Question: Which film has the director who is older, La Sfida or Transformers: Dark Of The Moon?

Dark of the Sun( also known as The Mercenaries in the UK) is a 1968 adventure- war film starring Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Brown, and Peter Carsten. The film, which was directed by Jack Cardiff, is based on Wilbur Smith's 1965 novel," The Dark of the Sun". The story about a band of mercenaries sent on a dangerous mission during the Congo Crisis was adapted into a screenplay by Ranald MacDougall. Critics condemned the film on its original release for its graphic scenes of violence and torture. <SEP> It stars José Suárez as a gang leader who challenges a local Camorra boss for supremacy. It won the Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film is based on the real- life story of Camorra boss Pasquale Simonetti, known as" Pasquale'e Nola", and his wife and former beauty queen Pupetta Maresca, played by Rosanna Schiaffino. It was produced by the Italian companies Cinecittà and Vides Cinematografica and the Spanish companies Lux Film and Suevia Films. La sfida(" the challenge") is a 1958 Italian film by Francesco Rosi. <SEP> The films he has produced and directed, which include" Armageddon"( 1998)," Pearl Harbor"( 2001) and the" Transformers" film series( 2007 – present), have grossed over worldwide, making him one of the most commercially successful directors in history. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness. He co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house which has remade horror movies including" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"( 2003)," The Amityville Horror"( 2005)," The Hitcher"( 2007)," Friday the 13th"( 2009) and" A Nightmare on Elm Street"( 2010). Despite his commercial success at the box office, Bay's work is generally held in low esteem by film critics. Michael Benjamin Bay( born February 17, 1965) is an American filmmaker known for directing and producing big- budget, high- concept action films characterized by fast cutting, stylistic visuals and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. While" The Rock"( 1996) and" Transformers"( 2007) received moderately positive reviews, his other films, including the four" Transformers" sequels, have been received negatively by critics. <SEP> His film" The Mattei Affair" won the Palme d' Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to have political messages. While the topics for his later films became less politically oriented and more angled toward literature, he continued to direct until 1997, his last film being the Primo Levi book adaptation" The Truce". At the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival 13 of his films were screened, in a section reserved for film- makers of outstanding quality and achievement. He received the Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement, accompanied by the screening of his 1962 film" Salvatore Giuliano". Francesco Rosi( 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director. In 2012 the Venice Biennale awarded Rosi the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. <SEP> Scott Fox is a pornographic film director who is a member of the AVN Hall of Fame. <SEP> Transformers: It is the third installment in the live- action" Transformers" film series, and is the sequel to 2009's. It is also the first film in the series that was not co-produced by DreamWorks, leaving Paramount Pictures as the sole distributor. The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington- Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Malkovich, and Frances McDormand. It s story is set three years after the events of" Revenge of the Fallen", and follows the warring Autobots and Decepticons as they battle to possess powerful technology from their homeworld that had crashed on Earth's moon. Returning Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Sideswipe, Skids and Mudflap( as cameos), Wheelie, Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Barricade, Sideways, Long Haul, Scrapper, and Brawl. The script was written by Ehren Kruger. Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay, and it is based on the Transformers toy line. " Dark of the Moon" employed both regular 35 mm film cameras and specially- developed 3- D cameras, with filming locations in Chicago, Florida, Indiana, Milwaukee, Moscow, and Washington, D.C.. The film was rendered specifically for 3- D, and the visual effects involved more complex robots which took longer to render. In May 2011, it was announced that Paramount would move" Dark of the Moon" release date of July 1 to June 29, in order to monitor an early response to footage. Exclusive early premieres in both select 3D and IMAX theaters took place on June 28, 2011, one night before worldwide release in 2D and 3D( including IMAX 3D) formats —each featuring Dolby Surround 7.1 sound. Metacritic characterized the reviews that it cataloged as" mixed or average", and the Rotten Tomatoes critical consensus praised the special effects, action scenes, scores, 3 D work, and the performances of Peter Cullen and Leonard Nimoy while criticizing the runtime, storyline, performances, and screenplay. " Dark of the Moon" grossed over$ 1.1 billion worldwide, and it is currently the 26th highest- grossing film of all time( the 4th- highest at the time of release), the second- highest- grossing film of 2011, the highest- grossing film in the" Transformers" series, and the tenth film to gross over$ 1 billion. Like the first film, it was nominated for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects at the 84th Academy Awards. It was followed by in 2014.