Read the text about famous directors. Match the directors \(A\-D\) to the statements \(1\-10\). Some directors match more than one statement.

If you find Hollywood movies too commercial, what about the great New York directors? Each of them has his own style, but they have three things in common: their films are deeper and more serious than typical Hollywood productions, they often show the city of New York, and none of the four is a white Anglo-Saxon American!
A. Martin Scorsese was born into a family of Sicilian immigrants, in an area of New York dominated by the Mafia. As a child, he witnessed a lot of crime and brutality, which he later portrayed in his films. They are usually set in New York, and the characters are, as a reviewer once wrote, 'the kind of people you wouldn't want to know.' He often casts Italian-American actors Robert De Niro \(Taxi Driver, Goodfellas\) and Leonardo DiCaprio \(The Aviator, The Departed\). Scorsese's films were sometimes criticised for the violence they contain. The director himself says: 'All right, but that's the reality I see.' In 2007 he finally won an Oscar for The Departed.
B. Francis Ford Coppola also comes from an Italian-American background. The picture that brought him fame was The Godfather \(1972\), the story of a Mafia family; it also made Al Pacino a star. Two years later, with The Godfather II Coppola became one of only five directors ever to win Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay for the same movie. His most ambitious film is Apocalypse Now a Vietnam War epic inspired by Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness.
C. Comedy director and actor Woody Allen, whose real name is Allan Stewart Konigsberg, comes from a New York Jewish family. A typical Allen comedy \(such as Annie Hall or Manhattan\) is both set and shot in New York, contains lots of amusing dialogue and features a typical hero, played by the director himself: the intellectual 'urban neurotic'. The black-and-white shots of New York in Manhattan have become part of cinema history.
D. Spike Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia - not a good place to be for an ambitious young black man in the 1950s. At an early age, he moved to New York. Initially, he made films about the lives and problems of African Americans, such as Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X. His 25th Hour was the first feature film to include spectacular shots of Ground Zero, where the World Trade Centre used to stand.

1. He moved to a different city when he was young. ...
2. He grew up in a dangerous neighbourhood. ...
3. The characters in his films say funny things. ...
4. He was concerned about black people's lifestyle. ...
5. He made a film about war. ...
6. He often stars in his own films. ...
7. He explained why he makes controversial films. ...
8. His film about gangsters made him famous. ...
9. He was the first to include the destroyed Trade Centre site in his film. ...
10. He got three rewards for the same film. ...