Who Directed This Johnny Depp Movie? Quiz

Answer: Wes Craven

This is the first in a long series of horror films about Freddy Krueger. He kills people by getting into their dreams.
This was Johnny's first role. He actually got drenched in pigs blood for the gory scenes. Gross!
Wes Craven is the King of teen horror movies. First, he dominated the 80s with "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series, and then the 90s with the "Scream" trilogy.

Answer: Sally Potter

This is a very interesting movie set in Europe during World War II. "The Man Who Cried" is about a girl searching for her father. She was mistakenly put on a ship headed for Britain. A few years later, she gets accepted to a French arts school; and falls for a gypsy who persuades her to leave France because of the Nazi invasion. She finally gets to America, where her father emigrated several years earlier.
Sally Potter started directing and dancing when she was a teenager. She is known for her movies surrounding the lives of unusual women.

Answer: Ted Demme

"Blow" is a true story about the life of George Jung, a major U.S. drug lord in the late 70s and early 80s.
For this role, Johnny spent two days in jail with the real George Jung.
Sadly, Demme's work as a director was cut short because of his death in January 2002. He died of a thrombotic heart attack while playing a basketball game for the NBA's Entertainment League. He had made a total of 14 films.

Answer: Rand Ravich

"The Astronaut's Wife" is about two astronauts' mysterious loss of contact for two minutes in space. That two minutes will change the astronauts' and their families' lives forever.
Johnny is a man of accents. In this movie he had to do a southern accent. In "From Hell" and "Sleepy Hollow," he had to do an English accent. Although he is very good at accents, he had to get a dialect coach for a Scottish accent in the upcoming "Finding Neverland".
"The Astronaut's Wife" was the directorial debut of Rand Ravich.

Answer: Lasse Hallström

"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" is the story of an average man who had to deal with many problems. "Chocolat" is about a woman who moves to a French town and disrupts everything with her sinful chocolate; all while she meets and falls for a gorgeous gypsy/river-rat.
Lasse Hallström directed these two movies of Depp's, but this relationship has no comparison with the Burton-Depp collaboration.
Lasse Hallström directs mostly foreign films, with the exception of these Johnny Depp films and others such as "The Cider House Rules."

Answer: Julian Schnabel

This movie depicts the life of a writer during the time of the Castro Revolution.
Johnny did a double cameo in this movie. He played characters named Bon-Bon and Lieutenant Victor.
Julian Schnabel only directed one film before "Before Night Falls" which was "Basquiat." He has an upcoming film which starring Depp, called "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (2006).

Answer: Mike Newell

"Donnie Brasco" was about a FBI agent, named Joe Pistone, who infiltrates the Mafia.
The real Joe Pistone went on to write several books about this.
Mike Newell was a TV director for several years, until 1980 when he had his big screen debut with "The Awakening". He is now directing "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", which is filming in the fall of 2004.

Answer: Jeremiah S. Chechik

"Benny & Joon" is a cute, quirky romance movie.
Johnny had to do a lot of research for this role. As Sam, he had to learn the mannerisms and movements of Buster Keaton.
Jeremiah S. Chechik was born in Montreal. Another one of his works is "The Avengers".

Answer: Johnny Depp

This movie is about a man, Raphael, who gives up a lot but gets more in return.
Johnny directed, co-wrote, and starred in this movie. He will be an executive producer for "The Rum Diary."

Answer: John Waters

This was a quirky movie with Ricki Lake, about juvenile delinquents.
This is one of Johnny's earlier films; he chose this film to avoid the teen idol image he got from "21 Jump Street".
This renaissance man made his first directorial debut in 1964 with "The Hag in a Black Leather Jacket".