Golden Age of Hollywood
What was the first "Talkie?"
The Jazz Singer
Who is considered the "grandfather of visual effects?"
Georges Méliès
Who directed Halloween, The Thing, and Escape from New York?
John Carpenter
What child actor grew up to win a Best Director Academy Award for the film "A Beautiful Mind?"
Ron Howard
Who wrote the book, "How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood And Never Lost A Dime?"
Roger Corman
What was the first movie to win an oscar for Best Picture?
Wings
What was the first film to be shot completely on digital cameras?
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Who was the first female director to be nominated for an oscar?
Lina Wertmüller for Seven Beauties in 1975
What star of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension became an accomplished television director?
Peter Weller
What B-Movie was was financed by a local Baptist congregation led by the director's landlord?
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
What actress co-invented radar technology with composer George Antheil that is still in use today in modern bluetooth technology?
Hedy Lamarr
What was the first movie to have an all CGI visual effects shot?
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Who directed the Academy Award-winning film Good Will Hunting in 1997?
Gus Van Sant
What star of A Christmas Story went on to be the Executive Producer of Iron Man?
Peter Billingsley
What filmmaker had every film he directed used for an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000?
Coleman Francis
How many directors did "Gone With the Wind" have?
Five
What was the technique used for the Stargate sequence in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey?
Slit Scan
Who directed The Big Lebowski?
The Coen Brothers
What award winning writer and director started off her career in The Godfather?
Sofia Coppola
What 1958 film issued a certificate for a $1,000 life insurance policy from Lloyd's of London to each customer in case they should die of fright during the film?
Macabre
In which television show did Fred Astaire perform his last on-screen dance?
Battlestar Galactica
Who invented Photoshop as a tool while working at Industrial Light and Magic?
John Knoll
Who has won the most Academy Awards for Best Director?
John Ford - 4
Who starred as Oliver Twist as a child in 1948 and went on to produce and direct several British sitcoms including Monty Python's Flying Circus?
John Howard Davies
What 1959 film used buzzers attached to random seats throughout the theater which activated at the climax of the movie?
The Tingler