Question: Which film whose director was born first, Flash Gordon (Film) or Cheyenne Roundup?

<P0-S0> Michael Tommy" Mike" Hodges( born 29 July 1932) is an English screenwriter, film director, playwright and novelist. <P0-S1> His films as writer/ director include" Get CarterPulp The Terminal Man" and" Black Rainbow"; as director, his films include" Flash GordonCroupier" and" I'll Sleep When I'm Dead". <P0-S2> His theatre plays include" Soft Shoe Shuffle"( 1985) and" Shooting Stars and Other Heavenly Pursuits"( 2000), which was adapted for BBC radio. <P0-S3> Other radio plays include" King Trash"( 2004). <P0-S4> His first novel," Watching The Wheels Come Off", was published in 2010. <P0-S5> In 2018 a trio of novellas(' Bait',' Grist'&' Security') was published. <P0-S6> Retrospectives of his work in television and cinema: NFT( London) 1980; MOMA( New York) 1990; American Cinematheque( LA) 1990; Munich( Germany) 1999. <P0-S7> Another retrospective at the NFT( London) is planned for May, 2020. <P0-S8> He was awarded the degree of' Doctor of Letters" by the University of the West of England Bristol in 2005. <SEP> <P1-S0> Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 American black-and-white science fiction movie serial from Universal Pictures, produced by Henry MacRae and co-directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. <P1-S1> The serial stars Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles B. Middleton, Frank Shannon, and Roland Drew. <P1-S2> It was written by George H. Plympton, Basil Dickey, and Barry Shipman and was adapted from Alex Raymond's syndicated newspaper comic strip of the same name from King Features Syndicate. <P1-S3> Shown theatrically in 12 separate weekly "chapters", it was the last of the three Universal Flash Gordon serials made between 1936 and 1940. <P1-S4> During the 1950s, all three Flash Gordon serials were syndicated to television by Motion Pictures for Television, along with many of Universal's other serial output. <P1-S5> To avoid confusion with the imported Flash Gordon TV series airing around the same time, they were retitled "Space SoldiersSpace Soldiers' Trip to Mars", and "Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe". <P1-S6> In 1966 "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" was edited down by King Features Syndicate into two feature-length films for television syndication: "Purple Death from Outer Space" and "Perils from the Planet Mongo". <P1-S7> In the early 1970s, a third feature version was re-edited for the 16 mm home movie market, using story material taken from the entire serial. <P1-S8> It bore the title "Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe" and later appeared on television during the 1980s. <P1-S9> Afterward, all three edited feature-length versions became available through various public-domain video sellers, first on VHS videotape and later on DVD. <P1-S10> In the mid-1970s all three complete Universal Flash Gordon serials were shown chapter-by-chapter by PBS stations across the U.S., bringing them to a new generation of science fiction fans, two years before  and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". <P1-S11> From the late 1980s onward, all three serials became available on the home video market under their original theatrical release titles, chapters, and running times. <SEP> <P2-S0> Cheyenne Roundup is a 1943 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Elmer Clifton and Bernard McConville. <P2-S1> The film stars Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt, Harry Woods and Roy Barcroft. <P2-S2> The film was released on April 12, 1943, by Universal Pictures. <SEP> <P3-S0> Ray Taylor (1 December 1888 – 15 February 1952) was an American film director. <P3-S1> He directed 159 films between 1926 and 1949. <P3-S2> His debut was the 1926 film serial "Fighting with Buffalo Bill". <SEP> <P4-S0> Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars is a 1938 Universal Pictures 15 – chapter superhero movie serial, based on the syndicated newspaper comic strip" Flash Gordon". <P4-S1> It is the second of the three Flash Gordon serials made by Universal between 1936 and 1940. <P4-S2> The main cast from the first serial reprise their roles: Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, Jean Rogers as Dale Arden, Frank Shannon as Dr. Alexis Zarkov, Charles B. Middleton as Ming the Merciless, and Richard Alexander as Prince Barin. <P4-S3> Also in the principal cast are Beatrice Roberts as Queen Azura, Donald Kerr as Happy Hapgood, Montague Shaw as the Clay King, and Wheeler Oakman as Ming's chief henchman. <P4-S4> The serial was followed by" Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe"( 1940). <SEP> <P5-S0> Flash Gordon is a 1980 British- Dutch- American space opera film based on the King Features comic strip of the same name created by Alex Raymond. <P5-S1> Directed by Mike Hodges and produced by Dino De Laurentiis, the film was shot in Technicolor and Todd- AO- 35. <P5-S2> It stars Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed and Ornella Muti. <P5-S3> The movie was co-written by Michael Allin( known for" Enter the Dragon") and Lorenzo Semple Jr.( who had previously scripted De Laurentiis's remake of" King Kong"). <P5-S4> It uses a camp style similar to the 1960s TV series" Batman"( which Semple developed) in an attempt to appeal to fans of the original comics and serial films. <P5-S5> Although a box office success in the United Kingdom, it performed poorly in other markets. <P5-S6> The film is notable for its soundtrack composed, performed and produced by the rock band Queen, with the orchestral sections by Howard Blake. <P5-S7> The film has since gained a significant cult following.