Between the two film makers, the director of the June 1916 silent film The Sign of the Spade, was born earlier than Fabian Bielinsky.
Fabin Bielinsky (3 February 1959  28 June 2006) was an Argentine film director born in Buenos Aires. 
Murdock MacQuarrie (25 August 1878 in San Francisco, California  22 August 1942 in Los Angeles, California) was an American silent film actor and director. 
The Sign of the Spade is a 1916 silent film drama directed by Murdock MacQuarrie and starring a Allan Forrest and Helene Rosson. 
