grossing film of that year, and the crime drama" A Simple Plan"( 1998), which earned him his third Oscar nomination. In the 2000s, Thornton achieved further success in starring dramas" Monster's Ball"( 2001)," The Man Who Was n't There"( 2001), and" Friday Night Lights"( 2004); comedies" Bandits"( 2001)," Intolerable Cruelty"( 2003), and" Bad Santa"( 2003); and action films" Eagle Eye"( 2008) and" Faster"( 2010). In 2014, Thornton starred as Lorne Malvo in the first season of the anthology series" Fargo", earning a nomination for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie at the Emmy Awards and won Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. In 2016, he starred in an Amazon original series," Goliath," which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. Thornton has been vocal about his distaste for celebrity culture, choosing to keep his life out of the public eye. However, the attention of the media has proven unavoidable in certain cases, his marriage to Angelina Jolie being a notable example. Thornton has written a variety of films, usually set in the Southern United States and mainly co-written with Tom Epperson, including" A Family Thing"( 1996) and" The Gift"( 2000). After" Sling Blade", he directed several other films, including" Daddy and Them"( 2001)," All the Pretty Horses"( 2000), and" Jayne Mansfield's Car"( 2012). Thornton has received the President's Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy& Horror Films, a Special Achievement Award from the National Board of Review, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has also been nominated for an Emmy Award, four Golden Globes, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In addition to film work, Thornton began a career as a singer- songwriter. He has released four solo albums and is the vocalist of the blues rock band The Boxmasters. <SEP> In addition to Thornton, it stars Laura Dern, Andy Griffith, Ben Affleck, Kelly Preston, Diane Ladd, Brenda Blethyn, Tuesday Knight, Jamie Lee Curtis and Jim Varney. This was Varney's final film appearance; he died a year before the movie's release. The original plan was to release the film in theaters, but the film got only limited distribution as Miramax found the film not" commercial" enough. " Daddy and Them" opened to positive reviews, with many critics praising the film's southern humor, Thornton's work as a writer/ director, and the performances of the entire cast. Daddy and Them is a 2001 American comedy- drama film written, directed by, and starring Billy Bob Thornton. It currently holds an 86% rating on the review site Rotten Tomatoes. <SEP> Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford. <SEP> It was followed by two sequels "The Eye of the Monocle" (1962) and "The Monocle Laughs" (1964). The Black Monocle (French: Le monocle noir) is a 1961 French comedy crime film directed by Georges Lautner and starring Paul Meurisse, Elga Andersen and Bernard Blier. <SEP> Lautner's ventures into other genres were less successful though the thriller Le Professionnel starring Jean- Paul Belmondo was a big commercial hit in France in 1981. He was born in Nice, the son of actress Renée Saint- Cyr. Georges Lautner( 24 January 1926 – 22 November 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter, known primarily for his comedies created in collaboration with screenwriter Michel Audiard.