SQL exercises on movie Database: Find the name of the director who directed a movie that casted a role for 'Eyes Wide Shut'

SQL movie Database: Subquery Exercise-2 with Solution

2. From the following tables, write a SQL query to find the director who directed a movie that casted a role for 'Eyes Wide Shut'. Return director first name, last name.

Sample table: director

Sample table: movie_direction

Sample table: movie_cast

Sample table: movie

Sample Solution:

SELECT dir_fname, dir_lname
FROM  director
WHERE dir_id in (
SELECT dir_id 
FROM movie_direction
WHERE mov_id in(
SELECT mov_id 
FROM movie_cast WHERE role = ANY (
SELECT role 
FROM movie_cast 
WHERE mov_id IN (
SELECT  mov_id 
FROM movie 
WHERE mov_title='Eyes Wide Shut'))));

Sample Output:

      dir_fname       |      dir_lname
----------------------+----------------------
 Stanley              | Kubrick
(1 row)

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