Famous Directors and Their Films – Matching Exercise
Director
Title
Description
Akira Kurosawa
Alien
A secretary steals $40,000
from her employer's client,
goes on the run and checks
into a motel run by a strange
young man.
Alfred Hitchcock
Annie Hall
A New York comedian falls
in love with a nightclub
singer.
Christopher Nolan
Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory
A poor village under attack
by bandits gets seven
unemployed samurai to help
them defend themselves.
Francis Ford Coppola
Jurassic Park
A seventeen-year-old
aristocrat, expecting to be
married to a rich man chosen
by her mother, falls in love
with a kind but poor artist
aboard a luxurious ship.
James Cameron
Psycho
A young boy wins a tour
through the most magnificent
chocolate factory in the
world, led by the world's
most unusual candy maker.
Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction
Genetically engineered
dinosaurs get free in an
amusement park.
Ridley Scott
Seven Samurai
The commercial spaceship
Nostromo receives an
emergency call from an
unexplored planet.
Steven Spielberg
The Dark Knight
The head of an organized
crime dynasty transfers
control of his empire to his
son.
Tim Burton
The Godfather
The lives of two hitmen, a
boxer, a gangster's wife, and
a pair of bandits are
connected in four tales.
Woody Allen
Titanic
The superhero fights the evil.
Solution:
Steven Spielberg
Jurassic Park
Genetically engineered
dinosaurs get free in an
amusement park.
Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho
A secretary steals $40,000 from
her employer's client, goes on
the run and checks into a motel
run by a strange young man.
Woody Allen
Annie Hall
A New York comedian falls in
love with a nightclub singer.
Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather
The head of an organized crime
dynasty transfers control of his
empire to his son.
James Cameron
Titanic
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat,
expecting to be married to a
rich man chosen by her mother,
falls in love with a kind but
poor artist aboard a luxurious
ship.
Christopher Nolan
The Dark Knight
The superhero fights the evil.
Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction
The lives of two hitmen, a
boxer, a gangster's wife, and a
pair of bandits are connected in
four tales.
Ridley Scott
Alien
The commercial spaceship
Nostromo receives an
emergency call from an
unexplored planet.
Akira Kurosawa
Seven Samurai
A poor village under attack by
bandits gets seven unemployed
samurai to help them defend
themselves.
Tim Burton
Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory
A young boy wins a tour
through the most magnificent
chocolate factory in the world,
led by the world's most unusual
candy maker.