1. In which year was Derek Cianfrance born?
a) 1970
b) 1974
c) 1978
d) 1982
Answer: b) 1974
2. Where was Derek Cianfrance born?
a) Lakewood, Colorado
b) Brooklyn, New York
c) Los Angeles, California
d) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: a) Lakewood, Colorado
3. Which university did Derek Cianfrance attend to study film production?
a) New York University
b) University of Colorado Boulder
c) University of Southern California
d) Columbia University
Answer: b) University of Colorado Boulder
4. Under which avant-garde filmmakers did Derek Cianfrance study at university?
a) Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola
b) David Lynch and Jim Jarmusch
c) Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon
d) Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez
Answer: c) Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon
5. At what age did Derek Cianfrance begin making movies?
a) 10
b) 13
c) 16
d) 19
Answer: b) 13
6. What was the title of Derek Cianfrance’s first feature film?
a) Blue Valentine
b) The Place Beyond the Pines
c) Brother Tied
d) The Light Between Oceans
Answer: c) Brother Tied
7. At what age did Derek Cianfrance direct his first feature film, Brother Tied?
a) 20
b) 23
c) 26
d) 29
Answer: b) 23
8. At which film festival did Brother Tied make its American premiere?
a) Cannes Film Festival
b) Toronto International Film Festival
c) Sundance Film Festival
d) Venice Film Festival
Answer: c) Sundance Film Festival
9. Which award did Brother Tied win at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg?
a) Best Director Award
b) Ecumenical Jury Award
c) Grand Jury Prize
d) Audience Award
Answer: b) Ecumenical Jury Award
10. Which of the following is NOT one of Derek Cianfrance’s student films?
a) Five O’clock Shadow
b) Raw Footage
c) Brother Tied
d) Sound of Metal
Answer: d) Sound of Metal
11. Which award did Raw Footage win at the University of Colorado?
a) Goldfarb Award
b) Special Dean’s Grant for Achievement in the Arts
c) Student Academy Award
d) Independent Spirit Award
Answer: b) Special Dean’s Grant for Achievement in the Arts
12. Which film earned Derek Cianfrance a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay?
a) Blue Valentine
b) The Place Beyond the Pines
c) Sound of Metal
d) The Light Between Oceans
Answer: c) Sound of Metal
13. Which actors starred in Derek Cianfrance’s film Blue Valentine?
a) Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams
b) Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes
c) Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander
d) Mark Ruffalo and Juliette Lewis
Answer: a) Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams
14. In which section of the Cannes Film Festival was Blue Valentine presented in 2010?
a) Palme d’Or Competition
b) Un Certain Regard
c) Directors’ Fortnight
d) Critics’ Week
Answer: b) Un Certain Regard
15. What unique method did Derek Cianfrance use to prepare Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine?
a) They rehearsed for six months
b) They lived together in the on-screen house for a month
c) They improvised all dialogues
d) They attended acting workshops
Answer: b) They lived together in the on-screen house for a month
16. Which film festival awarded Derek Cianfrance Best Cinematographer for Quattro Noza in 2003?
a) Sundance Film Festival
b) Cannes Film Festival
c) Berlin Film Festival
d) Toronto International Film Festival
Answer: a) Sundance Film Festival
17. Which of the following documentaries did Derek Cianfrance NOT direct?
a) Traveling Miles: Cassandra Wilson
b) Run-D.M.C. and Jam Master Jay: The Last Interview
c) Shots in the Dark
d) The Motorcycle Diaries
Answer: d) The Motorcycle Diaries
18. Which actor received an Oscar nomination for their performance in Blue Valentine?
a) Ryan Gosling
b) Bradley Cooper
c) Michelle Williams
d) Eva Mendes
Answer: c) Michelle Williams
19. In which city was principal photography for The Place Beyond the Pines conducted?
a) Los Angeles
b) Schenectady, New York
c) Chicago
d) Miami
Answer: b) Schenectady, New York
20. Which actors met and began a relationship on the set of The Place Beyond the Pines?
a) Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams
b) Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander
c) Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes
d) Bradley Cooper and Rachel Weisz
Answer: c) Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes
21. What is the central theme of The Light Between Oceans, directed by Derek Cianfrance?
a) A bank heist
b) A moral dilemma involving an adopted child
c) A musician’s struggle with deafness
d) A family dealing with mental illness
Answer: b) A moral dilemma involving an adopted child
22. Which novel is The Light Between Oceans based on?
a) A novel by M. L. Stedman
b) A novel by Wally Lamb
c) A novel by Sam Fussell
d) A novel by Darius Marder
Answer: a) A novel by M. L. Stedman
23. Which HBO miniseries did Derek Cianfrance write and direct?
a) Your Honor
b) I Know This Much Is True
c) The Undoing
d) Mare of Easttown
Answer: b) I Know This Much Is True
24. Who starred as twin brothers in the HBO miniseries I Know This Much Is True?
a) Ryan Gosling
b) Mark Ruffalo
c) Michael Fassbender
d) Bradley Cooper
Answer: b) Mark Ruffalo
25. For which film did Derek Cianfrance receive a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials?
a) Powerade
b) Nike
c) Squarespace
d) All of the above
Answer: d) All of the above
