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Guess the Director Trivia Quiz


I'll give clues about a director and you will guess them.

A multiple-choice quiz by darger_stan. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
darger_stan
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
407,477
Updated
Dec 30 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
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184
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Question 1 of 15
1. Name the director who was a controversial Italian director got his start in poetry before moving to directing. His first films were neo-realist, such as 'Accatone', but soon went in a more experimental direction, like 'Teorema'. Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Despite the fact his professional directing career only lasted 15 years, this German director made 40 feature films, 2 television film series, three short films and 24 stage plays. His most well-known works are 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul', and 'The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant'. Name the director. Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Name the French director was also a writer and artist. He was in a relationship with actor Jean Marais for 25 years, and gave him two roles in his adaptation of 'Beauty and the Beast'. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Name the English director was nominated for the Best Director Oscar for 'Darling' and 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'. He won it in 1970 for his most famous work. Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Name the filmmaker, author and occultist has made 31 films, largely shorts, the most famous of which is 'Scorpio Rising'. He has been cited as an influence to Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and John Waters. Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Name the director who is most known for her acclaimed 3 hour 21 minute experimental film about the life of a woman, but has also made other films like 'News From Home', 'Je, tu, il, elle' and 'Golden Eighties'. Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Name the director and producer who is most known for period pieces. He often works with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jabvala. his films include 'Maurice' and 'Howards End'. In 2018, he became the oldest person to win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Name the English director who brought actress Tilda Swinton to the spotlight in films such as 'The Garden' and 'Edward II'. He is also known for his biopic of renaissance artist Caravaggio. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Name the pair of directors who are most known for their work on a sci-fi franchise, but have also made films such as 'Speed Racer' and 'Bound'. Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Name the director who is mostly known for the 1999 teen comedy 'But I'm a Cheerleader'. She has also made movies like 'The Quiet' and 'Addicted to Fresno'. She is a frequent collaborator with Natasha Lyonne. Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Name the filmmaker, educator and poet who was controversial in his time, but now has a collection at Stanford Library. His documentaries include 'Tongues United' and 'Ethnic Notions'. Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Name the American director who's first film was a notorious cult classic. He then went on to make critically acclaimed indie films like 'Poison' and 'Safe'. Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Name this daughter of Iranian immigrants made her feature debut with 'Appropriate Behaviour', and is most well-known for her film 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post'. Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Name the filmmaker who directed 'Call Me By Your Name' in 2017. He has also directed a remake of 1977's 'Suspiria' and the miniseries 'We Are Who We Are'. Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Name the French director who directs films largely centred around girlhood, such as 'Petite Maman', 'Water Lilies', and 'Girlhood'. Her most famous film won Best Screenplay award at Cannes Film Festival. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Name the director who was a controversial Italian director got his start in poetry before moving to directing. His first films were neo-realist, such as 'Accatone', but soon went in a more experimental direction, like 'Teorema'.

Answer: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pasolini was murdered in 1975, aged 53. Initially, Giuseppe Pelosi confessed to the crime but 29 years later retracted his statement. It has been speculated that he was killed by extortionists. His last film was the highly controversial 'Salò, Or the 120 Days of Sodom'.
2. Despite the fact his professional directing career only lasted 15 years, this German director made 40 feature films, 2 television film series, three short films and 24 stage plays. His most well-known works are 'Ali: Fear Eats the Soul', and 'The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant'. Name the director.

Answer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Fassbinder largely made down-to-earth realistic movies, but ventured into sci-fi for 1973's 'World On a Wire'. His two miniseries are 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' and '8 Hours Don't Make a Day'.
3. Name the French director was also a writer and artist. He was in a relationship with actor Jean Marais for 25 years, and gave him two roles in his adaptation of 'Beauty and the Beast'.

Answer: Jean Cocteau

Cocteau is known for his 'Orpheus Trilogy'. He died age 74 in 1963, the day after Édith Piaf. There was a rumour that his heart failed when he found out the singer died.
4. Name the English director was nominated for the Best Director Oscar for 'Darling' and 'Sunday Bloody Sunday'. He won it in 1970 for his most famous work.

Answer: John Schlesinger

Schlesinger died in 2003 because of a stroke. The movie he won his best director Oscar for was 'Midnight Cowboy', which also won Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
5. Name the filmmaker, author and occultist has made 31 films, largely shorts, the most famous of which is 'Scorpio Rising'. He has been cited as an influence to Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and John Waters.

