Who directed the first Harry Potter film?
Harry Potter influences and analogues
Chris Columbus, who directed the first two "Harry Potter" film adaptations, has cited the 1985 film "Young Sherlock Holmes", which he wrote, as an influence in his direction for those films. "That was sort of a predecessor to this movie, in a sense", he told the BBC in 2001, "It was about two young boys and a girl in a British boarding school who had to fight a supernatural force." Scenes from "Young Sherlock Holmes" were subsequently used to cast the first Harry Potter film. On 3 January 2010, Irish journalist Declan Lynch (writing in "The Sunday Independent") stated that "there's more than a hint of young Sherlock evident in Harry".
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (soundtrack)
The score for "Deathly Hallows – Part 1" is composed by Golden Globe award-winning and Academy Award-winning film composer Alexandre Desplat. Desplat follows John Williams, Patrick Doyle, and Nicholas Hooper in composing music for the "Harry Potter" series. Williams composed the first three films, Doyle scored the fourth film, while Hooper worked on the soundtracks for the fifth and sixth films. Desplat stated that he would compose until September 2010, with the soundtrack being released on 16 November 2010, three days before the film's release date. A three-disc "Limited Edition Collector's Box Set" was also released on 21 December 2010.