Round 2: Tossup 3

This director quit TV gigs after his cut of the Game of Thrones pilot was so poorly received that Tim Van Patten reshot it from scratch. In a film by this director, a professor learns to play the djembe from a Syrian musician who had squatted in his apartment with his girlfriend, played by Danai Gurira in her film debut. This co-writer of the script for Up boosted the careers of Richard Jenkins and Peter Dinklage by casting them as the leads of his films The Visitor and The Station Agent. A list of 203 (*) cities where similar events occurred ends a film by this director that includes a monologue in which a man exclaims “they knew and they let it happen! It could’ve been you, it could’ve been me, it could’ve been any of us.” That film by this director depicts The Boston Globe’s unearthing of widespread sex abuse by Catholic priests. (10[1])For 10 points, name this director of Spotlight. ■END■

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