List of film director and actor collaborations

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Film directors frequently choose to work with the same actor or actress across several projects. Such collaborations may span years or even decades. The following list has been alphabetized by the director's last name.

Contents:	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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A

• Jim Abrahams / Lloyd Bridges
  • Airplane! (1980)
  • Hot Shots! (1991)
  • Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
  • Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)

• Robert Aldrich / Burt Lancaster
  • Vera Cruz (1954)
  • Apache (1954)
  • Ulzana's Raid (1972)
  • Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

• Woody Allen / Alan Alda
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
  • Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
  • Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

• Woody Allen / Judy Davis
  • Alice (1990)
  • Husbands and Wives (1992)
  • Deconstructing Harry (1997)
  • Celebrity (1998)

• Woody Allen / Mia Farrow
  • A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
  • Zelig (1983)
  • Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  • September (1987)
  • Radio Days (1987)
  • Another Woman (1988)
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
  • New York Stories (1989)
  • Alice (1990)
  • Husbands and Wives (1992)
  • Shadows and Fog (1992)

• Woody Allen / Scarlett Johansson
  • Match Point (2005)
  • Scoop (2006)
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

• Woody Allen / Diane Keaton
  • Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971)
  • Sleeper (1973)
  • Love and Death (1975)
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • Interiors (1978)
  • Manhattan (1979)
  • Radio Days (1987)
  • Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

• Woody Allen / Tony Roberts
  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • Stardust Memories (1980)
  • A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, uncredited)
  • Radio Days (1987)
  • The Concert for New York City (segment:Sounds From a Town I Love) (2001)

• Woody Allen / Wallace Shawn
  • Manhattan (1979)
  • Radio Days (1987)
  • Shadows and Fog (1991)
  • The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
  • Melinda and Melinda (2004)

• Woody Allen / Diane Wiest
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  • September (1987)
  • Radio Days (1987)
  • Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Antonio Banderas
  • Matador (1986)
  • La ley del deseo (Law of Desire, 1987)
  • Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 1988)
  • ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, 1990)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Penélope Cruz
  • Carne trémula (1997)
  • Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother, 1999)
  • Volver (2006)
  • Broken Hugs (2009)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Carmen Maura
  • Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980)
  • Entre tinieblas (1983)
  • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 1984)
  • Matador (1986)
  • La ley del deseo (Law of Desire, 1987)
  • Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, 1988)
  • Volver (2006)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Marisa Paredes
  • Laberinto de pasiones (1982)
  • Entre tinieblas (1983)
  • Tacones lejanos (High Heels, 1991)
  • La flor de mi secreto (The Flower of my Secret, 1995)
  • Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother, 1999)
  • Hable con ella (Talk to Her, 2002, uncredited)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Cecilia Roth
  • Pepi, Luci, Bom y otras chicas del montón (1980)
  • Laberinto de pasiones (1982)
  • Entre tinieblas (1983)
  • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 1984)
  • Hable con ella (Talk to Her, 2002, uncredited)
  • Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother, 1999)

• Robert Altman / Shelley Duvall
  • Brewster McCloud (1970)
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  • Thieves Like Us (1974)
  • Nashville (1975)
  • Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
  • 3 Women (1977)
  • Popeye (1980)

• Robert Altman / Elliott Gould
  • MASH (1970)
  • The Long Goodbye (1973)
  • California Split (1974)
  • Nashville (1975, Cameo as himself)
  • The Player (1992, Cameo as himself)

• Robert Altman / Richard E. Grant
  • The Player (1992)
  • Pret-a-Porter (1994)
  • Gosford Park (2001)

• Robert Altman / Michael Murphy
  • MASH (1970)
  • Brewster McCloud (1970)
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  • Nashville (1975)
  • Kansas City (1996)

• Robert Altman / Bert Remsen
  • Brewster McCloud (1970)
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  • Thieves Like Us (1974)
  • California Split (1974)
  • Nashville (1975)
  • Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
  • A Wedding (1978)

• Robert Altman / Tim Robbins
  • The Player (1992)
  • Short Cuts (1993)
  • Pret-a-Porter (1994)

• Robert Altman / John Schuck
  • MASH (1970)
  • Brewster McCloud (1970)
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
  • Thieves Like Us (1974)

• Robert Altman / Lily Tomlin
  • Nashville (1975)
  • The Player (1992, Cameo as herself)
  • Short Cuts (1993)
  • A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

• Lindsay Anderson / Malcolm McDowell
  • If.... (1968)
  • O Lucky Man! (1973)
  • Look Back in Anger (1980)
  • Britannia Hospital (1982)

• Paul Thomas Anderson / Philip Baker Hall
  • Hard Eight (1996)
  • Boogie Nights (1997)
  • Magnolia (1999)

• Paul Thomas Anderson / Philip Seymour Hoffman
  • Hard Eight (1996)
  • Boogie Nights (1997)
  • Magnolia (1999)
  • Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

• Paul Thomas Anderson / Luis Guzmán
  • Boogie Nights (1997)
  • Magnolia (1999)
  • Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

• Paul Thomas Anderson / John C. Reilly
  • Hard Eight (1996)
  • Boogie Nights (1997)
  • Magnolia (1999)

• Paul Thomas Anderson / Melora Walters
  • Hard Eight (1996)
  • Boogie Nights (1997)
  • Magnolia (1999)

• Wes Anderson / Anjelica Huston
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

• Wes Anderson / Bill Murray
  • Rushmore (1998)
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

• Wes Anderson / Jason Schwartzman
  • Rushmore (1998)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

• Wes Anderson / Luke Wilson
  • Bottle Rocket (1996)
  • Rushmore (1998)
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

• Wes Anderson / Owen Wilson
  • Bottle Rocket (1996)
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

• Judd Apatow / Leslie Mann
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
  • Knocked Up (2007)
  • Funny People (2009)

• Judd Apatow / Seth Rogen
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
  • Knocked Up (2007)
  • Funny People (2009)

• Darren Aronofsky / Mark Margolis
  • π (1998)
  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  • The Fountain (2006)
  • The Wrestler (2008)

• Hal Ashby / Randy Quaid
  • The Last Detail (1973)
  • Bound for Glory (1976)
  • The Slugger's Wife (1985)

• Richard Attenborough / Anthony Hopkins
  • Young Winston (1972)
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)
  • Magic (1978)
  • Chaplin (1992)
  • Shadowlands (1993)

• Richard Attenborough / John Mills
  • Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
  • Young Winston (1972)
  • Gandhi (1982)

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B

• Clarence G. Badger / Gloria Swanson
  • The Nick of Time Baby (1916)
  • Hearts and Sparks (1916)
  • A Social Cub (1916)
  • The Danger Girl (1916)
  • Haystacks and Steeples (1916)
  • Teddy at the Throttle (1917)
  • Dangers of a Bride (1917)
  • Whose Baby? (1917)
  • The Sultan's Wife (1917)
  • The Pullman Bride (1917)

• Noah Baumbach / Eric Stoltz
  • Kicking and Screaming (1995)
  • Highball (1997)
  • Mr. Jealousy (1997)

• Warren Beatty / Paul Sorvino
  • Reds (1981)
  • Dick Tracy (1990)
  • Bulworth (1998)

• Ingmar Bergman / Max von Sydow
  • The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet, 1957)
  • Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället, 1957)
  • The Magician (Ansiktet, 1958)
  • Rabies (1958)
  • Brink of Life (Nära livet, 1958)
  • The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan, 1960)
  • Through a Glass Darkly (Sasom i en Spegel, 1961)
  • Shame (Skammen, 1968)
  • Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen, 1968)
  • The Passion of Anna (En Passion, 1969)
  • The Touch (Beröringen, 1971)

• Ingmar Bergman / Liv Ullmann
  • Saraband (2003) (TV)
  • Autumn Sonata (1978)
  • The Serpent's Egg (1977)
  • Face to Face (1976)
  • Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
  • Cries and Whispers (1972)
  • Shame' (1968)
  • Persona (1966)

• Luc Besson / Jean Reno
  • Le Dernier combat (1983, The Final Combat)
  • Subway (1985)
  • Le Grand Bleu (1988, The Big Blue)
  • Nikita (1990)
  • Léon (1994)

• Bertrand Blier / Gérard Depardieu
  • Les Valseuses (1974)
  • Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
  • Buffet froid (1979)
  • Tenue de soirée (1986)
  • Trop belle pour toi (1989)
  • "Merci la vie" (1991)
  • Combien tu m'aimes? (2005)

• Don Bluth / Dom DeLuise
  • The Secret of NIMH (1982)
  • An American Tail (1986)
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
  • A Troll in Central Park (1994)

• Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott
  • Seven Men from Now (1956)
  • Decision at Sundown (1957)
  • The Tall T (1957)
  • Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
  • Ride Lonesome (1959)
  • Westbound (1959)
  • Comanche Station (1960)

• Peter Bogdanovich / John Hillerman
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • What's Up, Doc? (1972)
  • Paper Moon (1973)
  • At Long Last Love (1975)

• Peter Bogdanovich / Madeline Kahn
  • What's Up, Doc? (1972)
  • Paper Moon (1973)
  • At Long Last Love (1975)

• Peter Bogdanovich / Randy Quaid
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • What's Up, Doc? (1972)
  • Paper Moon (1973)

• Peter Bogdanovich / Cybill Shepherd
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • Daisy Miller (1974)
  • At Long Last Love (1975)
  • Texasville (1990)

• John Boorman / Brendan Gleeson
  • The General (1998)
  • The Tailor of Panama (2001)
  • In My Country (2004)
  • The Tiger's Tail (2006)

• Danny Boyle / Ewan McGregor
  • Shallow Grave (1994)
  • Trainspotting (1997)
  • A Life Less Ordinary (1999)

• Kenneth Branagh / Brian Blessed
  • Henry V (1989)
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  • Hamlet (1996)
  • As You Like It (2006)

• Kenneth Branagh / Richard Briers
  • Henry V (1989)
  • Peter's Friends (1992)
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
  • Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
  • A Midwinter's Tale (1996)
  • Hamlet (1996)
  • Love's Labour's Lost (2000)
  • As You Like It (2006)

• Kenneth Branagh / Emma Thompson
  • Henry V (1989)
  • Dead Again (1991)
  • Peter's Friends (1992)
  • Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

