Directors

Question 1

Christophe Honoré

Answer 1

French director of Sorry Angel and Winter Boy.

Question 2

Steven Soderbergh

Answer 2

American director of Oceans Eleven, Magic Mike, Contagion, Behind the Candelabra, Full Circle, etc.

Question 3

John Butler

Answer 3

Irish director of Handsome Devil and Papi Chulo.

Question 4

Pablo Larraín

Answer 4

Chilean director of Tony Monero, Post Mortem, No, The Club, Neruda, Jackie, Ema, Spencer and The Count.

Question 5

Sebastián Lelio

Answer 5

Chilean director of Gloria, A Fantastic Woman, Disobedience, Gloria Bell, The Wonder.

Question 6

Barry Jenkins

Answer 6

American director of Moonlight, Dear White People, If Beale Street Could Talk. Also a Producer on Aftersun!

Question 7

Joanna Hogg

Answer 7

British director of The Souvenir, The Souvenir: Part II and The Eternal Daughter.

Question 8

William Friedkin

Answer 8

American director of The Boys in the Band, The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live And Die in LA, Killer Joe, The Caine Mutiny Court-Marshall

Question 9

Robert Altman

Answer 9

American director of McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Long Goodbye, Nashville, The Player and Gosford Park.

Question 10

Robin Campillo

Answer 10

French/Moroccan director of Eastern Boys, 120 BPM, The Red Island

Question 11

Lucrecia Martel

Answer 11

Argentine director of The Holy Girl, The Swamp, The Headless Woman and Zama.

Question 12

Lisandro Alonso

Answer 12

Argentine director of Liverpool, Jauja and Eureka.

Question 13

Carlos Reygadas

Answer 13

Mexican director of Japan, Battle in Heaven, Silent Light and Post Tenebras Lux.

Question 14

Gus Van Sant

Answer 14

American director of Drugstore Cowboy, My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Milk, The Sea of Trees.

Question 15

Richard Linklater

Answer 15

American director of Slacker, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight, Boyhood, Everybody Wants Some and Apollo 10 1/2.

Question 16

Fernando León de Aranoa

Answer 16

Spanish director of Mondays in the Sun and The Good Boss.

Question 17

Cesc Gay

Answer 17

Spanish director of Krámpack, Truman, The People Upstairs and Stories Not To Be Told.

Question 18

Santiago Mitre

Answer 18

Argentine director of Carancho, The Summit and Argentina, 1985.

Question 19

Andrés Wood

Answer 19

Chilean director of La Fiebre del Loco, Machuca, Violet Went to Heaven and Spider.

Question 20

Patricio Guzmán

Answer 20

Chilean director of The Battle of Chile, Nostalgia for the Light, The Pearl Button, Cordillera of Dreams and My Imaginary Country.

Question 21

Justine Triet

Answer 21

French director of Anatomy of a Fall (2203 PdOr winner)

Question 22

Alex Garland

Answer 22

English director of Ex Machina, Devs and Men.

Question 23

Mike Nichols

Answer 23

German-American director of The Graduate, The Day of the Dolphin, Working Girl, Heartburn, Postcards from the Edge and Charlie Wilson’s War.

Question 24

Mike Mills

Answer 24

American director of Beginners, 20th Century Women and C’mon, C’mon.

Question 25

Mark Mylod

Answer 25

British director of The Menu. Previously known mostly for work as a director in TV. Credits include Shameless (UK and US), Ali G, Succession and Game of Thrones.

Question 26

Charlotte Regan

Answer 26

English director of Scrapper. She got her start directing music videos for local rappers.

Question 27

Bill Forsyth

Answer 27

Scottish director of Gregory’s Girl, Local Hero and Comfort & Joy.

Question 28

John Carney

Answer 28

Irish director of Sing Street and Flora and Son.

Question 29

Spike Lee

Answer 29

American director of Inside Man, BlackkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods

Question 30

Andrew Haigh

Answer 30

British director of Greek Pete, Weekend, 45 Years, Looking, Lean on Pete, All of Us Strangers.

Question 31

Todd Haynes

Answer 31

American director of I’m Not There, Carol, Wonderstruck, Dark Waters and May December.

Question 32

Bertrand Bonello

Answer 32

French director of Yves Saint Laurent, Nocturama, Zombi Child and The Beast.

Question 33

Celine Song

Answer 33

South-Korean / Canadian director of Past Lives.

Question 34

Paul Verhoeven

Answer 34

Dutch director of RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Show Girls, Elle and Benedetta.

Question 35

Roger Ross Williams

Answer 35

African American director of Cassandro.

Question 36

Cristian Mungiu

Answer 36

Romanian director of Four Months, Three Weeks and Two Days and R.M.N.

Question 37

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Answer 37

Italian filmmaker who is strongly critical of petty bourgeoise values and a prominent cultural figure in 60s Italy. Known for Accattone, Teorema, Medea and Salo.

Question 38

David Fincher

Answer 38

American director of Se7en, Fight Club, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, Gone Girl, Zodiac, Mank and The Killer.

Question 39

Rob Reiner

Answer 39

American director of This Is Spinal Tap, Misery and A Few Good Men.

Question 40

Molly Manning Walker

Answer 40

British director of How To Have Sex and cinematographer on Scrapper.

Question 41

Norman Jewison

Answer 41

Canadian director of In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck

Question 42

Michelangelo Antonioni

Answer 42

Italian director of L’Avventura, La Notte, L’Eclisse, Il Deserto Rosso, Zabriskie Point and The Passenger.

Question 43

Whit Stillman.

Answer 43

American director of Metropolitan, Barcelona, Last Days of Disco and Damsels in Distress.