1. In which year was Warren Beatty born?
A) 1935
B) 1937
C) 1939
D) 1941
Answer: B) 1937

2. What is Warren Beatty’s full birth name?
A) Henry Warren Beaty
B) Warren William Beatty
C) Henry Warren Beatty
D) Warren Edward Beaty
Answer: C) Henry Warren Beatty

3. Which film marked Warren Beatty’s acting debut?
A) Bonnie and Clyde
B) Splendor in the Grass
C) The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
D) All Fall Down
Answer: B) Splendor in the Grass

1. In which country was Milos Forman born?
a) United States
b) France
c) Czechoslovakia
d) Germany
Answer: c) Czechoslovakia

2. What is the birth year of Milos Forman?
a) 1925
b) 1932
c) 1940
d) 1948
Answer: b) 1932

3. Which film earned Milos Forman his first Academy Award for Best Director?
a) Amadeus
b) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
c) The Firemen’s Ball
d) Hair
Answer: b) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

1. In which city was John Landis born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) Chicago, Illinois
C) New York, New York
D) Miami, Florida
Answer: B) Chicago, Illinois

2. What was John Landis’s first job in the film industry?
A) Scriptwriter
B) Stuntman
C) Mailboy at 20th Century Fox
D) Assistant Director
Answer: C) Mailboy at 20th Century Fox

3. At what age did John Landis make his directorial debut with the film Schlock?
A) 18
B) 21
C) 25
D) 30
Answer: B) 21

1. In which year was Walter Hill born?
a) 1940
b) 1942
c) 1945
d) 1938
Answer: b) 1942

2. What genre is Walter Hill most associated with?
a) Romantic Comedy
b) Action and Modern Western
c) Science Fiction
d) Historical Drama
Answer: b) Action and Modern Western

3. Which 1975 film, directed by Walter Hill, was his directorial debut?
a) The Driver
b) Hard Times
c) The Warriors
d) Southern Comfort
Answer: b) Hard Times

1. What was Irvin Kershner’s birth name?
a) Irving Kershner
b) Isadore Kershner
c) Isaac Kershner
d) Ivan Kershner
Answer: b) Isadore Kershner

2. In which city was Irvin Kershner born?
a) Los Angeles, California
b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
c) New York City, New York
d) Chicago, Illinois
Answer: b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

3. On what date was Irvin Kershner born?
a) April 29, 1923
b) May 15, 1925
c) March 10, 1920
d) June 5, 1928
Answer: a) April 29, 1923

1. What is Harold Becker’s primary profession?
A) Novelist
B) Film Director and Producer
C) Musician
D) Painter
Answer: B) Film Director and Producer

2. In which city was Harold Becker, the film director, born?
A) Los Angeles
B) New York City
C) Chicago
D) Boston
Answer: B) New York City

3. Which movement is Harold Becker associated with in his filmmaking career?
A) French New Wave
B) New Hollywood
C) Italian Neorealism
D) German Expressionism
Answer: B) New Hollywood

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