Actors Who Direct
But what I really want to do is direct in this trivia game featuring actors turned director.
15 questions · Published January 3, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which of these actors has NOT won an Academy Award for Best Director?
Kennth Branagh has twice been nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards: "Henry V" (1990) and "Belfast" (2021). As of 2022, his sole Oscar win is for Best Original Screenplay for "Belfast."
- Multiple Choice
2. What genre-hopping actor turned director helmed "Matilda," "Hoffa," and "Death to Smoochy"?
FUN FACT
Since 1976's short film "The Selling of Vince D'Angelo," Danny DeVito has appeared in every film he's directed.
- Multiple Choice
3. What 1970s sitcom star directed just one film: the Bruce Jenner-Village People time capsule, "Can't Stop the Music"?
Inked to a three-picture deal, Nancy Walker, co-star of such '70s series as "Rhoda," "Blansky's Beauties," and "McMillan & Wife," was heralded as the first woman to direct a multi-million dollar movie musical. After "Can't Stop the Music" (1980) tanked at the box office, the deal was rescinded, and Walker never directed another film.
- Multiple Choice
4. What star of 2009's roller derby flick "Whip It" also directed the film?
"Whip It" (2009) is, to date, the only film directed by Drew Barrymore, who played the character of Smashley Simpson.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which cast member of "Friends" was the first to branch out and direct a feature film?
While "Friends" (1994-2004) was still on the air, David Schwimmer directed his first TV movie. He then went on to direct ten episodes of "Friends" and two episodes of its spinoff, "Joey" (2004). In 2007, he directed his first feature, "Run Fatboy Run."
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