Which film came first, "Thank You" or "The Grapes of Wrath"?
John Ford John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He is renowned both for Westerns such as "Stagecoach" (1939), "The Searchers" (1956), and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962), as well as adaptations of classic 20th-century American novels such as the film "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940). His four Academy Awards for Best Director (in 1935, 1940, 1941, and 1952) remain a record. One of the films for which he won the award, "How Green Was My Valley", also won Best Picture.
Andy Weir Andrew Taylor Weir (born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist whose debut novel, "The Martian", was later adapted into a film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott in 2015. He also worked as a computer programmer for much of his life. He received the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016.