Are Ryūichi Hiroki and Maurice Elvey both film directors?
Maurice Elvey Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was the most prolific film director in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He also produced more than fifty films - his own as well as films directed by others.
James Williamson (film pioneer) James A. Williamson (8 November 1855 – 18 August 1933) was a Scottish photographer and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. He is best known for "The Big Swallow" (1901), a trick film with innovative use of extreme close-up, as well as "Fire!" and "Stop Thief!" (both 1901), dramas with continuity established across multiple shots.