# Trivia Question I Flubbed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797 "2007-07-31T08:35:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/21 "2007-07-31T14:19:07Z")
I thought of _Prizzi’s Honor_ (wasn’t certain of the director) and _Godfather III_ without looking. [QUOTE=Sublight] Terry Gilliam’s daughter is in _Brazil_ as the daughter of Michael Palin’s character. [/QUOTE] Similarly, Stanley Kubrick’s daughter plays the daughter of Heywood Floyd in **2001: A Space Odyssey** (the video phone call from the space station). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/22 "2007-07-31T14:42:43Z")
John Boorman directed his daughter Katrine Boorman in _Excalibur_ and _Hope and Glory._ Dario Argento directed his daughter Asia Argento in two films I know of and possibly more. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/23 "2007-07-31T15:56:36Z")
[QUOTE=Tom P.] That reminds me: Billy and Katie Jackson, the son and daughter of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have small cameo roles in all three LotR movies (hobbit children, Rohan children and Gondor children, I think). They are also in King Kong as New York children. Not sure if cameo roles count, though, there are a lot of them. [/QUOTE] If that counts, then there’s also George Lucas’s daughter (and son) in Star Wars II and III. ---
**Author:** ![some\_white\_dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b487fb/32.png) [@some\_white\_dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/some_white_dude)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/24 "2007-07-31T15:59:49Z")
Crap, just realized the OP specified father-_daughter_. In that case, I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/25 "2007-07-31T17:10:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] John Boorman directed his daughter Katrine Boorman in _Excalibur_ and _Hope and Glory._ -snip- [/QUOTE] Not only that, but in _Excalibur_ he directed her in a nude sex-scene with Gabriel Byrne (who was in full armor.) That had to be a weird moment. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/26 "2007-07-31T17:12:04Z")
Without peeking, Francis Ford Coppola directed Sofia Coppola in The Godfather Part Three?? John Huston directed Angelica Huston in Prizzi’s Honor? :: peeks woot! ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/27 "2007-07-31T17:26:05Z")
The first one that came to my mind was: Duets directed by Bruce Paltrow starring Gwyneth Paltrow ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/28 "2007-07-31T17:29:09Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] The first pair I thought of was the Hustons, but I was drawing a blank on what film it was. [/QUOTE] _The Dead_ was John Huston’s last film and it starred daughter Angelica. _Prizzi’s Honor_ is a little more interesting since Angelica won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Back in 1948, John directed _The Treasure of Sierra Madre_, featuring his father, Walter Huston, who won a Best Actor Oscar, with John taking Best Director and Screenplay. I’m not sure how many three-generation Oscar families there are (Barrymores? Zimbalists? Coppolas?). Anyway, given the somewhat insular nature of Hollywood, I’d be surprised if there weren’t dozens of movies in which someone directed their children. ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/29 "2007-07-31T17:34:11Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] Paraphrased: name a film in which a father directs his daughter – that is, dad’s the director, daughter’s an actress in the film. After time ran out I thought of guessing Bryce Dallas Howard and Ron Howard, but even then I was not answering the actual question… …so without looking it up, can you think of an answer? …WITH looking it, can you think of an answer? 🙂 [/QUOTE] looking at nothing, my guess is the Godfather II, where Sofia Copolla plays Michael’s daughter ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/30 "2007-07-31T18:07:11Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Dario Argento directed his daughter Asia Argento in two films I know of and possibly more. [/QUOTE] Both of which include nude scenes and one vicious rape scene. “Like this, daddy?” Yes, pumpkin. That’s much better." What a charming family. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/31 "2007-07-31T20:27:20Z")
Kevin Smith directed his daughter in _Jersey Girl_. I suspect the question gets more interesting if you specify that the daughter must have previously appeared in a non-Daddy film. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/32 "2007-07-31T20:56:15Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] Kevin Smith directed his daughter in _Jersey Girl_. [/QUOTE] She was also in _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/33 "2007-07-31T21:50:23Z")
[QUOTE=JSexton] Kevin Smith directed his daughter in _Jersey Girl_. [/QUOTE] At least he didn’t give her a semi-lead role like he’s done with his wife :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/34 "2007-07-31T23:16:37Z")
Robert Zemeckis’s daughter was in Forrest Gump, as one of the children on the bus when Forrest was about to start grade school. Not a major role, and she’s not an actor now (that I know of), but I think it still applies… ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/35 "2007-07-31T23:57:48Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] Both of which include nude scenes and one vicious rape scene. “Like this, daddy?” Yes, pumpkin. That’s much better." What a charming family. [/QUOTE] That’s okay, Ken Russell directed his daughter who had the lead in [_Whore_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0103253/). You tryin’ to tell us something about your daughter there, Ken? ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/36 "2007-08-01T00:51:31Z")
Speaking of trivia questions… Apologies if this has been asked and answered, but have the Bricker challenges gone the way of the dodo? I did used to enjoy those when I caught them… ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/37 "2007-08-01T02:01:34Z")
Can anyone think of a woman director directing her daughter? I got one: The Allnighter (1987), directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs, starring her daughter Susanna Hoffs (also of The Bangles) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/38 "2007-08-01T02:14:54Z")
[QUOTE=Zakalwe] Speaking of trivia questions… Apologies if this has been asked and answered, but have the Bricker challenges gone the way of the dodo? I did used to enjoy those when I caught them… [/QUOTE] Writer’s block. I started one a month or so ago, got about 25 questions done, and then… stalled. They’re not dead. Just resting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/39 "2007-08-01T02:24:09Z")
[QUOTE=Bricker] Writer’s block. I started one a month or so ago, got about 25 questions done, and then… stalled. They’re not dead. Just resting. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Resting? It’s run down the curtain and joined the Choir Invisible! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797/40 "2007-08-01T04:40:10Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] That’s okay, Ken Russell directed his daughter who had the lead in [_Whore_](http://imdb.com/title/tt0103253/). [/QUOTE] Are you sure? They have the same last name, but neither IMDB nor Wikipedia says they’re related. In fact, both sites give Theresa Russell’s birth name as Theresa Paup. However, Ken Russell’s daughter Victoria played Sally Simpson in **Tommy**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-i-flubbed/413797.md?page=3)