Filmmakers

1 One of Hollywood’s most iconic directors instructed his office to buy up all copies of a novel by Robert Bloch on which his film was based, so that viewers would not know the ending. The film was one of his biggest hits, and Bloch’s novel remains comparatively unknown. Name the director and the film for which he went to such extreme lengths.

2 It’s not always easy to switch from leading man to film direction, but this actor managed to win an Academy award for Best Director in his very first try, for Ordinary People. The film also won the Best Picture award. Name the director.

3 Which renowned Indian film director has earned a postgraduate degree in finance from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and started his career with the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi?

4 In 1960, who became the first director to win Academy Awards for producer, director and screenwriter for the same film? The film was nominated for 10 Oscar awards and won five.

5 Which director has not only used New York’s Central Park as a location for at least six of his films, but has also written a wickedly funny off-Broadway play called Central Park West, about a psychiatrist who discovers that her best friend is having an affair with her husband?

6 This iconic director has used the Rolling Stones song Gimme Shelter in three of his films, so it is not surprising that he also directed Shine a Light, the definitive documentary about the band. Name the director.

7 In which iconic film of the 1980s does director/producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra play the role of Dushasana, the brother of Duryodhana, in the climax. He was also the production controller for the film.

8 Challenger Deep, in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, is the deepest known point on the earth’s seabed, almost 11 km below sea level. Which noted director is one of only two men in history to stand on Challenger Deep?

9 Ritwik Ghatak was one of India’s most iconic filmmakers. Who played the main protagonist Nilkanth in his last film, Jukti Takko Aar Golpo?

10 Which cinematic technique connects two films made by the great director Sidney Lumet, Twelve Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon?

Answers

1. Alfred Hitchcock and Psycho

2. Robert Redford

3. Mani Ratnam. The film starred a young Anil Kapoor

4. Billy Wilder, for the Jack Lemmon-Shirley Maclaine comedy The Apartment

5. Woody Allen. Films include Annie Hall, Manhattan and Hannah & Her Sisters

6. Martin Scorsese. The films are Goodfellas, Casino and The Departed

7. Kundan Shah’s Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron

8. James Cameron

9. He played the role himself

10. The films are real-time, as in the viewer watches events happen at the same rate as the characters experience them

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