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Quiz Questions
- Which 1966 BBC television play about homelessness was directed by Ken Loach?
- Which British filmmaker directed the film Deliverance?
- Which film director made many commercials in the 1970s, including the iconic 1973 Hovis bread advertisement?
- Who was the artistic director for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics?
- Who was known as the "Master of Suspense"?
- Who earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director for the 2017 film Dunkirk?
- Richard Attenborough won an Academy Awards for which film?
- Who is best known for directing the 1969 Oscar-winning film Women in Love?
- Which play for stage and television about the aspirations and tastes of the new 1970s middle class was directed in 1977 by Mike Leigh?
- Who directed large-scale epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia?
- Which Academy Award-winning British actor also directed the 1997 drama film Nil by Mouth?
- In 1988, what was English film director Charles Crichton's final film?
Answers:
- Cathy Come Home
- John Boorman
- Ridley Scott
- Danny Boyle
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Christopher Nolan
- Gandhi
- Ken Russell
- Abigail's Party
- Sir David Lean
- Gary Oldman
- A Fish Called Wanda