Jeremiah S. Chechik is the director of such films as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Diabolique and The Avengers. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation (1989) is the third in the National Lampoon vacation series of movies. ... // 1955 movie Les Diaboliques is a black-and-white film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot (U.K. title = The Fiends) based on the novel Celle qui nétait plus by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. ... The Avengers is a 1998 film based on the British cult television series of the same name from the 1960s. ...