Jean Epstein and Tim Whelan are not French.
Jean Epstein (] ; March 25, 1897  April 2, 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. 
Tim Whelan (November 2, 1893  August 12, 1957) was an American film director, writer, producer and actor best remembered for "The Thief of Bagdad" (1940). 