• James L. Brooks / Jack Nicholson
  • Terms of Endearment (1983)
  • Broadcast News (1987)
  • As Good as It Gets (1997)

• Mel Brooks / Dom DeLuise
  • The Twelve Chairs (1970)
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)
  • Silent Movie (1976)
  • History of the World, Part I (1981)
  • Space Balls (1987)
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

• Mel Brooks / Madeline Kahn
  • Young Frankenstein (1974)
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)
  • High Anxiety (1977)
  • History of the World, Part I (1981)

• Mel Brooks / Harvey Korman
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)
  • High Anxiety (1977)
  • History of the World, Part I (1981)
  • Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

• Mel Brooks / Gene Wilder
  • The Producers (1968)
  • Young Frankenstein (1974)
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)

• Clarence Brown / Clark Gable
  • Possessed (1931)
  • Night Flight (1933)
  • Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
  • Idiot's Delight (1939)
  • To Please a Lady (1950)

• Tod Browning / Lon Chaney
  • Outside the Law (1920)
  • The Unholy Three (1925)
  • The Road to Mandalay (1926)
  • The Blackbird (1926)
  • London After Midnight (1927)
  • The Unknown (1927)
  • West of Zanzibar (1928)
  • The Big City (1928)
  • Where East Is East (1929)

• Jan Bucquoy / Noël Godin
  • La vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-78 (1994)
  • Camping Cosmos (1996)
  • La Vie politique des Belges (2002)
  • Les vacances de Noël (2005)

• Luis Buñuel / Michel Piccoli
  • La mort en ce jardin (1956)
  • Le journal d'une femme de chambre (The Diary of a Chambermaid, 1964)
  • Belle de jour (1967)
  • La voie lactee (The Milky Way, 1969)
  • Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972)
  • Le fantôme de la liberté (The Phantom of Liberty, 1974)
  • Cet obscur objet du désir (That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977)

• Luis Buñuel / Fernando Rey
  • Viridiana (1961)
  • Tristana (1970)
  • Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie) (1972)
  • That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

• Tim Burton / Helena Bonham Carter
  • Planet of the Apes (2001)
  • Big Fish (2003)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
  • Sweeney Todd (2007)
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010)

• Tim Burton / Johnny Depp
  • Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  • Ed Wood (1994)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
  • Sweeney Todd (2007)
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010)

• Tim Burton / Michael Gough
  • Batman (1989)
  • Batman Returns (1992)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Corpse Bride (2005)

• Tim Burton / Michael Keaton
  • Beetlejuice (1988)
  • Batman (1989)
  • Batman Returns (1992)

• Tim Burton / Christopher Lee
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010)

• Tim Burton / Lisa Marie
  • Ed Wood (1994)
  • Mars Attacks (1996)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Planet of the Apes (2001)

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C

• James Cameron / Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • The Terminator (1984)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  • True Lies (1994)
  • T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996)

• James Cameron / Bill Paxton
  • The Terminator (1984)
  • Aliens (1986)
  • True Lies (1994)
  • Titanic (1997)
  • Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)

• James Cameron / Michael Biehn
  • The Terminator (1984)
  • Aliens (1986)
  • The Abyss (1989)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, Director's cut only)

• Frank Capra / James Stewart
  • You Can't Take It with You (1938)
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

• John Carpenter / Donald Pleasence
  • Halloween (1978)
  • Escape from New York (1981)
  • Prince of Darkness (1987)

• John Carpenter / Kurt Russell:
  • Elvis (1979)
  • Escape from New York (1981)
  • The Thing (1982)
  • Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
  • Escape from L.A. (1996)

• John Cassavetes / Gena Rowlands:
  • A Child is Waiting (1963)
  • Faces (1968)
  • Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
  • A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
  • Opening Night (1977)
  • Gloria (1980)
  • Love Streams (1984)

• John Cassavetes / Ben Gazzara
  • Husbands (1970)
  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
  • Opening Night (1977)

• John Cassavetes / Peter Falk
  • Husbands (1970)
  • A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
  • Opening Night (1977, uncredited)
  • Big Trouble (1986)

• John Cassavetes / Seymour Cassel
  • Faces (1968)
  • Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
  • The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
  • Opening Night (1977)
  • Love Streams (1984)

• Claude Chabrol / Isabelle Huppert
  • Violette Nozière (1978)
  • Une affaire de femmes (1988)
  • Madame Bovary (1991)
  • Merci pour le chocolat (2000)
  • L'ivresse du Pouvoir (2006)

• Claude Chabrol / Roger Hanin
  • Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche (Tiger Likes Fresh Meat, 1964)
  • Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha (Marie-Chantal vs. Doctor Kha, 1965)
  • Le Tigre se parfume à la dynamite (An Orchid for the Tiger, 1965)

• Michael Cimino / Mickey Rourke
  • Heaven's Gate (1980)
  • Year of the Dragon (1985)
  • Desperate Hours (1990)

• Joel and Ethan Coen / Steve Buscemi
  • Miller's Crossing (1990)
  • Barton Fink (1991)
  • The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
  • Fargo (1996)
  • The Big Lebowski (1998)
  • Paris, je t'aime (2006)

• Joel and Ethan Coen / George Clooney
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
  • Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
  • Burn After Reading (2008)

• Joel and Ethan Coen / John Goodman
  • Raising Arizona (1987)
  • Barton Fink (1991)
  • The Hudsucker Proxy (1994, credited as Karl Mundt)
  • The Big Lebowski (1998)
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

• Joel and Ethan Coen / Frances McDormand
  • Blood Simple (1984)
  • Raising Arizona (1987)
  • Miller's Crossing (1990, uncredited)
  • Fargo (1996)
  • The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
  • Burn After Reading (2008)

• Joel and Ethan Coen / Jon Polito
  • Miller's Crossing (1990)
  • Barton Fink (1991)
  • The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
  • The Big Lebowski (1998)
  • The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

• Joel and Ethan Coen / John Turturro
  • Miller's Crossing (1990)
  • Barton Fink (1991)
  • The Big Lebowski (1998)
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

• Jack Conway / Jean Harlow
  • Red-Headed Woman (1932)
  • The Girl from Missouri (1934)
  • Libeled Lady (1936)
  • Saratoga (1937)

• Francis Ford Coppola / James Caan
  • The Rain People (1969)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Godfather Part II (1974)
  • Gardens of Stone (1987)

• Francis Ford Coppola / Nicolas Cage
  • Rumble Fish (1983)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)
  • Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

• Francis Ford Coppola / John Cazale
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Godfather Part II (1974)
  • The Conversation (1974)
  • The Godfather Part III (1990, archive footage)

• Francis Ford Coppola / Robert Duvall
  • The Rain People (1969)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Conversation (1974, uncredited)
  • The Godfather Part II (1974)
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)

• Francis Ford Coppola / Laurence Fishburne
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • Rumble Fish (1983)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)
  • Gardens of Stone (1987)

• Francis Ford Coppola / Frederic Forrest
  • The Conversation (1974)
  • Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • One from the Heart (1982)
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)

• Francis Ford Coppola / Diane Lane
  • The Outsiders (1983)
  • Rumble Fish (1983)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)
  • Jack (1996)

• Francis Ford Coppola / Al Pacino
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Godfather Part II (1974)
  • The Godfather Part III (1990)

• Francis Ford Coppola / Tom Waits
  • One from the Heart (1982, uncredited)
  • The Outsiders (1983)
  • Rumble Fish (1983)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

• Francis Ford Coppola / Glenn Withrow
  • The Outsiders (1983)
  • Rumble Fish (1983)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)
  • Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

• Roger Corman / Vincent Price
  • House of Usher (1960)
  • The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
  • Tales of Terror (1962)
  • The Raven (1963)
  • The Haunted Palace (1963)
  • The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
  • The Tomb of Ligeia (1965)

• David Cronenberg / Robert A. Silverman
  • Rabid (1977)
  • The Brood (1979)
  • Scanners (1981)
  • Naked Lunch (1991)
  • eXistenZ (1999)

• Cameron Crowe / Eric Stoltz
  • Say Anything (1989)
  • Singles (1992)
  • Jerry Maguire (1996)

• George Cukor / Katharine Hepburn
  • A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
  • Little Women (1933)
  • Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
  • Holiday (1938)
  • The Philadelphia Story (1940)
  • Keeper of the Flame (1942)
  • Adam's Rib (1949)
  • Pat and Mike (1952)

• George Cukor / Spencer Tracy
  • Keeper of the Flame (1942)
  • Edward, My Son (1949)
  • Adam's Rib (1949)
  • Pat and Mike (1952)
  • The Actress (1953)

• Michael Curtiz / Errol Flynn
  • Captain Blood (film) (1935)
  • The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
  • The Perfect Specimen (1937)
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  • Four's a Crowd (1938)
  • Dodge City (1939)
  • Virginia City (1940)
  • Santa Fe Trail (1940)
  • The Sea Hawk (1940)
  • Dive Bomber (1941)

• Michael Curtiz / Olivia de Havilland
  • Captain Blood (1935)
  • The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  • Four's a Crowd (1938)
  • Gold is Where You Find It (1938)
  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
  • Dodge City (1939)
  • Santa Fe Trail (1940)
  • The Proud Rebel (1958)

• Michael Curtiz / Claude Rains
  • Stolen Holiday (1937)
  • Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  • Four Daughters (1938)
  • Daughters Courageous (1939)
  • Four Wives (1939)
  • Sons of Liberty (short film, 1939)
  • The Sea Hawk (1940)
  • Casablanca (1942)
  • Passage to Marseille (1944)
  • The Unsuspected (1947)

• Michael Curtiz / Humphrey Bogart
  • Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
  • Virginia City (1940)
  • Casablanca (1942)
  • Passage to Marseille (1944)
  • We're No Angels (1955)

• Michael Curtiz / John Garfield
  • Four Daughters (1938)
  • Four Wives (1939)
  • Daughters Courageous (1939)
  • The Sea Wolf (1941)
  • The Breaking Point (1950)

• Michael Curtiz / Doris Day
  • Romance on the High Seas (1948)
  • My Dream Is Yours (1949)
  • Young Man with a Horn (1950)
  • I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)

• Michael Curtiz / William Powell
  • The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
  • Private Detective 62 (1933)
  • The Key (1934)
  • Life with Father (1947)

