Name Dropping #20: Film Directors

Each hint is the beginning of the name of a renowned film director. Match it to their surname by selecting from among the choices given. The Additional Hint displays the individual’s birth year and (if deceased) death year; and the title of one of the best-known films they directed. Use the Additional Hint to distinguish between individuals with the same first name or with similar first names, or just to jog your memory.

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Billy
1906–2002. Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Woody
1935–. Annie Hall (1977)
Alfred
1899–1980. Rear Window (1954)
Sidney
1924–2011. 12 Angry Men (1957)
James
1954–. The Terminator (1984)
Ridley
1937–. Alien (1979)
Darren
1969–. The Fountain (2006)
Steven
1946–. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Quentin
1963–. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Federico
1920–1993. La Dolce Vita (1960)
Orson
1915–1985. Citizen Kane (1941)
Paul Thomas
1970–. There Will Be Blood (2007)
David
1962–. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Christopher
1970–. Oppenheimer (2023)
Francis Ford
1939–. The Godfather (1972)
Miloš
1932–2018. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Hayao
1941–. Spirited Away (2001)
Martin
1942–. Goodfellas (1990)
Joel
1954–. True Grit (2010)
Stanley
1928–1999. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
David
1908–1991. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Clint
1930–. Unforgiven (1992)
Tim
1958–. Ed Wood (1994)
Spike
1957–. Do the Right Thing (1988)
Akira
1910–1998. Seven Samurai (1954)
Allen
Anderson
Aronofsky
Burton
Cameron
Coen
Coppola
Eastwood
Fellini
Fincher
Forman
Hitchcock
Kubrick
Kurosawa
Lean
Lee
Lumet
Miyazaki
Nolan
Scorsese
Scott
Spielberg
Tarantino
Welles
Wilder
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