1. What is Sam Peckinpah’s full name?
A) Samuel David Peckinpah
B) David Samuel Peckinpah
C) Samuel Edward Peckinpah
D) David Ernest Peckinpah
Answer: B) David Samuel Peckinpah
2. In which year was Sam Peckinpah born?
A) 1920
B) 1925
C) 1930
D) 1915
Answer: B) 1925
3. Which film earned Sam Peckinpah the nickname “Bloody Sam”?
A) Ride the High Country
B) Straw Dogs
C) The Wild Bunch
D) The Getaway
Answer: C) The Wild Bunch
1. In which city was Franklin J. Schaffner born?
A) New York City, USA
B) Tokyo, Japan
C) Lancaster, Pennsylvania
D) Los Angeles, California
Answer: B) Tokyo, Japan
2. What was the profession of Franklin J. Schaffner’s parents?
A) Missionaries
B) Teachers
C) Diplomats
D) Actors
Answer: A) Missionaries
3. At what age did Schaffner move to the United States from Japan?
A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 10
Answer: B) 5
1. In which year was George A. Romero born?
A) 1935
B) 1940
C) 1945
D) 1950
Answer: B) 1940
2. What is George A. Romero widely regarded as the father of?
A) Science fiction films
B) Slasher films
C) Zombie films
D) Psychological thrillers
Answer: C) Zombie films
3. Which film marked George A. Romero’s directorial debut?
A) Dawn of the Dead
B) Night of the Living Dead
C) Day of the Dead
D) The Crazies
Answer: B) Night of the Living Dead
1. What was Wolfgang Reitherman’s nickname at Disney?
A) Woolie
B) Wolfie
C) Wally
D) Willie
Answer: A) Woolie
2. In which city was Wolfgang Reitherman born?
A) Berlin, Germany
B) Munich, Germany
C) Hamburg, Germany
D) Frankfurt, Germany
Answer: B) Munich, Germany
3. In what year was Wolfgang Reitherman born?
A) 1907
B) 1909
C) 1911
D) 1913
Answer: B) 1909
1. What was Richard Brooks’ primary profession?
A) Actor
B) Director and Screenwriter
C) Cinematographer
D) Film Editor
Answer: B) Director and Screenwriter
2. In which year was Richard Brooks born?
A) 1902
B) 1912
C) 1922
D) 1932
Answer: B) 1912
3. Which Tennessee Williams play did Richard Brooks adapt into a film in 1958?
A) A Streetcar Named Desire
B) The Glass Menagerie
C) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
D) Suddenly, Last Summer
Answer: C) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1. What was Mike Nichols’ birth name?
a) Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky
b) Mikhail Paul Nichols
c) Igor Michael Nichols
d) Paul Mikhail Peschkowsky
Answer: a) Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky
2. In which city was Mike Nichols born?
a) New York City, USA
b) Berlin, Germany
c) Chicago, USA
d) Moscow, Russia
Answer: b) Berlin, Germany
3. At what age did Mike Nichols and his brother flee Nazi Germany for the USA?
a) 5 and 1
b) 7 and 3
c) 9 and 5
d) 10 and 6
Answer: b) 7 and 3
1. In which city was Arthur Penn born?
A) Philadelphia, PA
B) New York City, NY
C) Los Angeles, CA
D) Chicago, IL
Answer: A) Philadelphia, PA
2. What was Arthur Penn’s birth year?
A) 1918
B) 1922
C) 1926
D) 1930
Answer: B) 1922
3. What was the profession of Arthur Penn’s father?
A) Photographer
B) Nurse
C) Watchmaker
D) Teacher
Answer: C) Watchmaker
1. In which city was Martin Ritt born?
a) Los Angeles, California
b) New York City, New York
c) Chicago, Illinois
d) Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: b) New York City, New York
2. What was the primary theme of Martin Ritt’s films?
a) Science fiction adventures
b) Romantic comedies
c) Socially conscious dramas
d) Historical epics
Answer: c) Socially conscious dramas
3. Which college did Martin Ritt attend where he played football and boxed?
a) Yale University
b) Elon College
c) Harvard University
d) Stanford University
Answer: b) Elon College
1. In which year was Stanley Kramer born?
A) 1900
B) 1913
C) 1920
D) 1930
Answer: B) 1913
2. Where was Stanley Kramer born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) New York City, New York
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Seattle, Washington
Answer: B) New York City, New York
3. What was Stanley Kramer’s primary profession in Hollywood?
A) Actor
B) Screenwriter
C) Film Director and Producer
D) Cinematographer
Answer: C) Film Director and Producer
1. In which year was Robert Stevenson born?
A) 1895
B) 1900
C) 1905
D) 1910
Answer: C) 1905
2. Where was Robert Stevenson born?
A) London, England
B) Buxton, Derbyshire, England
C) Manchester, England
D) Birmingham, England
Answer: B) Buxton, Derbyshire, England
3. What was Robert Stevenson’s primary profession?
A) Actor
B) Screenwriter and Director
C) Producer
D) Cinematographer
Answer: B) Screenwriter and Director