• Michael Curtiz / James Cagney
  • Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
  • Captains of the Clouds (1942)

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• Joe Dante / Dick Miller
  • Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
  • Piranha (1978)
  • The Howling (1981)
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983, Segment 3)
  • Gremlins (1984)
  • Explorers (1985)
  • Innerspace (1987)
  • Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
  • The 'Burbs (1989)
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
  • Matinee (1993)
  • The Second Civil War (1997, TV)
  • The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998, TV)
  • Small Soldiers (1998)
  • Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

• Frank Darabont / Jeffrey DeMunn
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  • The Green Mile (1999)
  • The Majestic (2001)
  • The Mist (2007)

• Frank Darabont / William Sadler
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  • The Green Mile (1999)
  • The Mist (2007)

• Jules Dassin / Melina Mercouri
  • Celui qui doit mourir (He Who Must Die, 1957)
  • La Legge (1958)
  • Never on Sunday (1960)
  • Phaedra (1962)
  • Topkapi (1964)
  • 10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)
  • Promise at Dawn (1970)
  • The Rehearsal (1974)
  • A Dream of Passion (1978)

• Andrew Davis / Tommy Lee Jones
  • The Package (1989)
  • Under Siege (1992)
  • The Fugitive (1993)

• Cecil B. Demille / Gary Cooper
  • The Plainsman (1936)
  • Northwest Mounted Police(1940)
  • The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
  • Unconquered (1947)

• Brian De Palma / Nancy Allen
  • Carrie (1976)
  • Home Movies (1979)
  • Dressed to Kill (1980)
  • Blow Out (1981)

• Brian De Palma / Robert De Niro
  • Greetings (1968)
  • The Wedding Party (1969)
  • Hi, Mom! (1970)
  • The Untouchables (1987)

• Brian De Palma / John Lithgow
  • Obsession (1975)
  • Blow Out (1981)
  • Raising Cain (1992)

• Jonathan Demme / Ted Levine
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  • The Truth About Charlie (2002)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

• Jonathan Demme / Charles Napier
  • Handle with Care (1977)
  • Last Embrace (1979)
  • Melvin and Howard (1980)
  • Swing Shift (1984)
  • Something Wild (1986)
  • Married to the Mob (1988)
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  • Philadelphia (1993)
  • Beloved (1998, Uncredited)

• Tom DiCillo / Catherine Keener
  • Johnny Suede (1991)
  • Living in Oblivion (1995)
  • Box of Moon Light (1996)
  • The Real Blonde (1997)

• William Dieterle / Paul Muni
  • The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935)
  • Dr. Socrates (1935)
  • The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
  • Juarez (1939)

• William Dieterle / Joseph Cotten
  • Love Letters (1945)
  • Portrait of Jennie (1948)
  • September Affair (1950)
  • Peking Express (1951)

• Edward Dmytryk / Robert Mitchum
  • Till the End of Time (1946)
  • Crossfire (1947)
  • Anzio (1968)

• Stanley Donen / Gene Kelly
  • On the Town (1949)
  • Singin' In the Rain (1952)
  • Deep in My Heart (1954)
  • It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

• Stanley Donen / Audrey Hepburn
  • Funny Face (1957)
  • Charade (1963)
  • Two for the Road (1967)

• Richard Donner / Mel Gibson
  • Lethal Weapon (1987)
  • Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
  • Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
  • Maverick (1994)
  • Conspiracy Theory (1997)
  • Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

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E

• Clint Eastwood / Morgan Freeman
  • Unforgiven (1992)
  • Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  • Invictus (2009)

• Clint Eastwood / Geoffrey Lewis
  • High Plains Drifter (1973)
  • Bronco Billy (1980)
  • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

• Clint Eastwood / Sondra Locke
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
  • The Gauntlet (1977)
  • Bronco Billy (1980)
  • Sudden Impact (1983)

• Blake Edwards / Tony Curtis
  • Mister Cory (1957)
  • The Perfect Furlough (1958)
  • Operation Petticoat (1959)
  • The Great Race (1965)

• Blake Edwards / Peter Sellers
  • The Pink Panther (1963)
  • A Shot in the Dark (1964)
  • The Party (1968)
  • The Return of the Pink Panther (1974)
  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
  • Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)

• Atom Egoyan / Arsinée Khanjian
  • Next of Kin (1984)
  • Family Viewing (1987)
  • Looking for Nothing (1988)
  • Speaking Parts (1989)
  • The Adjuster (1991)
  • Montréal vu par... (1991)
  • Calendar (1993)
  • Exotica (1994)
  • A Portrait of Arshile (1995)
  • Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande (1997)
  • The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
  • Felicia's Journey (1999)
  • Ararat (2002)
  • Where the Truth Lies (2005)
  • Citadel (2006)

• Atom Egoyan / Elias Koteas
  • The Adjuster (1991)
  • Exotica (1994)
  • Ararat (2002)

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F

• Jon Favreau / Robert Downey, Jr.
  • Iron Man (2008)
  • Iron Man 2 (2010)
  • Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

• Federico Fellini / Marcello Mastroianni
  • La dolce vita (1960)
  • 8½ (1963)
  • City of Women (1980)
  • Ginger e Fred (1986)
  • Intervista (1987)

• Abel Ferrara / Christopher Walken
  • King of New York (1990)
  • The Addiction (1995)
  • The Funeral (1996)
  • New Rose Hotel (1998)

• Marco Ferreri / Marcello Mastroianni
  • Oggi, domani, dopodomani (Kiss the Other Sheik, 1965)
  • L'uomo dei cinque palloni (The Man with the Balloons, 1965)
  • Liza (Love to Eternity, 1972)
  • La Grande Bouffe (1973)
  • Touche pas à la femme blanche (Don't Touch the White Woman!, 1974)
  • Ciao maschio (Bye Bye Monkey, 1978)
  • Storia di Piera (1983)

• Marco Ferreri / Ugo Tognazzi
  • L' Ape regina (The Conjugal Bed, 1963)
  • Controsesso (Countersex, 1964)
  • La Donna scimmia (The Ape Woman, 1964)
  • Marcia nuziale (The Wedding March, 1965)
  • Oggi, domani, dopodomani (Kiss the Other Sheik, 1965)
  • L' Uomo dei cinque palloni (The Man with the Balloons, 1965)
  • L' Harem (1967)
  • L' Udienza (The Audience, 1971)
  • Touche pas à la femme blanche (Don't Touch the White Woman!, 1974)
  • La Grande Bouffe (1973)
  • Storie di ordinaria follia (Tales of Ordinary Madness, 1981)

• David Fincher / Brad Pitt
  • Se7en (1995)
  • Fight Club (1999)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

• Victor Fleming / Clark Gable
  • Red Dust (1932)
  • The White Sister (1933)
  • Test Pilot (1938)
  • Gone with the Wind (1939)
  • Adventure (1945)

• John Ford / Henry Fonda
  • Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
  • Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
  • The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  • My Darling Clementine (1946)
  • The Fugitive (1947)
  • Fort Apache (1948)
  • Mister Roberts (1955)
  • How the West Was Won (1962)

• John Ford / James Stewart
  • Two Rode Together (1961)
  • How the West Was Won (1962)
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  • Cheyenne Autumn (1964)

• John Ford / John Wayne:
  • Hangman's House (1928)
  • Mother Machree (1928)
  • Four Sons (1928)
  • Salute (1929)
  • The Black Watch (1929)
  • Men Without Women (1930)
  • Born Reckless (1930)
  • Stagecoach (1939)
  • The Long Voyage Home (1940)
  • They Were Expendable (1945)
  • 3 Godfathers (1948)
  • Fort Apache (1948)
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
  • Rio Grande (1950)
  • The Quiet Man (1952)
  • The Searchers (1956)
  • The Wings of Eagles (1957)
  • The Horse Soldiers (1959)
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  • How the West Was Won (1962)
  • Donovan's Reef (1963)

• John Ford / Victor McLaglen
  • The Fighting Heart (1925)
  • Mother Machree (1928)
  • Hangman's House (1928)
  • Strong Boy (1929)
  • The Black Watch (1929)
  • The Lost Patrol (1934)
  • The Informer (1935)
  • Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
  • Fort Apache (1948)
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
  • Rio Grande (1950)
  • The Quiet Man (1952)

• Miloš Forman / Vincent Schiavelli
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
  • Amadeus (1984)
  • Valmont (1989)
  • The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
  • Man on the Moon (1999)

• John Frankenheimer / Burt Lancaster
  • The Young Savages (1961)
  • Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
  • Seven Days in May (1964)
  • The Train (1965)
  • The Gypsy Moths (1969)

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• Costa-Gavras / Yves Montand
  • Compartiment tueurs (1965)
  • Z (1969)
  • L'Aveu (The Confession, 1970)
  • Etat de Siege (1973)
  • Section spéciale (1975, uncredited)
  • Clair de Femme (1979)

• Marion Gering / Sylvia Sidney
  • Ladies of the Big House (1931)
  • Madame Butterfly (1932)
  • Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
  • Pick-up (1933)
  • Thirty Day Princess (1934)
  • Good Dame (1934)

• Terry Gilliam / Katherine Helmond
  • Time Bandits (1981)
  • Brazil (1985)
  • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

• Terry Gilliam / Charles McKeown
  • Time Bandits (1981)
  • Brazil (1985)
  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

• Terry Gilliam / Derrick O'Connor
  • Jabberwocky (1977)
  • Time Bandits (1981)
  • Brazil (1985)

• Terry Gilliam / Michael Palin
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  • Jabberwocky (1977)
  • Time Bandits (1981)
  • Brazil (1985)

• Terry Gilliam / Jonathan Pryce
  • Brazil (1985)
  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
  • The Brothers Grimm (2005)

• Terry Gilliam / Jack Purvis
  • Time Bandits (1981)
  • Brazil (1985)
  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

• Jean-Luc Godard / Jean-Paul Belmondo
  • A Bout de Souffle (Breathless, 1959)
  • Charlotte et son Jules (1960)
  • Une Femme est une Femme (A woman is a woman, 1961)
  • Pierrot le Fou (1965)

• Jean-Luc Godard / Anna Karina
  • A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
  • Vivre sa vie (My Life to Live, 1962)
  • Le Petit Soldat (The Little Soldier, 1963)
  • Bande à part (Band of Outsiders, 1964)
  • Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (1965)
  • Pierrot le fou (1965)
  • Made in U.S.A. (1966)
  • Le Plus vieux métier du monde (The World's Oldest Profession), 1967)

• Jean-Luc Godard / Jean-Pierre Léaud
  • Pierrot le fou (1965)
  • Masculin, féminin (1966)
  • La Chinoise (1967)
  • Week End (1967)
  • Détective (1985)

• Stuart Gordon / Jeffrey Combs
  • Re-Animator (1985)
  • From Beyond (1986)
  • Fortress (1993)
  • Castle Freak (1995)

• James Gray / Joaquin Phoenix
  • The Yards (2000)
  • We Own the Night (2007)
  • Two Lovers (2009)

• David Gordon Green / Danny McBride
  • All the Real Girls (2003)
  • Pineapple Express (2008)
  • Your Highness (2010)

• Paul Greengrass / Matt Damon
  • The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  • Green Zone (2009)

• D. W. Griffith / Lilian Gish
  • they made approximately 20 films between 1912-1914
  • An Unseen Enemy (1912)
  • The New York Hat (1912)
  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)
  • Intolerance (1916)
  • The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
  • The Great Love (1918)
  • Hearts of the World (1918)
  • The Greatest Question (1919)
  • True Heart Susie (1919)
  • Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
  • A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
  • Way Down East (1920)
  • Orphans Of The Storm (1921)

• Christopher Guest / Eugene Levy
  • Waiting For Guffman (1996)
  • Almost Heroes (1998)
  • Best In Show (2000)
  • A Mighty Wind (2003)
  • For Your Consideration (2006)

• Christopher Guest / Catherine O'Hara
  • Waiting For Guffman (1996)
  • Best In Show (2000)
  • A Mighty Wind (2003)
  • For Your Consideration (2006)

• Christopher Guest / Fred Willard
  • Waiting For Guffman (1996)
  • Best In Show (2000)
  • A Mighty Wind (2003)
  • For Your Consideration (2006)

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• Michael Haneke / Susanne Lothar
  • Funny Games (1997)
  • The Piano Teacher (2001)
  • The White Ribbon (2009)

• Hal Hartley / Robert John Burke
  • The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
  • Simple Men (1992)
  • Flirt (1995)
  • No Such Thing (2001)

• Hal Hartley / Martin Donovan
  • Trust (1990)
  • simple Men (1992)
  • Amateur (1994)
  • Flirt (1995)
  • The Book of Life (1998)

• Henry Hathaway / Gary Cooper
  • Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
  • The Real Glory(1939)
  • You're in the Navy Now (1951)
  • Garden of Evil (1954)

• Henry Hathaway / Susan Hayward
  • Rawhide (1951)
  • White Witch Doctor (1953)
  • Garden of Evil (1954)
  • Woman Obsessed (1959)

• Henry Hathaway / John Wayne
  • The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
  • A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
  • Legend of the Lost (1957)
  • North to Alaska (1960)
  • The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
  • True Grit (1969)

• Howard Hawks / Gary Cooper
  • Today We Live (1933)
  • Sergeant York (1941)
  • Ball of Fire (1941)

• Howard Hawks / Cary Grant:
  • Bringing Up Baby (1938)
  • Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
  • His Girl Friday (1940)
  • I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
  • Monkey Business (1952)

• Howard Hawks / John Wayne:
  • Red River (1948)
  • Rio Bravo (1959)
  • Hatari! (1962)
  • El Dorado (1966)
  • Rio Lobo (1970)

• Todd Haynes / Julianne Moore
  • Safe (1995)
  • Far From Heaven (2002)
  • I'm Not There (2007)

• Werner Herzog / Brad Dourif
  • Scream of Stone (1991)
  • The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
  • My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010)

• Werner Herzog / Klaus Kinski
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
  • Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)
  • Woyzeck (1979)
  • Fitzcarraldo (1982)
  • Cobra Verde (1987)

• George Roy Hill / Paul Newman
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  • The Sting (1973)
  • Slap Shot (1977)

• George Roy Hill / Robert Redford
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
  • The Sting (1973)
  • The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

• Walter Hill / Nick Nolte
  • 48 Hrs. (1982)
  • Extreme Prejudice (1987)
  • Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

• Alfred Hitchcock / Ingrid Bergman
  • Spellbound (1945)
  • Notorious (1946)
  • Under Capricorn (1947)

• Alfred Hitchcock / Cary Grant:
  • Suspicion (1941)
  • Notorious (1946)
  • To Catch a Thief (1955)
  • North by Northwest (1959)

• Alfred Hitchcock / Grace Kelly
  • Dial M for Murder (1954)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • To Catch a Thief (1955)

• Alfred Hitchcock / James Stewart:
  • Rope (1948)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
  • Vertigo (1958)

• Michael Hoffman / Kevin Kline
  • Soapdish (1991)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
  • The Emperor's Club (2002)

• Ron Howard / Tom Hanks
  • Splash (1984)
  • Apollo 13 (1995)
  • The Da Vinci Code (2006)
  • Angels and Demons (2009)

• Ron Howard / Clint Howard
  • Grand Theft Auto (1977)
  • Night Shift (1982)
  • Splash (1984)
  • Cocoon (1985)
  • Gung Ho (1986)
  • Parenthood (1989)
  • Backdraft (1991)
  • Far and Away (1992)
  • The Paper (1994)
  • Apollo 13 (1995)
  • EDtv (1999)
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
  • The Missing (2003)
  • Cinderella Man (2005)
  • The Da Vinci Code (2006)
  • Frost/Nixon (2008)

• Ron Howard / Michael Keaton
  • Night Shift (1982)
  • Gung Ho (1986)
  • The Paper (1994)

• John Hughes / Anthony Michael Hall
  • Sixteen Candles (1984)
  • The Breakfast Club (1985)
  • Weird Science (1985)

• John Huston / Humphrey Bogart
  • The Maltese Falcon (1941)
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
  • Key Largo (1948)
  • The African Queen (1951)

• John Huston / Anjelica Huston
  • A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
  • Prizzi's Honor (1985)
  • The Dead (1987)

• John Huston / Orson Welles
  • Moby-Dick (1956)
  • The Roots of Heaven (1958)
  • Casino Royale (1967)
  • The Kremlin Letter (1970)

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I

• James Ivory / Helena Bonham Carter
  • A Room with a View (1986)
  • Maurice (1987)
  • Howards End (1992)

• James Ivory / Anthony Hopkins
  • Howards End (1991)
  • The Remains of the Day (1993)
  • Surviving Picasso (1996)
  • The City of Your Final Destination (2008)

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J

• Peter Jackson / Andy Serkis
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  • King Kong (2005)

• Jim Jarmusch / Roberto Benigni
  • Down by Law (1986)
  • Night on Earth (1991)
  • Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

• Jim Jarmusch / Bill Murray
  • Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
  • Broken Flowers (2005)
  • The Limits of Control (2009)

• Jim Jarmusch / John Lurie
  • Permanent Vacation (1980)
  • Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
  • Down by Law (1986)

• Jim Jarmusch / Tom Waits
  • Down by Law (1986)
  • Mystery Train (1989)
  • Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)

• Jean-Pierre Jeunet / Ticky Holgado
  • Delicatessen (1993)
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)
  • Amélie (2001)
  • A Very Long Engagement (2004)

• Jean-Pierre Jeunet / Dominique Pinon
  • Delicatessen (1993)
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)
  • Alien Resurrection (1997)
  • Amélie (2001)
  • A Very Long Engagement (2004)
  • Micmacs à tire-larigot (2009)

• Jean-Pierre Jeunet / Rufus
  • Delicatessen (1993)
  • The City of Lost Children (1995)
  • Amélie (2001)
  • A Very Long Engagement (2004)

• Neil Jordan / Brendan Gleeson
  • Michael Collins (1996)
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)
  • Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

• Neil Jordan / Ian Hart
  • Michael Collins (1996)
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)
  • The End of the Affair (1999)
  • Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

• Neil Jordan / Stephen Rea
  • Angel (1982)
  • The Company of Wolves (1984)
  • The Crying Game (1992)
  • Interview with the Vampire (1994)
  • Michael Collins (1996)
  • The Butcher Boy (1997)
  • In Dreams (1999)
  • The End of the Affair (1999)
  • Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
  • Ondine (2009)

[edit]
K

• Chen Kaige / Gong Li
  • Farewell My Concubine (1993)
  • Temptress Moon (1996)
  • The Emperor and the Assassin (1999)

• Lawrence Kasdan / Kevin Kline
  • The Big Chill (1983)
  • Silverado (1985)
  • I Love You to Death (1990)
  • Grand Canyon (1991)
  • French Kiss (1995)

• Lawrence Kasdan / William Hurt
  • Body Heat (1981)
  • The Big Chill (1983)
  • The Accidental Tourist (1988)
  • I Love You to Death (1990)

• Elia Kazan / Karl Malden
  • Boomerang! (1947)
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  • On the Waterfront (1954)
  • Baby Doll (1956)

• Elia Kazan / Marlon Brando
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
  • Viva Zapata! (1952)
  • On the Waterfront (1954)

• Henry King / Gregory Peck
  • 12 O'Clock High (1949)
  • The Gunfighter (1950)
  • David and Bathsheba (1951)
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
  • The Bravados (1958)
  • Beloved Infidel (1959)

• Henry King / Janet Gaynor
  • Merely Mary Ann (1931)
  • State Fair (1933)
  • Carolina (1934)
  • One More Spring (1935)

• Henry King / Tyrone Power
  • Lloyd's of London (1936)
  • In Old Chicago (1937)
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
  • Jesse James (1939)
  • A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
  • The Black Swan (1942)
  • Captain from Castile (1947)
  • Prince of Foxes (1949)
  • King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
  • Untamed (1955)
  • The Sun Also Rises (1957)

• Masaki Kobayashi / Tatsuya Nakadai
  • The Thick-Walled Room (1953)
  • Black River (1957)
  • The Human Condition Trilogy
    • No Greater Love (1959)
    • The Road to Eternity (1959)
    • A Soldier's Prayer (1961)
  • The Inheritance (1962)
  • Harakiri (1962)
  • Rebellion (1967)
  • Inn of Evil (1971)
  • Family Without a Dinner Table (1985)

• Henry Koster / Deanna Durbin
  • Three Smart Girls (1936)
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
  • Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
  • First Love (1939)
  • Spring Parade (1940)
  • It Started With Eve (1941)

• Stanley Kramer / Spencer Tracy
  • Inherit the Wind (1960)
  • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

• Stanley Kubrick / Philip Stone
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971)
  • Barry Lyndon (1975)
  • The Shining (1980)

• Stanley Kubrick / Joe Turkel
  • The Killing (1956)
  • Paths of Glory (1957)
  • The Shining (1980)

• Akira Kurosawa / Toshiro Mifune
  • Drunken Angel (1948)
  • The Quiet Duel (1949)
  • Stray Dog (1949)
  • Scandal (1950)
  • Rashomon (1950)
  • The Idiot (1951)
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
  • I Live in Fear (1955)
  • Throne of Blood (1957)
  • The Lower Depths (1957)
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958)
  • The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
  • Yojimbo (1961)
  • Sanjuro (1962)
  • High and Low (1963)
  • Red Beard (1965)

• Akira Kurosawa / Takashi Shimura
  • Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
  • The Most Beautiful (1944)
  • The Men Who Tread On the Tiger's Tail (1945)
  • No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
  • Drunken Angel (1948)
  • The Quiet Duel (1949)
  • Stray Dog (1949)
  • Scandal (1950)
  • Rashomon (1950)
  • The Idiot (1951)
  • Ikiru (1952)
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
  • Throne of Blood (1957)
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958)
  • Yojimbo (1960)
  • Sanjuro (1962)
  • High and Low (1963)
  • Red Beard (1965)
  • Kagemusha (1980)

• Akira Kurosawa / Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
  • Yojimbo (1960)
  • Sanjuro (1962)
  • High and Low (1963)
  • Kagemusha (1980)
  • Ran (1985)

• Kiyoshi Kurosawa / Kōji Yakusho
  • Cure (1997)
  • License to Live (1998)
  • Charisma (1999)
  • Seance (2000)
  • Kairo (2001)
  • Doppelganger (2003)
  • Retribution (2006)
  • Tokyo Sonata (2008)

[edit]
L

• Neil LaBute / Aaron Eckhart
  • In the Company of Men (1997)
  • Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)
  • Nurse Betty (2000)
  • Possession (2002)
  • The Wicker Man (2006)

• Ringo Lam / Chow Yun Fat
  • City on Fire (1987)
  • Prison on Fire (1987)
  • Wild Search (1989)
  • Prison on Fire II(1991)
  • Full Contact (1993)

• John Landis / Dan Aykroyd
  • The Blues Brothers (1980)
  • Trading Places (1983)
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
  • Into the Night (1985)
  • Spies Like Us (1985)
  • Susan's Plan (1998)
  • Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

• John Landis / Eddie Murphy
  • Trading Places (1983)
  • Coming to America (1988)
  • Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

• John Landis / Frank Oz
  • The Blues Brothers (1980)
  • An American Werewolf in London (1981)
  • Trading Places (1983)
  • Spies Like Us (1985)
  • Innocent Blood (1992)
  • Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

• Fritz Lang / Sylvia Sidney
  • Fury (1936)
  • You Only Live Once (1937)
  • You and Me (1938)

• Georges Lautner / Jean-Paul Belmondo
  • Flic ou voyou (1979)
  • Le Guignolo (1980)
  • Le Professionnel (1981)
  • Joyeuses Pâques (1984)
  • L' Inconnu dans la maison (1992)

• David Lean / Alec Guinness
  • Great Expectations (1946)
  • Oliver Twist (1948)
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  • Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  • A Passage to India (1984)

• David Lean / Celia Johnson
  • In Which We Serve (1942)
  • This Happy Breed (1944)
  • Brief Encounter (1945)

• David Lean / John Mills
  • In Which We Serve (1942)
  • This Happy Breed (1944)
  • Great Expectations (1946)
  • Hobson's Choice (1954)
  • Ryan's Daughter (1970)

• David Lean / Ann Todd
  • The Passionate Friends (1949)
  • Madeleine (1950)
  • The Sound Barrier (1952)

• David Lean / Kay Walsh
  • In Which We Serve (1942)
  • This Happy Breed (1944)
  • Oliver Twist (1948)

• Spike Lee / Ossie Davis
  • School Daze (1988)
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
  • Malcolm X (1992)
  • Get on the Bus (1996)

• Spike Lee / Michael Imperioli
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
  • Malcolm X (1992)
  • Clockers (1995)
  • Girl 6 (1996)
  • Summer of Sam (1999)

• Spike Lee / Bill Nunn
  • School Daze (1988)
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Mo' Better Blues (1990)
  • He Got Game (1998)

• Spike Lee / Denzel Washington
  • Mo' Better Blues (1990)
  • Malcolm X (1992)
  • He Got Game (1998)
  • Inside Man (2006)

• Spike Lee / John Turturro
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Mo' Better Blues (1990)
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
  • Clockers (1995)
  • Girl 6 (1996)
  • He Got Game (1998)
  • Summer of Sam (1999, voice)
  • She Hate Me (2004)
  • Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

• Mike Leigh / Jim Broadbent
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright (1992)
  • A Sense of History (1992, TV)
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)
  • Vera Drake (2004)

• Mike Leigh / Lesley Manville
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)
  • All or Nothing (2002)
  • Vera Drake (2004)

• Mike Leigh / Ruth Sheen
  • High Hopes (1988)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • All or Nothing (2002)
  • Vera Drake (2004)

• Mike Leigh / Timothy Spall
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)
  • All or Nothing (2002)

• Mike Leigh / Alison Steadman
  • Nuts in May (1976, TV)
  • Abigail's Party (1977, TV)
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)

• Sergio Leone / Mario Brega
  • A Fistful Of Dollars (1964)
  • For A Few Dollars More (1965)
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
  • Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

• Sergio Leone / Clint Eastwood
  • A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
  • For a Few Dollars More (1965)
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

• Richard Lester / Roy Kinnear
  • Help! (1965)
  • How I Won the War (1967)
  • The Bed-Sitting Room (1969)
  • The Three Musketeers (1973)
  • Juggernaut (1974)
  • The Four Musketeers (1974)
  • Royal Flash (1975)
  • The Return of the Musketeers (1989)

• Richard Lester / John Lennon
  • A Hard Day's Night (1964)
  • Help! (1965)
  • How I Won the War (1967)

• Richard Lester / Oliver Reed
  • The Three Musketeers (1973)
  • The Four Musketeers (1974)
  • Royal Flash (1975)
  • The Return of the Musketeers (1989)

• Barry Levinson / Robert De Niro
  • Sleepers (1996)
  • Wag the Dog (1997)
  • What Just Happened? (2008)

• Barry Levinson / Dustin Hoffman
  • Rain Man (1988)
  • Sleepers (1996)
  • Wag the Dog (1997)
  • Sphere (1998)

• Barry Levinson / Robin Williams
  • Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
  • Toys (1992)
  • Man of the Year (2006)

• Richard Linklater / Julie Delpy
  • Before Sunrise (1995)
  • Waking Life (2001)
  • Before Sunset (2004)

• Richard Linklater / Ethan Hawke
  • Before Sunrise (1995)
  • The Newton Boys (1998)
  • Tape (2001)
  • Waking Life (2001)
  • Before Sunset (2004)
  • Fast Food Nation (2006)

• Ernst Lubitsch / Melvyn Douglas
  • Angel (1937)
  • Ninotchka (1939)
  • That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

• Sidney Lumet / Martin Balsam
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • The Anderson Tapes (1971)
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

• Sidney Lumet / Sean Connery
  • The Hill (1965)
  • The Anderson Tapes (1971)
  • The Offence (1973)
  • Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
  • Family Business (1989)

• Sidney Lumet / Henry Fonda
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • Stage Struck (1958)
  • Fail-Safe (1964)

• Sidney Lumet / James Mason
  • The Deadly Affair (1967)
  • The Sea Gull (1968)
  • Child's Play (1972)
  • The Verdict (1982)

• David Lynch / Frances Bay
  • Blue Velvet (1986)
  • Wild at Heart (1990)
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

• David Lynch / Laura Dern
  • Blue Velvet (1986)
  • Wild at Heart (1990)
  • Industrial Symphony No. 1
  • INLAND EMPIRE (2006)

• David Lynch / Harry Dean Stanton
  • The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988)
  • Wild at Heart (1990)
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
  • Hotel Room (1993)
  • The Straight Story (1999)
  • INLAND EMPIRE (2006)

• David Lynch / Kyle McLachlan
  • Dune (1984)
  • Blue Velvet (1986)
  • Twin Peaks (1991)
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

• David Lynch / Jack Nance
  • Eraserhead (1977)
  • Dune (1984)
  • Blue Velvet (1986)
  • Wild at Heart (1990)
  • Twin Peaks (1991)
  • Lost Highway (1997)

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• Louis Malle / Jeanne Moreau
  • Ascenseur pour l'echafaud (Elevator to the Gallows, 1958)
  • Les Amants (The Lovers, 1959)
  • Le Feu Follet (The Fire Within, 1963)
  • Viva Maria! (1965)

• David Mamet / Ricky Jay
  • House of Games (1987)
  • Things Change (1988)
  • Homicide (1991)
  • The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
  • State and Main (2000)
  • Heist (2001)
  • Redbelt (2008)

• David Mamet / William H. Macy
  • House of Games (1987)
  • Things Change (1988)
  • Homicide (1991)
  • Oleanna (1994)
  • State and Main (2000)
  • Spartan (2004)

• David Mamet / Rebecca Pidgeon
  • Homicide (1991)
  • The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
  • The Winslow Boy (1999)
  • State and Main (2000)
  • Heist (2001)
  • Redbelt (2008)

• Joseph L. Mankiewicz / Rex Harrison
  • The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
  • Escape (1948)
  • Cleopatra (1963)
  • The Honey Pot (1967)

• Anthony Mann / James Stewart
  • Winchester '73 (1950)
  • Bend of the River (1952)
  • The Glenn Miller Story (1953)
  • The Naked Spur (1953)
  • Thunder Bay (1953)
  • The Far Country (1954)
  • Strategic Air Command (1955)
  • The Man from Laramie (1955)

• Michael Mann / Jamie Foxx
  • Ali (2001)
  • Collateral (2004)
  • Miami Vice (2006)

• Michael Mann / Bruce McGill
  • The Insider (1999)
  • Ali (2001)
  • Collateral (2004)

• Adam McKay / Will Ferrell
  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
  • Step Brothers (2008)
  • The Other Guys (2010)

• Shane Meadows / Paddy Considine
  • A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
  • Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
  • Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009)

• Shane Meadows / Andrew Shim
  • A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
  • Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2002)
  • Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
  • This Is England (2006)

• Jean-Pierre Melville / Alain Delon
  • Le Samouraï (1967)
  • Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
  • Un Flic (1972)

• Takashi Miike / Riki Takeuchi
  • Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
  • Dead or Alive (1999)
  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
  • Dead or Alive: Final (2002)
  • Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)
  • Kikoku (2003)

• Takashi Miike / Show Aikawa
  • Rainy Dog (1997)
  • Ley Lines (1999)
  • Dead or Alive (1999)
  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
  • Dead or Alive: Final (2002)
  • Shangri-La (2002)
  • Gozu (2003)
  • Zebraman (2003)
  • Waru (2006)
  • Taiyō no kizu (2006)
  • Waru: kanketsu-hen (2006)

• Takashi Miike / Tomorowo Taguchi
  • Shinjuku Triad Society (1996)
  • Full Metal Yakuza (1997)
  • Rainy Dog (1997)
  • Andromedia (1998)
  • Ley Lines (1999)
  • Dead or Alive (1999)
  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)

• Anthony Minghella / Jude Law
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
  • Cold Mountain (2003)
  • Breaking and Entering (2006)

• Vincente Minnelli / Judy Garland
  • Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
  • The Clock (1945)
  • Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
  • The Pirate (1948)

• Vincente Minnelli / Kirk Douglas
  • The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
  • Lust for Life (1956)
  • Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)

• Vincente Minnelli / Fred Astaire
  • Yolanda and the Thief (1943)
  • Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
  • The Band Wagon (1953)

• Greg Mottola / Bill Hader
  • Superbad (2007)
  • Adventureland (2009)
  • Paul (2010)

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• Ronald Neame / Alec Guinness
  • The Card (1952)
  • The Horse's Mouth (1958)
  • Tunes of Glory (1960)
  • Scrooge (1970)

• Ronald Neame / Herbert Lom
  • Golden Salamander (1950)
  • Gambit (1966)
  • Hopscotch (1980)

• Ronald Neame / Trevor Howard
  • Golden Salamander (1950)
  • Foreign Body (1986)
  • Meteor (1979)

• Mike Newell / Miranda Richardson
  • Dance With A Stranger (1985)
  • Enchanted April (1992)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

• Mike Nichols / Jack Nicholson
  • Carnal Knowledge (1971)
  • The Fortune (1975)
  • Heartburn (1986)
  • Wolf (1994)

• Mike Nichols / Meryl Streep
  • Silkwood (1983)
  • Heartburn (1986)
  • Postcards from the Edge (1990)
  • Angels in America (2003, mini TV Series)

• Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • The Prestige (2006)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)

• Christopher Nolan / Michael Caine
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • The Prestige (2006)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • Inception (2010)

• Christopher Nolan / Cillian Murphy
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • Inception (2010)

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• Mamoru Oshii / Shigeru Chiba
  • The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1982)
  • Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983)
  • Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
  • The Red Spectacles (1987)
  • Mobile Police Patlabor: the Movie (1989)
  • Mobile Police Patlabor 2: the Movie (1993)
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995)

• Frank Oz / Steve Martin
  • Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
  • Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
  • HouseSitter (1992)
  • Bowfinger (1999)

• Yasujiro Ozu / Chishu Ryu
  • More than 30 films between 1928 and 1962

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• Alan J. Pakula / Jane Fonda
  • Klute (1971)
  • Comes a Horseman (1978)
  • Rollover (1981)

• Oliver Parker / Rupert Everett
  • An Ideal Husband (1999)
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
  • St.Trinian's (2007)
  • St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)

• Oliver Parker / Colin Firth
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
  • St.Trinian's (2007)
  • Dorian Gray (2009)
  • St. Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)

• Sam Peckinpah / James Coburn
  • Major Dundee (1965)
  • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
  • Cross of Iron (1977)

• Sam Peckinpah / Kris Kristofferson
  • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
  • Convoy (1978)

• Sam Peckinpah / Ben Johnson
  • Major Dundee (1965)
  • The Wild Bunch (1969)
  • Junior Bonner (1972)
  • The Getaway (1972)

• Sam Peckinpah / L.Q. Jones
  • Ride the High Country (1962)
  • Major Dundee (1965)
  • The Wild Bunch (1969)
  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
  • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)

• Sam Peckinpah / Warren Oates
  • Ride the High Country (1962)
  • Major Dundee (1965)
  • The Wild Bunch (1969)
  • Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

• Wolfgang Petersen / Jürgen Prochnow
  • One or the Other of Us (1974)
  • Die Konsequenz (1977)
  • Das Boot (1981)
  • Air Force One (1997)

• Roman Polanski / Emmanuelle Seigner
  • Frantic (1988)
  • Bitter Moon (1992)
  • The Ninth Gate (1999)

• Sydney Pollack / Robert Redford:
  • This Property Is Condemned (1966)
  • Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
  • The Way We Were (1973)
  • Three Days of the Condor (1975)
  • The Electric Horseman (1979)
  • Out of Africa (1985)
  • Havana (1990)

• Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger / Cyril Cusack
  • The Small Back Room (1949)
  • Gone to Earth (1950)
  • The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
  • Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

• Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger / David Farrar
  • Black Narcissus (1947)
  • The Small Back Room (1949)
  • Gone to Earth (1950)
  • The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

• Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger / Marius Goring
  • The Spy in Black (1939)
  • A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
  • The Red Shoes (1948)
  • Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

• Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger / Esmond Knight
  • Someday (1935) - Dir: Powell only
  • Contraband (1940)
  • A Canterbury Tale (1944)
  • Black Narcissus (1947)
  • Gone to Earth (1950)
  • The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)

• Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger / Roger Livesey
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
  • I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
  • A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

• Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger / Bernard Miles
  • The Spy in Black (1939)
  • Contraband (1940)
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

• Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger / Anton Walbrook
  • Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941)
  • The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
  • The Red Shoes (1948)
  • Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)

• Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger / Googie Withers
  • The Girl in the Crowd (1935) - Dir: Powell only
  • The Love Test (1935) - Dir: Powell only
  • Crown vs. Stevens (1936) - Dir: Powell only
  • Her Last Affaire (1936) - Dir: Powell only
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

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• Bob Rafelson / Jack Nicholson:
  • Head (1968)
  • Five Easy Pieces (1970)
  • The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
  • Man Trouble (1992)
  • Blood and Wine (1996)

• Sam Raimi / Bruce Campbell
  • Within the Woods (1979)
  • The Evil Dead (1981)
  • Crimewave (1985)
  • Evil Dead II (1987)
  • Darkman (1990)
  • Army Of Darkness (1993, aka Evil Dead 3)
  • Spider-Man (2002)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)

• Sam Raimi / J.K. Simmons
  • For Love of the Game (1999)
  • The Gift (2000)
  • Spider-Man (2002)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)

• Harold Ramis / Brian Doyle-Murray
  • Caddyshack (1980)
  • National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
  • Club Paradise (1986)
  • Groundhog Day (1993)
  • Multiplicity (1996)
  • Bedazzled (2000)

• Jean-Paul Rappeneau / Gérard Depardieu
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
  • Le Hussard sur le Toit (The Horseman on the Roof, 1995, uncredited)
  • Bon voyage (2003)

• Brett Ratner / Chris Tucker
  • Money Talks (1997)
  • Rush Hour (1998)
  • Rush Hour 2 (2001)
  • Rush Hour 3 (2007)

• Carl Reiner / Steve Martin
  • The Jerk (1979)
  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
  • The Man with Two Brains (1983)
  • All of Me (1984)

• Rob Reiner / Billy Crystal
  • This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

• Rob Reiner / Christopher Guest
  • This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  • The Princess Bride (1987)
  • A Few Good Men (1992)

• Wolfgang Reitherman / Phil Harris
  • The Jungle Book (1967)
  • The Aristocats (1970)
  • Robin Hood (1973)

• Ivan Reitman / Bill Murray
  • Meatballs (1979)
  • Stripes (1981)
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Ghostbusters II (1989)

• Ivan Reitman / Arnold Schwarzenegger
  • Twins (1988)
  • Kindergarten Cop (1990)
  • Dave (1993, Cameo As Himself)
  • Junior (1994)

• Jason Reitman / J.K. Simmons
  • Thank You for Smoking (2005)
  • Juno (2007)
  • Up in the Air (2009)

• Alain Resnais / Fanny Ardant
  • La vie est un roman (1983)
  • L'amour à mort (1984)
  • Mélo (1986)

• Guy Ritchie / Jason Statham
  • Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
  • Snatch (2000)
  • Revolver (2005)

• Guy Ritchie / Mark Strong
  • Revolver (2005)
  • RocknRolla (2008)
  • Sherlock Holmes (2009)

• Martin Ritt / Paul Newman
  • The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
  • Paris Blues (1961)
  • Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
  • Hud (1963)
  • The Outrage (1964)
  • Hombre (1967)

• Jay Roach / Mike Myers
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
  • Mystery, Alaska (1999)
  • Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

• Tim Robbins / Jack Black
  • Bob Roberts (1992)
  • Dead Man Walking (1995)
  • Cradle Will Rock (1999)

• Robert Rodriguez / Antonio Banderas
  • Desperado (1995)
  • Four Rooms (1995 Segment: The Misbehavers)
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

• Robert Rodriguez / Carla Gugino
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
  • Sin City (2005)

• Robert Rodriguez / Salma Hayek
  • Roadracers (1994)
  • Desperado (1995)
  • Four Rooms (1995 Segment: The Misbehavers)
  • From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
  • The Faculty (1998)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

• Robert Rodriguez / Cheech Marin
  • Desperado (1995)
  • From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
  • Grindhouse (2007) (Machete Fake Trailer)
  • Machete (2008)

• Robert Rodriguez / Danny Trejo
  • Desperado (1995)
  • From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
  • Grindhouse (2007) (Machete Fake Trailer)
  • Machete (2008)

• Robert Rodriguez / Elijah Wood
  • The Faculty (1998)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
  • Sin City (2005)

• Nicolas Roeg / Theresa Russell
  • Bad Timing (1980)
  • Eureka (1984)
  • Insignificance (1985)
  • Track 29 (1987)
  • Aria (segment "Un ballo in maschera", 1987)
  • Cold Heaven (1991)
  • Hotel Paradise (1995)

• Stuart Rosenberg / Paul Newman
  • Cool Hand Luke (1967)
  • WUSA (1970)
  • Pocket Money (1972)
  • The Drowning Pool (1975)

• Herbert Ross / Walter Matthau
  • The Sunshine Boys (1975)
  • California Suite (1978)
  • I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)

• Kevin Reynolds / Kevin Costner
  • Fandango (1985)
  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
  • Waterworld (1995)

• David O. Russell / Mark Whalberg
  • Three Kings (1999)
  • I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
  • The Fighter (2011)

• Ken Russell / Glenda Jackson
  • The Music Lovers (1970)
  • The Boy Friend (1971, cameo)
  • Salome's Last Dance (1988)
  • The Rainbow (1989)

• Ken Russell / Oliver Reed
  • Women in Love (1969)
  • The Devils (1971)
  • Mahler (1974)
  • Tommy (1975)
  • Lisztomania (1975, uncredited)
  • Prisoner of Honor (1991, TV)

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• John Sayles / Chris Cooper
  • Matewan (1987)
  • City of Hope (1991)
  • Lone Star (1996)
  • Silver City (2004)

• John Sayles / David Strathairn
  • Return of the Secaucus 7 (1980)
  • The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
  • Matewan (1987)
  • Eight Men Out (1988)
  • City of Hope (1991)
  • Passion Fish (1992)
  • Limbo (1999)

• John Sayles / Tom Wright
  • The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
  • Matewan (1987)
  • City of Hope (1991)
  • Passion Fish (1992)
  • Sunshine State (2002)

• John Schlesinger / Julie Christie
  • Billy Liar (1963)
  • Darling (1965)
  • Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)

• Joel Schumacher / Kiefer Sutherland
  • The Lost Boys (1987)
  • Flatliners (1990)
  • A Time to Kill (1996)
  • Phone Booth (2002)

• Joel Schumacher / Colin Farrell
  • Tigerland (2000)
  • Phone Booth (2002)
  • Veronica Guerin (2003)

• Martin Scorsese / Verna Bloom
  • Street Scenes (1973)
  • After Hours (1985)
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

• Martin Scorsese / Robert De Niro:
  • Mean Streets (1973)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)
  • New York, New York (1977)
  • Raging Bull (1980)
  • The King of Comedy (1983)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • Cape Fear (1991)
  • Casino (1995)

• Martin Scorsese / Leonardo DiCaprio:
  • Gangs of New York (2002)
  • The Aviator (2004)
  • The Departed (2006)
  • Shutter Island (2010)

• Martin Scorsese / Harvey Keitel:
  • Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)
  • Mean Streets (1973)
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

• Martin Scorsese / Joe Pesci:
  • Raging Bull (1980)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • Casino (1995)

• Martin Scorsese / Frank Vincent:
  • Raging Bull (1980)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • Casino (1995)

• Ridley Scott / Russell Crowe
  • Gladiator (2000)
  • A Good Year (2006)
  • American Gangster (2007)
  • Body of Lies (2008)
  • Robin Hood (2010)

• Tony Scott / James Gandolfini
  • True Romance (1993)
  • Crimson Tide (1995)
  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

• Tony Scott / Val Kilmer
  • Top Gun (1986)
  • True Romance (1993)
  • Déjà Vu (2006)

• Tony Scott / Christopher Walken
  • True Romance (1993)
  • Man on Fire (2004)
  • Domino (2005)

• Tony Scott / Denzel Washington
  • Crimson Tide (1995)
  • Man on Fire (2004)
  • Déjà Vu (2006)
  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
  • Unstoppable (2010)

• George Seaton / William Holden
  • Apartment for Peggy (1948)
  • The Country Girl (1954)
  • The Proud and Profane (1956)
  • The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

• Jim Sheridan / Daniel Day-Lewis
  • My Left Foot (1989)
  • In the Name of the Father (1993)
  • The Boxer (1997)

• Vittorio de Sica / Sophia Loren
  • La Ciociara (Two Women, 1960)
  • I Sequestrati di Altona (1962)
  • Boccaccio '70 (segment "La riffa", 1962)
  • Ieri, oggi e domani (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 1963)
  • Matrimonio all'italiana (Marriage Italian-Style, 1964)
  • I Girasoli (Sunflower, 1970)
  • Il Viaggio (The Voyage, 1974)

• Vittorio de Sica / Marcello Mastroianni
  • Ieri, oggi e domani (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 1963)
  • Matrimonio all'italiana (Marriage Italian-Style, 1964)
  • Amanti (1968)
  • I Girasoli (Sunflower, 1970)

• Don Siegel / Clint Eastwood
  • Coogan's Bluff (1968)
  • Two Mules for Sister Sara (1969)
  • The Beguiled (1971)
  • Dirty Harry (1971)
  • Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

• Bryan Singer / James Marsden
  • X-Men (2000)
  • X2 (2003)
  • Superman Returns (2006)

• Bryan Singer / Ian McKellen
  • Apt Pupil (1998)
  • X-Men (2000)
  • X2 (2003)

• John Singleton / Tyrese Gibson
  • Baby Boy (2001)
  • 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
  • Four Brothers (2005)

• Douglas Sirk / Rock Hudson
  • Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
  • Magnificent Obsession (1954)
  • Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
  • All That Heaven Allows (1955)
  • Captain Lightfoot (1955)
  • Battle Hymn (1956)
  • Written on the Wind (1956)
  • The Tarnished Angels (1958)

• Kevin Smith / Joey Lauren Adams
  • Mallrats (1995)
  • Chasing Amy (1997)
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

• Kevin Smith / Ben Affleck
  • Mallrats (1995)
  • Chasing Amy (1997)
  • Dogma (1999)
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
  • Jersey Girl (2004)
  • Clerks II (2006)

• Kevin Smith / Jeff Anderson
  • Clerks. (1994)
  • Dogma (1999)
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
  • Clerks II (2006)
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

• Kevin Smith / Brian O'Halloran
  • Clerks. (1994)
  • Mallrats (1995)
  • Chasing Amy (1997)
  • Dogma (1999)
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
  • Clerks II (2006)

• Kevin Smith / Jason Lee
  • Mallrats (1995)
  • Chasing Amy (1997)
  • Dogma (1999)
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
  • Jersey Girl (2004)
  • Clerks II (2006)
  • A Couple of Dicks (2010)

• Kevin Smith / Jason Mewes
  • Clerks. (1994)
  • Mallrats (1995)
  • Chasing Amy (1997)
  • Dogma (1999)
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
  • Clerks II (2006)
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

• Steven Soderbergh / Don Cheadle
  • Out of Sight (1998)
  • Traffic (2000)
  • Ocean's Eleven (2001, uncredited)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004)
  • Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

• Steven Soderbergh / George Clooney
  • Out of Sight (1998)
  • Ocean's Eleven (2001)
  • Solaris (2002)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004)
  • The Good German (2006)
  • Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

• Steven Soderbergh / Matt Damon
  • Ocean's Eleven (2001)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004)
  • Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
  • Guerrilla (2008)
  • The Informant (2009)

• Steven Soderbergh / Eddie Jemison
  • Schizopolis (1996)
  • Ocean's Eleven (2001)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004)
  • Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
  • The Informant (2009)

• Steven Soderbergh / Julia Roberts
  • Erin Brockovich (2000)
  • Ocean's Eleven (2001)
  • Full Frontal (2002)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004)

• Barry Sonnenfeld / Will Smith
  • Men in Black (1997)
  • Wild Wild West (1999)
  • Men in Black II (2002)

• Steven Spielberg / Richard Dreyfuss
  • Jaws (1975)
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
  • Always (1989)

• Steven Spielberg / Harrison Ford
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

• Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  • The Terminal (2004)

• Josef von Sternberg / Marlene Dietrich
  • Der Blaue Engel (1930)
  • Morocco (1930)
  • Dishonored (1931)
  • Shanghai Express (1932)
  • Blonde Venus (1932)
  • The Scarlet Empress (1934)
  • The Devil is a Woman (1935)

• George Stevens / Cary Grant
  • Gunga Din (1939)
  • Penny Serenade (1941)
  • The Talk of the Town (1942)

• Oliver Stone / Tommy Lee Jones
  • JFK (1991)
  • Heaven & Earth (1993)
  • Natural Born Killers (1994)

• Oliver Stone / John C. McGinley
  • Platoon (1986)
  • Wall Street (1987)
  • Talk Radio (1988)
  • Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  • Nixon (1995)
  • Any Given Sunday (1999)

• Oliver Stone / James Woods
  • Salvador (1986)
  • Nixon (1995)
  • Any Given Sunday (1999)

• Oliver Stone / Frank Whaley
  • Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  • The Doors (1991)
  • JFK (1991)
  • World Trade Center (2006)

• John Sturges / Steve McQueen
  • Never So Few (1959)
  • The Magnificent Seven (1960)
  • The Great Escape (1963)

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• Quentin Tarantino / Samuel L. Jackson
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Jackie Brown (1997)
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009, uncredited)

• Quentin Tarantino / Harvey Keitel
  • Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009, uncredited)

• Quentin Tarantino / Uma Thurman
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

• Quentin Tarantino / Tim Roth
  • Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Four Rooms (1995, Segment: The Man from Hollywood)

• Andrei Tarkovsky / Anatoly Solonitsyn
  • Andrei Rublev (1966)
  • Solaris (1972)
  • The Mirror (1975)
  • Stalker (1979)

• Frank Tashlin / Jerry Lewis
  • Artists and Models (1955)
  • Hollywood or Bust (1956)
  • Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
  • The Geisha Boy (1958)
  • Cinderfella (1960)
  • It's Only Money (1962)
  • The Disorderly Orderly (1964)

• André Téchiné / Catherine Deneuve
  • Hôtel des Amériques (Hotel America, 1981)
  • Le Lieu du crime (Scene of the Crime, 1986)
  • Ma saison préférée (My Favorite Season, 1993)
  • Les Voleurs (Thieves, 1996)
  • Les Temps qui changent (Changing Times, 2004)

• André Téchiné / Emmanuelle Béart
  • J'embrasse pas (I Don't Kiss, 1991)
  • Les égarés (Strayed, 2003)
  • Les Témoins (2006)

• J. Lee Thompson / Gregory Peck
  • The Guns of Navarone (1961)
  • Cape Fear (1962)
  • Mackenna's Gold (1969)
  • The Chairman (1969)

• J. Lee Thompson / David Niven
  • The Guns of Navarone (1961)
  • Eye of the Devil (1967)
  • Before Winter Comes (1969)

• J. Lee Thompson / Charles Bronson
  • The White Buffalo (1977)
  • 10 to Midnight (1983)
  • The Evil That Men Do (1984)
  • Murphy's Law (1986)
  • Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
  • Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

• James Toback / Robert Downey, Jr.
  • The Pick-up Artist (1987)
  • Two Girls and a Guy (1997)
  • Black and White (1999)

• James Toback / Harvey Keitel
  • Fingers (1978)
  • Exposed (1983)
  • The Pick-up Artist (1987)

• Guillermo del Toro / Doug Jones
  • Mimic (1997)
  • Hellboy (2004)
  • El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006)
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

• Guillermo del Toro / Federico Luppi
  • Cronos (1993)
  • El Espinazo del Diablo (The Devil's Backbone, 2001)
  • El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth, 2006)

• Guillermo del Toro / Ron Perlman
  • Cronos (1993)
  • Blade II (2002)
  • Hellboy (2004)
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

• François Truffaut / Claude Jade
  • Baisers volés (Stolen Kisses, 1968)
  • Domicile Conjugal (Bed and Board, 1970)
  • L'amour en fuite (Love on the run, 1979)

• François Truffaut / Jean-Pierre Léaud
  • Les Quatre Cent Coups (The 400 Blows, 1959)
  • Antoine et Colette (1962)
  • Baisers volés (Stolen Kisses, 1968)
  • Domicile Conjugal (Bed and Board, 1970)
  • Les deux anglaises et le continent (Two English Girls, 1971)
  • La Nuit Américaine (Day for Night, 1973)
  • L'amour en fuite (Love on the run, 1979)

• François Truffaut / Nathalie Baye
  • La Nuit Américaine (Day for Night, 1973)
  • L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (The Man who Loved Women, 1977)
  • La Chambre verte (The Green room, 1978)

• Lars von Trier / Stellan Skarsgård
  • The Kingdom (1994, TV)
  • Breaking the Waves (1996)
  • Dancer in the Dark (2000)
  • Dogville (2003)

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• Gus Van Sant / Casey Affleck
  • To Die For (1995)
  • Good Will Hunting (1997)
  • Gerry (2002)

• Gus Van Sant / Matt Damon
  • Good Will Hunting (1997)
  • Finding Forrester (2000)
  • Gerry (2002)

• Gus Van Sant / Grace Zabriskie
  • Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
  • My Own Private Idaho (1991)
  • Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993)

• Gore Verbinski / Johnny Depp
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
  • Rango (2011)

• Paul Verhoven / Rutger Hauer
  • Turkish Delight (1973)
  • Katie Tippel (1975)
  • Soldier of Orange (1977)
  • Spetters (1980)
  • Flesh & Blood (1985)

• Henri Verneuil / Jean-Paul Belmondo
  • La Française et l'amour (Love and the Frenchwoman, 1960)
  • Un singe en hiver (It's Hot in Hell, 1962)
  • Week-end à Zuydcoote (1964)
  • Cent mille dollars au soleil (Greed in the Sun, 1964)
  • Le Casse (1971)
  • Peur sur la ville (Fear Over the City, 1975)
  • Le Corps de mon ennemi (Body of My Enemy, 1976)
  • Les Morfalous (1984)

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• Raoul Walsh / Errol Flynn
  • They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
  • Desperate Journey (1942)
  • Gentleman Jim (1943)
  • Northern Pursuit (1943)
  • Uncertain Glory (1944)
  • Objective, Burma! (1945)
  • Silver River (1948)

• Raoul Walsh / Arthur Kennedy
  • High Sierra (1941)
  • They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
  • Desperate Journey (1942)
  • Cheyenne (1947)

• John Waters / Divine
  • Roman Candles (1966)
  • Eat Your Makeup (1968)
  • Mondo Trasho (1969)
  • Multiple Maniacs (1970)
  • Pink Flamingos (1972)
  • Female Trouble (1974)
  • Polyester (1981)
  • Hairspray (1988)

• John Waters / Ricki Lake
  • Hairspray (1988)
  • Cry-Baby (1990)
  • Serial Mom (1994)
  • Cecil B. Demented (2000)

• Sean Weathers / Glenn "Illa" Skeete
  • House of the Damned (2008)
  • Lust For Vengeance (2008)
  • Hookers In Revolt (2008)

• Orson Welles / Joseph Cotten
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
  • The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952, uncredited)
  • Touch of Evil (1958)

• Orson Welles / Akim Tamiroff
  • Confidential Report (aka Mr. Arkadin, 1955)
  • Touch of Evil (1958)
  • Le Procès (The Trial, 1962)
  • Don Quixote (1956-1971)

• Orson Welles / Jeanne Moreau
  • Le Procès (The Trial, 1962)
  • Chimes at Midnight aka Falstaff (1965)
  • The Immortal Story (1968)

• Billy Wilder / Jack Lemmon:
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • The Apartment (1960)
  • Irma la Douce (1963)
  • The Fortune Cookie (1966)
  • Avanti! (1972)
  • The Front Page (1974)
  • Buddy Buddy (1981)

• Billy Wilder / William Holden
  • Sunset Blvd. (1950)
  • Stalag 17 (1952)
  • Sabrina (1954)
  • Fedora (1978)

• Billy Wilder / Walter Matthau
  • The Fortune Cookie (1966)
  • The Front Page (1974)
  • Buddy Buddy (1981)

• Michael Winner / Charles Bronson
  • The Mechanic (1972)
  • The Stone Killer (1973)
  • Death Wish (1974)
  • Death Wish II (1982)
  • Death Wish 3 (1985)

• Michael Winner / Oliver Reed
  • The Jokers (1967)
  • I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
  • Hannibal Brooks (1969)
  • Parting Shots (1998)

• Michael Winterbottom / Shirley Henderson
  • Wonderland (1999)
  • The Claim (2000)
  • 24 Hour Party People (2002)
  • A Cock and Bull Story (2006)

• Wong Kar Wai / Maggie Cheung
  • As Tears Go By (1988)
  • Days of Being Wild (1991)
  • Ashes of Time (1994)
  • In the Mood for Love (2000)
  • 2046 (2004)

• Wong Kar Wai / Tony Leung Chiu Wai
  • Ashes of Time (1994)
  • Chungking Express (1994)
  • Happy Together (1997)
  • In the Mood for Love (2000)
  • 2046 (2004)

• John Woo / Chow Yun-Fat
  • A Better Tomorrow (1986)
  • A Better Tomorrow 2 (1987)
  • The Killer (1989)
  • Once a Thief (1991)
  • Hard Boiled (1992)

• John Woo / Fui-On Shing
  • A Better Tomorrow (1986)
  • A Better Tomorrow 2 (1987)
  • The Killer (1989)
  • Just Heroes (1989)

• John Woo / Leslie Cheung
  • A Better Tomorrow (1986)
  • A Better Tomorrow 2 (1987)
  • Once a Thief (1991)

• John Woo / Kenneth Tsang
  • A Better Tomorrow (1986)
  • A Better Tomorrow 2 (1987)
  • The Killer (1989)
  • Once a Thief (1991)

• Sam Wood / Gary Cooper
  • The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
  • Casanova Brown (1944)
  • Saratoga Trunk (1945)

• Ed Wood / Tor Johnson
  • Bride of the Monster (1955)
  • Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
  • Night of the Ghouls (1959)

• Ed Wood / Béla Lugosi
  • Glen or Glenda (1953)
  • Bride of the Monster (1955)
  • Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

• William Wyler / Bette Davis
  • Jezebel (1938)
  • The Letter (1940)
  • The Little Foxes (1941)

• William Wyler / Audrey Hepburn
  • Roman Holiday (1953)
  • The Children's Hour (1961)
  • How to Steal a Million (1966)

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• Franco Zeffirelli / Joan Plowright
  • Jane Eyre (1996)
  • Tea With Mussolini (1999)
  • Callas Forever (2002)

• Franco Zeffirelli / Michael York
  • The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
  • Romeo and Juliet (1968)
  • Jesus of Nazareth (1977)

• Robert Zemeckis / Tom Hanks
  • Forrest Gump (1994)
  • Cast Away (2000)
  • The Polar Express (2004)

• Robert Zemeckis / Christopher Lloyd
  • Back to the Future (1985)
  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
  • Back to the Future Part II (1989)
  • Back to the Future Part III (1990)

• Zhang Yimou / Gong Li
  • Red Sorghum (1987)
  • Codename Cougar (or The Puma Action) (1989)
  • Ju Dou (1990)
  • Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
  • The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
  • To Live (1994)
  • Shanghai Triad (1995)
  • Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)

• Zhang Yimou / Zhang Ziyi
  • The Road Home (1999)
  • Hero (2002)
  • House of Flying Daggers (2004)

• Claude Zidi / Gérard Depardieu
  • Inspecteur la Bavure (1980)
  • Deux (1989)
  • Astérix et Obélix contre César (Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar, 1999)

• Edward Zwick / Denzel Washington
  • Glory (1989)
  • Courage Under Fire (1996)
  • The Siege (1998)

• David Zucker / Leslie Nielsen
  • Airplane! (1980)
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
  • The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
  • Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
  • Scary Movie 3 (2003)
  • Scary Movie 4 (2006)
  • An American Carol (2008)