Question

While shooting during a storm, this director’s frequent cinematographer used light-colored surfaces to reflect light, thereby creating bounce lighting. This director included shots (15[1])of a balding man grabbing an umbrella and a dog running inside in a sequence that depicts a boy watching his sister spin in the rain. Vittoria de Sica’s Bicycle Thieves inspired a trilogy by this director, whose first (15[1])installation features a shot of a brother and sister running through a (*) grassy (10[1])field (10[2])to see (10[1])a passing (10[2])train. (10[2])This director, who scouted (-5[1])locations (10[1])for Jean (10[1])Renoir’s (10[1])film The River, (10[1])created coming-of-age films scored by Ravi Shankar (10[1])that (10[1])tell the story (10[1])of an aspiring writer and the struggles of his rural family. (10[1])That trilogy by this director begins with Pather Panchali. (10[5])For 10 points, name this Bengali director (-5[1])of the Apu (10[1]-5[1])Trilogy. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[14])

ANSWER: Satyajit Ray (“SHOT-toh-jeet RYE”) [or Shôttôjit Ray]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin ParkClaremontALCU2215
Young Fenimore LeeOld and YoungSocial credit go vroom6115
Anderson WangAnderson et al.SGV Ventures7410
Ariel FaederPittMaryland7510
Biniam AlaroUF AUSF7510
Ben WismathToronto BOttawa Absolomabsolomabsolom7710
Chinmay KansaraIn the Mood for BuzzMadmen and Specialists7910
Aryan Desarapubingy academyThe cult of SGA7910
William OrrYaleBrandeis A8010
Adhrit YadavLambertGeorgia Tech A8010
Justine FrenchU[C]SDJason et al.84-5
Cormac BeirneLSE BWarwick C8510
Max KurzmanNorth Carolina BVirginia Tech C8710
Khanh NguyenUF BValencia8810
Brendan BaumerUCF BUCF A9110
Swapnil GargBerkeley ABerkeley Past9810
Aneesh ShotriyaPurdue ASIUE9910
Samarth RamChicago BNotre Dame10210
Antoni KluzowskiWarwick BImperial A11310
Gabriel MargoliesBoston College BBrandeis B12210
Joel MilesPaddington in Peru (2024)ASU->Stanford->ASU pipeline12210
Ryan SunBerkeley BStanford12210
Mattias EhatammWaterloo AspidistraCarleton A12210
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AToronto Metropolitan A12210
Nitin RaoHarvardClark Wilson129-5
Emily KadolphVirginia Tech BNorth Carolina A132-5
Ned TagtmeierChicago AIllinois Blue13210
Dylan TanouyeTufts BClark House13310
Kai McFarlandBoston UniversityAmherst1340
Fahian JoyAmherstBoston University1340
Luke RobitailleMITBowdoin B1340
Joseph XuBowdoin BMIT1340
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordNorth Carolina AVirginia Tech B13410
Ali HamzehToyota Tundra Turbos — Twisting Truths - Tackling Trivia - Taming Titansshe limp on my waltz till i feel pathetique1340
Nicholas NguyenUF CFlorida Tech1340
Aidan BernardoFlorida TechUF C1340
Yihong ChenToronto Chestnut Rice and KamehamehaMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidii1340
Nick EdwardsMcGill AToronto Disband the Club 2k2413410
Yusuf BaigMcMaster ApocolocyntosisBidiiToronto Chestnut Rice and Kamehameha1340
Caleb OttWaterloo BasicWaterloo Cloze1340
Jack MangrumInnovation Academy AGeorgia Tech D1340
David NickelPurdue BIllinois Orange1340
Max BrodskyIllinois OrangePurdue B1340
Lucas JohnsWarwick AImperial B1340
Shiv SeshanCambridge BSouthampton13410