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Can you name the director's film before their Best Picture winners?
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Name the film each director made immediately before their Best Picture winner. Made-for-TV movies don't count but documentaries do. **Source: IMDB.com
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Director
Previous Film
Best Picture Winner
Martin Scorsese
The Departed (2006)
James Cameron
Titanic (1997)
David Lean
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Steven Spielberg
Schindler's List (1993)
Michael Cimino
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Billy Wilder
The Apartment (1960)
Sydney Pollack
Out of Africa (1985)
Ridley Scott
Gladiator (2000)
Woody Allen
Annie Hall (1977)
Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Director
Previous Film
Best Picture Winner
Michael Curtiz
Casablanca (1942)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Franklin J. Schaffner
Patton (1970)
Barry Levinson
Rain Man (1988)
Victor Fleming
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Robert Zemeckis
Forrest Gump (1994)
Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Oliver Stone
Platoon (1986)
Clint Eastwood
Unforgiven (1992)
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Directors, Before Best Pictures Quiz
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Created Jun 3, 2011 in
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johnlk
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Jun 4th, 2011 at 22:55 GMT
1 point
You don't think "The Aviator" should count for Scorsese?
IdCaster
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Jun 5th, 2011 at 14:53 GMT
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The notes at the top say documentaries do count...that was a hint.
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