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Academy Awards: Best Director Winners

Test your knowledge about the Academy Award winners for Best Director.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first African American director to win an Academy Award for Best Director?

  1. Spike Lee
  2. Barry Jenkins
  3. Jordan Peele
  4. Steve McQueen
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which director has won the most Academy Awards for Best Director?

  1. John Ford
  2. Steven Spielberg
  3. Martin Scorsese
  4. Kathryn Bigelow
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the youngest director to win an Academy Award for Best Director?

  1. Damien Chazelle
  2. Sam Mendes
  3. Guillermo del Toro
  4. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which director has won the Academy Award for Best Director for two consecutive years?

  1. Alfred Hitchcock
  2. Steven Spielberg
  3. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  4. Ang Lee
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director?

  1. Kathryn Bigelow
  2. Jane Campion
  3. Sofia Coppola
  4. Greta Gerwig
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which director has won the Academy Award for Best Director for three different films?

  1. Martin Scorsese
  2. Steven Spielberg
  3. Francis Ford Coppola
  4. Clint Eastwood
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the oldest director to win an Academy Award for Best Director?

  1. Clint Eastwood
  2. John Huston
  3. Billy Wilder
  4. George Cukor
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which director has won the Academy Award for Best Director for a foreign language film?

  1. Ang Lee
  2. Alfonso Cuarón
  3. Pedro Almodóvar
  4. Bong Joon-ho
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first director to win an Academy Award for Best Director for a documentary film?

  1. Michael Moore
  2. Errol Morris
  3. Morgan Neville
  4. Joshua Oppenheimer
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which director has won the Academy Award for Best Director for a musical film?

  1. Damien Chazelle
  2. Steven Spielberg
  3. Rob Marshall
  4. Baz Luhrmann
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director?

  1. Ava DuVernay
  2. Gina Prince-Bythewood
  3. Kasi Lemmons
  4. Dee Rees
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which director has won the Academy Award for Best Director for a superhero film?

  1. Sam Raimi
  2. Christopher Nolan
  3. Ryan Coogler
  4. Taika Waititi
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first director to win an Academy Award for Best Director for a film shot entirely in black and white?

  1. Billy Wilder
  2. John Huston
  3. George Cukor
  4. Fred Zinnemann
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which director has won the Academy Award for Best Director for a film set in space?

  1. Stanley Kubrick
  2. James Cameron
  3. Christopher Nolan
  4. Alfonso Cuarón
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the first director to win an Academy Award for Best Director for a film based on a comic book?

  1. Tim Burton
  2. Joel Schumacher
  3. Bryan Singer
  4. Sam Raimi
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