Film Directors Trivia Questions
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Who was the star that Ray Kellogg helped direct in the 1968 pro-Vietnam war movie 'The Green Berets'?
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john wayne
Who directed the films 'Big', 'Awakenings', and 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'?
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penny marshall
Which director collaborated with his late composer-father, Carmine, on the 'Godfather' films?
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francis ford coppola
Which director is known for films such as 'Mister Roberts', 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon', and 'Stagecoach'?
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john ford
Who directed the films 'Stand By Me', 'When Harry Met Sally...', and 'A Few Good Men'?
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rob reiner
Which director was depicted along with one of the stars of his 1963 film by Al Hirschfeld?
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alfred hitchcock
Who joked 'What I really want to do is act' when he won an Oscar for directing the Scottish epic 'Braveheart'?
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mel gibson
Who is the director and producer represented by the 'S' in DreamWorks SKG?
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steven spielberg
Which director predicted his own untimely death in the semi-autobiographical musical 'All That Jazz'?
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bob fosse
Which popular star directed their first feature film, 'That Thing You Do!' in 1996?
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tom hanks
Who is the director of 'Pretty Woman' and the author of the autobiography 'Wake Me When It's Funny,' who also happens to be the brother of Penny Marshall?
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garry marshall
Which 'Happy Days' star directed his first feature film 'Grand Theft Auto' in 1977?
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ron howard
Which director's daughter, Sofia, replaced Winona Ryder in 'The Godfather, Part III' after Winona bowed out?
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francis ford coppola
Which director's film 'Stardust Memories' features a quick cameo of Sharon Stone on a train?
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woody allen
Which director had his son Tony write and his daughter Anjelica star in his final film, 'The Dead'?
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john huston
Who directed the movies 'Always', 'E.T.', and 'Jurassic Park'?
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steven spielberg
Who directed the films 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' and 'Hannah and Her Sisters'?
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woody allen
Who directed and starred in the film 'The Outlaw Josey Wales'?
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clint eastwood
Which reclusive director of the film '2001: A Space Odyssey' has been successfully impersonated by a man who looks nothing like him?
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stanley kubrick
Which director worked with screenwriters Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel on the movies 'Night Shift', 'Splash' and 'Parenthood'?
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ron howard
Which 'Vertigo' director was nicknamed 'Cocky' as a schoolboy, according to biographer Donald Spoto?
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alfred hitchcock
Who directed the films 'Suspicion', 'The Wrong Man', and 'North by Northwest'?
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alfred hitchcock
Who directed Julie Andrews in the film 'Darling Lili', where she performed a striptease?
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blake edwards
Which American director known for the film '10' remade Truffaut's 'The Man Who Loved Women'?
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blake edwards
Which director's 1988 film 'Bird' won an Oscar for Sound Recording?
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clint eastwood
Who is often referred to as 'The Father of Italy's Spaghetti Westerns'?
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sergio leone
Who made their directorial debut with the feature film 'The Producers', starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder?
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mel brooks
Who is the director that made his feature debut in 1978 with 'Eraserhead' and went on to direct 'Blue Velvet'?
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david lynch
Which wunderkind director, in his 20s, directed the 1971 TV movie 'Duel' where Dennis Weaver is terrorized by a truck?
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steven spielberg
Which actress not only starred in and directed 'The Mirror Has Two Faces' but also composed its love theme?
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barbra streisand
What is the name of the actor who worked with David Lean and called 'Gandhi' 'My tribute to David Lean'?
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richard attenborough
Which actor made his directing debut in 1992 with the film 'Bob Roberts' before directing 'Dead Man Walking'?
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tim robbins
Who directed the films 'Get on the Bus', 'Malcolm X', and 'He Got Game'?
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spike lee
Which silent movie director made his final film, 'A Countess from Hong Kong', in 1967, more than 50 years after his debut?
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charlie chaplin
Which 1974 western spoof did Mel Brooks direct, starring Cleavon Little and Madeline Kahn?
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blazing saddles
Which actress and director, known for her appearance on the 'Amateur Hour' as a dancer, went on to direct the film 'A League of Their Own' three decades later?
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penny marshall
Which director is known for the films 'The Age of Innocence', 'Boxcar Bertha', and 'Goodfellas'?
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martin scorsese
Who directed the 1997 film 'Jackie Brown' following the success of 'Pulp Fiction'?
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quentin tarantino
Which director of "The Doors" appeared as a college professor in a film?
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oliver stone
Which acclaimed director of the film 'E.T.' received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1995?
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steven spielberg
Which director is known for films such as 'Nights of Cabiria,' 'Amarcord,' and 'La Strada'?
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federico fellini
Which director both directed and co-wrote the screenplays for 'The Doors' and 'JFK'?
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oliver stone
Which director, whose wartime life partly inspired Jerzy Kosinski's novel 'The Painted Bird', is also known for directing 'Chinatown'?
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roman polanski
Which Italian director is known for the films 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and 'Once Upon a Time in America'?
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sergio leone
Who directs himself as an investigative reporter in the 1999 film "True Crime"?
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clint eastwood
Which director moved the movie 'Do The Right Thing' to Universal after Paramount requested changes to its ending?
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spike lee
Who is the director known for using the term 'MacGuffins' to describe objects that drive the plot, such as the engine plans in 'The 39 Steps'?
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alfred hitchcock
Who directed the films 'Rhapsody in August', 'Ikiru', and 'Yojimbo'?
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akira kurosawa
Which director is known for movies such as 'JFK,' 'Talk Radio,' and 'Born on the Fourth of July'?
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oliver stone
Which Dutch filmmaker directed the movies 'RoboCop,' 'Basic Instinct,' and 'Starship Troopers'?
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paul verhoeven
Who directed Goldie Hawn in 'Swing Shift' and later directed films like 'The Silence of the Lambs'?
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jonathan demme
Who made his directing debut with the 1996 film 'Losing Chase,' which starred his wife, Kyra Sedgwick?
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kevin bacon
Which director, known for producing many of his own films, directed 'Strangers on a Train'?
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alfred hitchcock
Which actor directed himself in the title role of 'Dick Tracy' in 1990?
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warren beatty
Who became the oldest person ever nominated for Best Director at age 79 for the film 'Prizzi's Honor'?
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john huston
Which Japanese director's film 'Dreams' features Martin Scorsese playing Van Gogh in one of its segments?
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akira kurosawa
Which director is known for directing 'Before the Revolution', 'Last Tango in Paris', and 'The Last Emperor'?
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bernardo bertolucci
Who directed the films 'Ed Wood,' 'Batman,' and 'Beetlejuice'?
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tim burton
Who directed the samurai adaptation of 'Macbeth' starring Toshiro Mifune, titled 'Throne of Blood'?
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akira kurosawa
Who directed himself and his wife Trish Van Devere in the 1974 film 'The Savage Is Loose'?
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george c. scott
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