1. Where was Michael Cumming born?
a) London, England
b) Kendal, Westmorland (now Cumbria)
c) Manchester, England
d) Birmingham, England
Answer: b) Kendal, Westmorland (now Cumbria)
2. At what age did Michael Cumming start playing music professionally?
a) 12
b) 14
c) 16
d) 18
Answer: b) 14
3. Which instrument did Michael Cumming NOT play in his early music career?
a) Drums
b) Bass
c) Guitar
d) Piano
Answer: d) Piano
1. In which year was Alan J. Pakula born?
a) 1925
b) 1928
c) 1930
d) 1932
Answer: b) 1928
2. Where was Alan J. Pakula born?
a) Los Angeles, California
b) The Bronx, New York
c) Chicago, Illinois
d) Boston, Massachusetts
Answer: b) The Bronx, New York
3. What was Alan J. Pakula’s primary role in the film industry?
a) Actor
b) Cinematographer
c) Director, screenwriter, and producer
d) Film editor
Answer: c) Director, screenwriter, and producer
1. In which year was Sydney Pollack born?
a) 1924
b) 1934
c) 1944
d) 1954
Answer: b) 1934
2. What was Sydney Pollack’s primary profession?
a) Screenwriter
b) Film Editor
c) Cinematographer
d) Film Director
Answer: d) Film Director
3. Which film directed by Sydney Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Picture?
a) Tootsie
b) Out of Africa
c) The Firm
d) Jeremiah Johnson
Answer: b) Out of Africa
1. In which year was Sidney Lumet born?
a) 1920
b) 1924
c) 1928
d) 1932
Answer: b) 1924
2. What was Sidney Lumet’s profession before he became a film director?
a) Screenwriter
b) Actor
c) Cinematographer
d) Producer
Answer: b) Actor
3. Which film marked Sidney Lumet’s directorial debut?
a) 12 Angry Men
b) The Pawnbroker
c) Fail-Safe
d) The Fugitive Kind
Answer: a) 12 Angry Men
1. In which year was Steven Spielberg born?
A) 1942
B) 1946
C) 1950
D) 1954
Answer: B) 1946
2. What was Steven Spielberg’s first feature-length film as a director?
A) Jaws
B) The Sugarland Express
C) Duel
D) Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Answer: B) The Sugarland Express
3. Which Spielberg film is based on a novel by Michael Crichton about a theme park with cloned dinosaurs?
A) Jurassic Park
B) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
C) The Lost World
D) War of the Worlds
Answer: A) Jurassic Park
1. In which year was Stanley Kubrick born?
A) 1918
B) 1928
C) 1938
D) 1948
Answer: B) 1928
2. What was Stanley Kubrick’s first feature film?
A) The Killing
B) Fear and Desire
C) Paths of Glory
D) Killer’s Kiss
Answer: B) Fear and Desire
3. Which Kubrick film is set during the Vietnam War?
A) Full Metal Jacket
B) Dr. Strangelove
C) Barry Lyndon
D) A Clockwork Orange
Answer: A) Full Metal Jacket
1. What is Mel Brooks’ birth name?
a) Melvin Kaminsky
b) Milton Berlinger
c) Max Brooks
d) Melvyn Douglas
Answer: a) Melvin Kaminsky
2. In which year was Mel Brooks born?
a) 1916
b) 1926
c) 1936
d) 1946
Answer: b) 1926
3. Which film marked Mel Brooks’ directorial debut?
a) The Producers
b) Blazing Saddles
c) Young Frankenstein
d) The Twelve Chairs
Answer: a) The Producers
1. In which year was John Cassavetes born?
a) 1925
b) 1929
c) 1933
d) 1937
Answer: b) 1929
2. What was John Cassavetes’ primary profession?
a) Screenwriter
b) Actor
c) Director
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
3. Which film is considered Cassavetes’ directorial debut?
a) Shadows
b) Faces
c) A Woman Under the Influence
d) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Answer: a) Shadows
1. In which year was Francis Ford Coppola born?
a) 1939
b) 1942
c) 1935
d) 1945
Answer: a) 1939
2. Which film directed by Coppola won the Palme d’Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival?
a) The Godfather
b) Apocalypse Now
c) The Conversation
d) Rumble Fish
Answer: b) Apocalypse Now
3. Coppola’s film The Godfather is primarily set in which city?
a) Chicago
b) New York City
c) Los Angeles
d) Miami
Answer: b) New York City
1. In which year was Hal Ashby born?
A) 1925
B) 1929
C) 1933
D) 1937
Answer: B) 1929
2. Where was Hal Ashby born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Ogden, Utah
C) Portland, Oregon
D) Malibu, California
Answer: B) Ogden, Utah
3. What was Hal Ashby’s primary profession before he became a director?
A) Actor
B) Screenwriter
C) Film editor
D) Cinematographer
Answer: C) Film editor