The director of the silent film The Italian Straw Hat, also wrote the film. The writer and director was born before the director of the Mexican movie Bugambilia.
Ren Clair (11 November 1898  15 March 1981) born Ren-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. 
Emilio "El Indio" Fernndez (born Emilio Fernndez Romo, ] ; March 26, 1904  August 6, 1986) was a Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter. 
The Italian Straw Hat (French: Un chapeau de paille d'Italie ) is a 1928 French silent film comedy written and directed by Ren Clair, in his feature debut, based on the 1851 play "Un chapeau de paille d'Italie", by Eugne Marin Labiche and Marc-Michel. 
Bugambilia ("Bougainvillea") is a Mexican movie of 1945 directed by Emilio Fernndez and starring Dolores del Ro and Pedro Armendriz. 
