question: Who directed the 1996 feature film adaptation of the book on which "Matilda the Musical" is based?
answer: Danny DeVito
context: Title: Reginald Barclay
  Passage: Lieutenant Reginald Endicott "Reg" Barclay III, played by Dwight Schultz, is a fictional character from both "" and "", in the latter of which he plays a vital role in re-establishing regular contact with the starship and Starfleet.  Reginald Barclay as played by Dwight Schultz appears in the 1996 feature film "".  The character is portrayed as coming up with innovative solutions to technical problems, but struggles with holodeck addiction and some social issues.  A common plot theme is that others overlook his science and technology brilliance because they evaluate his abilities based on his conversational and emotional demeanor.
  Title: Pierre Gang
  Passage: Pierre Gang is a Canadian film and television director, best known for his 1996 feature film "Sous-sol" and the television miniseries "More Tales of the City" and "Further Tales of the City".
  Title: Girls Town (1996 film)
  Passage: Girls Town is the 1996 feature film directing debut by Jim McKay.  The "Girls Town" soundtrack was released on August 20, 1996 by Mercury Records.
  Title: Trees Lounge
  Passage: Trees Lounge is a 1996 feature film and the debut of Steve Buscemi as writer and director.  It was produced by Brad Wyman and Chris Hanley and features a large ensemble cast of actors, including Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Chloë Sevigny, and Samuel L. Jackson.  The film's black humor, based on examination of characters' self-destructive behavior, has been cited as an influence by "The Sopranos" creator David Chase, who later hired Buscemi to direct "Pine Barrens" and three other episodes of the show, and to star as Tony Soprano's cousin Tony Blundetto during the show's fifth season.
  Title: The Watermelon Woman
  Passage: The Watermelon Woman is a 1996 feature film by filmmaker Cheryl Dunye about Cheryl, a young black lesbian working a day job in a video store while trying to make a film about a black actress from the 1930s known for playing the stereotypical "mammy" roles relegated to black actresses during the period.  It was the first feature film directed by a black lesbian.
  Title: Matilda (novel)
  Passage: Matilda is a book by British writer Roald Dahl.  "Matilda" won the Children's Book Award in 1999.  It was published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London, with 232 pages and illustrations by Quentin Blake.  It was adapted as an audio reading by actress Kate Winslet, a 1996 feature film directed by Danny DeVito, a two-part BBC Radio 4 programme starring Lauren Mote as Matilda, Emerald O'Hanrahan as Miss Honey, Nichola McAuliffe as Miss Trunchbull and narrated by Lenny Henry, and a 2010 musical.
  Title: For Ever Mozart
  Passage: For Ever Mozart is a 1996 feature film directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard.  The film's title is a bilingual pun intentionally meant to sound like "Faut rêver Mozart" ("Dream Mozart, dream" in French).  The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
  Title: Nénette and Boni
  Passage: Nénette et Boni (English: Nenette and Boni) is a 1996 feature film directed by Claire Denis, written by Denis in collaboration with Jean-Pol Fargeau.
  Title: Highway of Heartache
  Passage: Highway of Heartache is a 1996 feature film that was billed as the first Canadian country-western drag queen musical.  Written and directed by Gregory Wild, the film follows the misadventures of Wynona-Sue Turnpike (Barbara Chamberlin, who also write the film’s score) on a raucous and unlikely road to Nashville superstardom.  Backed up by a pair of transvestite guardian angels (played by The Big Wigs), Wynona-Sue faces a variety of indignities including an abusive husband, the threat of life imprisonment and venereal disease.  The film’s humor ranged from gross-out to surreal (the heroine’s gynecologist was an Elvis Presley imitator), and the entire film was shot on Day-Glo sets designed and built by Wild.
  Title: Matilda the Musical
  Passage: Matilda the Musical is a stage musical based on the 1988 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.  It was adapted by Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.  The musical's narrative centres on Matilda, a precocious 5-year-old girl with the gift of telekinesis, who loves reading, overcomes obstacles caused by her family and school, and helps her teacher to reclaim her life.  After a twelve-week trial run staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) at Stratford-upon-Avon from November 2010 to January 2011, it received its West End premiere on 24 November 2011 at the Cambridge Theatre and its Broadway premiere on 11 April 2013 at the Shubert Theatre.
citations: Matilda the Musical Matilda (novel)