This person directed the German comedy film Tillie the Toiler (1941 film). Both he and the writer of Yesterday Girl are not of the same nationality.
Alexander Kluge (born 14 February 1932) is a German author, philosopher, academic and film director. 
Sidney Salkow (June 16, 1911  October 18, 2000) was an American film director (more than 50 motion pictures), screenwriter, and television director. 
Yesterday Girl (German: Abschied von gestern, "Farewell to Yesterday") is a 1966 New German Cinema film directed and written by Alexander Kluge. 
Tillie the Toiler is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Sidney Salkow, which stars Kay Harris, William Tracy, and George Watts. 
