Which filmmaker was born first, Jean Eustache or Valeria Sarmiento?
Valeria Sarmiento Valeria Sarmiento (born 29 October 1948) is a Chilean film editor, director and screenwriter. She has worked both in film and television. She has directed 19 feature films and documentaries since 1972. Her debut feature "Notre mariage" (1984) was a Grand Prix winner for Best New Director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and her 1991 film "Amelia Lópes O'Neill" was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. She is the widow of Chilean film director Raúl Ruiz with whom she worked for decades as regular collaborator, editor and writer. She has also edited films for Luc Moullet, Robert Kramer and Ventura Pons and is a Guggenheim Fellow (1988). Her film "Lines of Wellington" competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
Jean Bastia Jean Bastia (21 February 1919 in Bastia, Corsica - 16 February 2005), was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer.