Question: What movies Ron Howard directed were released prior to 6 October 1995?
Answer(s):
answer: Apollo 13
answer: Willow
answer: Cotton Candy
answer: Parenthood
answer: Splash
answer: Far and Away
answer: Backdraft
answer: Gung Ho

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.0g2lq)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.0g2lq ns:film.director.film ?x .
?x ns:film.film.release_date_s ?c .
?c ns:film.film_regional_release_date.release_date ?num .
FILTER (?num < "1995-10-06"^^xsd:dateTime) . 
}