Answer: Kenneth Anger

A common recurring theme in Anger's work is homoeroticism, especially in 'Fireworks'. The other most common theme is the occult, visible in 'Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome' and 'Lucifer Rising'.
6. Name the director who is most known for her acclaimed 3 hour 21 minute experimental film about the life of a woman, but has also made other films like 'News From Home', 'Je, tu, il, elle' and 'Golden Eighties'.

Answer: Chantal Akerman

The 3 hour film mentioned was 'Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles'. She sadly died by suicide in 2015, after the death of her beloved mother. Her life partner was cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton.
7. Name the director and producer who is most known for period pieces. He often works with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jabvala. his films include 'Maurice' and 'Howards End'. In 2018, he became the oldest person to win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Answer: James Ivory

Ivory set up the company Merchant Ivory Productions with his partner Ismail Merchant, who passed away in 2005. Ivory won his Oscar for writing 2017's 'Call Me By Your Name'.
8. Name the English director who brought actress Tilda Swinton to the spotlight in films such as 'The Garden' and 'Edward II'. He is also known for his biopic of renaissance artist Caravaggio.

Answer: Derek Jarman

Jarman died in 1994 of an AIDS-related illness. His 1993 experimental film 'Blue' describes his struggle with the disease. His other works include 'Jubilee' and 'Sebastiane'.
9. Name the pair of directors who are most known for their work on a sci-fi franchise, but have also made films such as 'Speed Racer' and 'Bound'.

Answer: The Wachowski sisters

The Wachowski sisters are Lilly and Lana Wachowski. Lana was born in Chicago in 1965 and Lilly was born two-and-a-half years later, in 1967. They are most known for writing and directing 'The Matrix' series.
10. Name the director who is mostly known for the 1999 teen comedy 'But I'm a Cheerleader'. She has also made movies like 'The Quiet' and 'Addicted to Fresno'. She is a frequent collaborator with Natasha Lyonne.

Answer: Jamie Babbit

Babbit was born on November 16, 1970. She has also directed for TV, directing episodes from 'Gilmore Girls', 'Nip/Tuck' and 'The L Word', among others. She lives in Los Angeles and has two daughters.
11. Name the filmmaker, educator and poet who was controversial in his time, but now has a collection at Stanford Library. His documentaries include 'Tongues United' and 'Ethnic Notions'.

Answer: Marlon Riggs

'Tongues United' being shown on public television sparked controversy because it was partially funded by the National Endowment of the Arts, and its depiction of two men kissing. In his defence, Riggs claimed that "implicit in the much overworked rhetoric about 'community standards' is the assumption of only one central community and only one overarching cultural standard to which television programming must necessarily appeal." Riggs passed away on April 5, 1994.
12. Name the American director who's first film was a notorious cult classic. He then went on to make critically acclaimed indie films like 'Poison' and 'Safe'.

Answer: Todd Haynes

His debut film 'Superstar: the Karen Carpenter Story' was made using barbie dolls as actors. He was sued by Richard Carpenter, and so the film has never been officially distributed. It has still retained a devoted cult following.
13. Name this daughter of Iranian immigrants made her feature debut with 'Appropriate Behaviour', and is most well-known for her film 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post'.

Answer: Desiree Akhavan

Akhavan was born on December 27, 1984. Her films often explore her own bisexuality. 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
14. Name the filmmaker who directed 'Call Me By Your Name' in 2017. He has also directed a remake of 1977's 'Suspiria' and the miniseries 'We Are Who We Are'.

Answer: Luca Guadagnino

'Call Me By Your Name' was written by James Ivory. It was also nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, but was beaten by 'The Shape of Water'.
15. Name the French director who directs films largely centred around girlhood, such as 'Petite Maman', 'Water Lilies', and 'Girlhood'. Her most famous film won Best Screenplay award at Cannes Film Festival.

Answer: Celine Sciamma

Her most famous film is 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire'. She has said of it: "That's why the male gaze is obsessed with representing lesbians, for instance. It's a way to control it. Our stories are powerful because they are dangerous. We are dangerous. So it's a very good strategy to despise us - to undermine us - because it's giving us less leverage for a very powerful political dynamic." The film was also nominated for the Palme D'Or at Cannes, but was beaten by the South Korean film 'Parasite'.
Source: Author darger_stan

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