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
1. In which year was William Friedkin born?
A) 1930
B) 1935
C) 1940
D) 1945
Answer: B) 1935
2. What is the title of William Friedkin’s most famous horror film?
A) The Omen
B) The Exorcist
C) Rosemary’s Baby
D) Halloween
Answer: B) The Exorcist
3. Which film earned William Friedkin an Academy Award for Best Director?
A) The French Connection
B) The Exorcist
C) Sorcerer
D) To Live and Die in L.A.
Answer: A) The French Connection