Question: What do Giorgio Simonelli and Lawrence Kasdan have in common?

Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Born in Rome, Simonelli obtained a high school diploma in business studies, then he started working as a journalist, and even as a film critic, for the weekly magazines "Avvenimento" and "Gente nostra". In 1928, at 22, he made his directorial debut co-directing with Nicola Fausto Neroni "Maratona" and two years later he was among the screenwriters of the first Italian talking film, "The Song of Love" by Gennaro Righelli. From 1934 Simonelli mainly devoted himself to the film editing, then, since 1940, he reprised his activity as a director specializing in comedy films of great commercial success, in which he directed some of the more popular actors of the period, including Totò, Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo, Nino Taranto, Renato Rascel, Walter Chiari, Ugo Tognazzi, Macario, Alberto Sordi and Aldo Fabrizi. He concluded his career by signing many successful works interpreted by the comedy duo Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia. His last film was the western-parody "Two Sons of Ringo", in which just before the end of filming he was replaced by Giuliano Carnimeo for health reasons. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known as co-writer of the films "The Empire Strikes Back", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", and "Return of the Jedi". Kasdan co-wrote the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy film "", and will co-write the series' Han Solo spin-off film. [END]  
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