12. MOVIE: the 2012 film 'Life of Pi', based on the book by Yann Martell, featured a Bengal tiger called Richard Parker. Who directed the film?
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Answer:
Ang Lee
'The Life of Pi' stars Suraj Sharma as Piscine Molitor Patel, or 'Pi' for short, who finds himself stranded in a lifeboat with a tiger called Richard Parker. Pi's parents own a zoo and Richard Parker is one of the animals there, whom Pi befriends, to his father's disgust. The family and their animals travel to Canada but the ship is lost in a storm, with only Pi and a few animals - Richard Parker, a hyena, a zebra and an orangutan - surviving, although the other animals kill each other. It is uncertain how true Pi's story is and both the book and film leave it ambiguous. The film won Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects.