John Boorman and John Edward Heys, share which common occupation?
John Boorman John Boorman ( ; born 18 January 1933) is an English filmmaker who is best known for his feature films such as "Point Blank", "Hell in the Pacific", "Deliverance", "Zardoz", "Excalibur", "The Emerald Forest", "Hope and Glory", "The General", "The Tailor of Panama", and "Queen and Country". He has directed 22 films and received five Academy Award nominations.
John Edye John Edye FRS (7 August 1789 – 1 March 1873) was the talented Chief Clerk in the Surveyor of the Navy's Office during the 19th century. He invented a new means of construction for wooden warships and produced the detail for the Surveyor William Symonds's many designs. Together he and Symonds created larger and larger wooden warships for the Royal Navy, which were able not only to defeat an enemy by weight of fire (as the Navy had long been able to do) but also to pursue them and force battle.