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The March 2020 Quiz - Famous Women Directors

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Women directors in Hollywood are still struggling for recognition and acceptance in a traditionally male dominated field. Do you pay attention to who directed your favorite films? How much do you know about the women who have stepped behind the camera to make some of the movies we all love?

Match the Movie title to its talented director. After each director’s name, we have placed a number to indicate how many of her movies are listed. Fill in the blanks with the movie title. How many have you seen?

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Movie Titles:                                                                    

A League of their Own                   Mulan (Live action film 2020 release)      

A New Leaf                                         North Country

Awakenings                                       Outrage

A Wrinkle in Time                              Pariah

Bend It Like Beckham                     Persepolis

Big                                                         Pitch Perfect II

Booksmart                                          Point Break

Boys Don’t Cry                                  Queen of Katwe 

Carrie                                                  Real Women Have Curves

Charlie’s Angels                              Selma

Clueless                                             Sleepless in Seattle

Detroit                                                Somethings’s Gotta Give

Eve’s Bayou                                      Stories We Tell

Fast Times at Ridgemont High    The Breadwinner

Frozen River                                                 The Heartbreak Kid

Girlfight                                                         The Hitch-hiker

Harlan County USA                                   The Hurt Locker

It’s Complicated                                        The Secret Life of Bees

Julie & Julia                                                 The Virgin Suicides

Lady Bird                                                      The Zookeeper’s Wife

Leave No Trace                                 Thirteen

Little Women                                     Whale Rider

Lords of Dogtown                                     Winter’s Bone

Love & Basketball                                     Wonder Woman

Lost in Translation                                     Wonder Woman 1984 (TBD 2020)

Monsoon Wedding                                  You Were Never Really Here

Monster                                                        Zero Dark Thirty

Directors:

1.       Elizabeth Banks (2)                         __________________    __________________

2.       Kathryn Bigelow (4)                        __________________    __________________

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3.       Patricia Cardoso (1)                        __________________                     

4.       Niki Caro (4)                                      __________________    __________________

                                                                __________________    __________________       

5.       Gurinder Chadha (1)       __________________

6.       Sofia Coppola (2)             __________________    __________________

7.       Ava DuVernay (2)            __________________    __________________

8.       Nora Ephron (2)                               __________________    __________________

9.       Greta Gerwig (2)              __________________    __________________       

10.   Debra Granik (2)               __________________    __________________                       

11.   Catherine Hardwicke (2)               __________________    __________________       

12.   Amy Heckerling (2)          __________________    __________________

13.   Courtney Hunt (1)                           __________________     

14.   Patty Jenkins (3)                              __________________    __________________

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15.   Karyn Kusama (1)                             __________________     

16.   Barbara Kopple (1)          __________________

17.   Kasi Lemmons (1)                            __________________   

18.  Ida Lupino (2)                    __________________    __________________       

19.  Penny Marshall (3)          __________________    __________________

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20.  Elaine May (2)                   __________________    __________________

21.  Nancy Meyers (2)                            __________________    __________________

22.  Mira Nair (3)                      __________________    __________________

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23.  Kimberly Peirce (1)         __________________  

24.  Sarah Polley (1)                                __________________   

25.  Gina Prince-Bythewood (2)    __________________    __________________            

26.  Lynne Ramsay (1)                            __________________

27.  Dee Rees (1)                      __________________

28.  Marjane Satrapi (1)         __________________     

29.  Nora Twomey (1)                             __________________

30.  Olivia Wilde (1)                                __________________

               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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