9. Which director is known for "The Pillow Book" and "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"?
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Answer:
Peter Greenaway
Greenaway was born in Wales in 1942. After studying to be a painter, he switched to movies, stating, as his influences, Ingmar Bergman and Alain Resnais. Between 1962 and 1979 he directed several short movies and short documentaries. Greenaway's first full feature-length movie was "The Falls" (1980), followed by "The Draughtman's Contract" (1982).
His best known movie is "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1989), starring (in the same order) Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren and Alan Howard. The plot may be a bit confusing, but basically the Thief (a gangster who runs a restaurant) has his wife's lover killed, but she takes revenge.
In "The Pillow Book" (1996) Greenaway has his characters painting books on each other's nude bodies in Japanese calligraphy. The main roles are for Vivian Wu and Ewan McGregor.
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