List of film director and actor collaborations

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

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A

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

• J. J. Abrams / Bruce Greenwood
  • Star Trek (2009)
  • Super 8 (2011)
  • Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

• J. J. Abrams / Simon Pegg
  • Mission: Impossible III (2006)
  • Star Trek (2009)
  • Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

• Ben Affleck / Titus Welliver
  • Gone Baby Gone (2007)
  • The Town (2010)
  • Argo (2012)

• Robert Aldrich / Wesley Addy
  • The Big Knife (1955)
  • Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
  • Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
  • 4 for Texas (1963)
  • Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
  • The Grissom Gang (1971)

• Robert Aldrich / Eddie Albert
  • Attack (1956)
  • The Longest Yard (1974)
  • Hustle (1975)

• Robert Aldrich / Ernest Borgnine
  • Vera Cruz (1954)
  • The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  • The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
  • Emperor of the North Pole (1973)
  • Hustle (1975)

• Robert Aldrich / Charles Bronson
  • Apache (1954, credited as Charles Buchinsky)
  • Vera Cruz (1954, credited as Charles Buchinsky)
  • 4 for Texas (1963)
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)

• Robert Aldrich / Richard Jaeckel
  • Big Leaguer (1953)
  • Attack (1956)
  • 4 for Texas (1963)
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  • Ulzana's Raid (1972)
  • Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
  • ...All the Marbles (1981)

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

• Robert Aldrich / Lee Marvin
  • Attack (1956)
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  • Emperor of the North Pole (1973)

• Hans Alfredsson / Stellan Skarsgård
  • The Simple-Minded Murder (1982)
  • P & B (1983)
  • Falsk som vatten (1985)
  • Jim & piraterna Blom (1987)
  • Vargens tid (1988)

• Marc Allégret / Louis Jourdan
  • Parade en sept nuits (1941)
  • La Belle aventure (1942)
  • L'Arlésienne (1942)
  • Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944)
  • Twilight (1944, Felicie Nantueil)

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

• Woody Allen / Alec Baldwin
  • Alice (1990)
  • To Rome with Love (2012)
  • Blue Jasmine (2013)

• Woody Allen / Blythe Danner
  • Another Woman (1988)
  • Alice (1990)
  • Husbands and Wives (1992)

• Woody Allen / Judy Davis
  • Alice (1990)
  • Husbands and Wives (1992)
  • Deconstructing Harry (1997)
  • Celebrity (1998)
  • To Rome with Love (2012)

• 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)
  • Radio Days (1987)
  • September (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 / Julie Kavner
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  • Radio Days (1987)
  • Alice (1990)
  • Shadows and Fog (1992)
  • Deconstructing Harry (1997)

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

• Woody Allen / Louise Lasser
  • What's Up Tiger Lily? (1966)
  • Take the Money and Run (1969)
  • Bananas (1971)
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)
  • Stardust Memories (1980)

• 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 / Sam Waterston
  • Interiors (1978)
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, Uncredited)
  • September (1987)
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

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

• Pedro Almodóvar / Antonio Banderas
  • Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
  • Matador (1986)
  • Law of Desire (1987)
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
  • ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, 1990)
  • The Skin I Live In (2011)
  • I'm So Excited (2013)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Javier Cámara
  • Talk to Her (2002)
  • Bad Education (2004)
  • I'm So Excited (2013)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Penélope Cruz
  • Live Flesh (1997)
  • All About My Mother (1999)
  • Volver (2006)
  • Broken Embraces (2009)
  • I'm So Excited (2013)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Lola Dueñas
  • Talk to Her (2002)
  • Volver (2006)
  • Broken Embraces (2009)
  • I'm So Excited (2013)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Chus Lampreave
  • Entre tinieblas (Dark Habits, 1983)
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
  • The Flower of My Secret (1995)
  • Talk to Her (2002)
  • Volver (2006)
  • Broken Embraces (2009)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Carmen Maura
  • Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980)
  • Entre tinieblas (Dark Habits, 1983)
  • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 1984)
  • Matador (1986)
  • Law of Desire (1987)
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
  • Volver (2006)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Rossy de Palma
  • Law of Desire (1987)
  • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)
  • ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, 1990)
  • Kika (1993)
  • The Flower of My Secret (1995)
  • Broken Embraces (2009)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Marisa Paredes
  • Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
  • Entre tinieblas (Dark Habits, 1983)
  • High Heels (1991)
  • The Flower of My Secret (1995)
  • All About My Mother (1999)
  • Talk to Her (2002, uncredited)
  • The Skin I Live In (2011)

• Pedro Almodóvar / Cecilia Roth
  • Pepi, Luci, Bom (1980)
  • Labyrinth of Passion (1982)
  • Entre tinieblas (Dark Habits, 1983)
  • ¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto? (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 1984)
  • All About My Mother (1999)
  • Talk to Her (2002, uncredited)
  • I'm So Excited (2013)

• Paul Almond / Geneviève Bujold
  • Isabel (1968)
  • The Act of the Heart (1970)
  • Journey (1972)

• Robert Altman / Paul Dooley
  • A Wedding (1978)
  • A Perfect Couple (1979)
  • HealtH (1980)
  • Popeye (1980)
  • O.C. and Stiggs (1984)
  • The Player (1992, Cameo as himself)

• Robert Altman / Robert Duvall
  • Countdown (1968)
  • MASH (1970)
  • The Gingerbread Man (1998)

• 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 / Henry Gibson
  • The Long Goodbye (1973)
  • Nashville (1975)
  • A Perfect Couple (1979)
  • HealtH (1980)

• Robert Altman / Jeff Goldblum
  • California Split (1974)
  • Nashville (1975)
  • Beyond Therapy (1987)
  • The Player (1992, Cameo as himself)

• 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 / Lyle Lovett
  • The Player (1992)
  • Short Cuts (1993)
  • Pret-a-Porter (1994)
  • Cookie's Fortune (1999)

• 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 / Arthur Lowe
  • This Sporting Life (1963)
  • The White Bus (1967)
  • If.... (1968)
  • O Lucky Man! (1973)
  • Britannia Hospital (1982)

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

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

• 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)
  • The Master (2012)

• 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)
  • The Master (2012)

• Paul W. S. Anderson / Jason Isaacs
  • Shopping (1994)
  • Event Horizon (1997)
  • Soldier (1998)
  • Resident Evil (2002, Uncredited)

• Paul W. S. Anderson / Milla Jovovich
  • Resident Evil (2002)
  • Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
  • The Three Musketeers (2011)
  • Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

• Paul W. S. Anderson / Sean Pertwee
  • Shopping (1994)
  • Event Horizon (1997)
  • Soldier (1998)

• Paul W. S. Anderson / Colin Salmon
  • Resident Evil (2002)
  • Alien vs. Predator (2004)
  • Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

• Wes Anderson / Waris Ahluwalia
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

• Wes Anderson / Adrien Brody
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

• Wes Anderson / Seymour Cassel
  • Rushmore (1998)
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

• Wes Anderson / Willem Dafoe
  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

• 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)
  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

• Wes Anderson / Kumar Pallana
  • Bottle Rocket (1996)
  • Rushmore (1998)
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

• Wes Anderson / Jason Schwartzman
  • Rushmore (1998)
  • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
  • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

• 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)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

• Michelangelo Antonioni / Monica Vitti
  • L'Avventura (1960)
  • La Notte (1961)
  • Eclipse (1962)
  • Red Desert (1964)
  • The Mystery of Oberwald (1981)

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

• Judd Apatow / Leslie Mann
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
  • Knocked Up (2007)
  • Funny People (2009)
  • This Is Forty (2012)

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

• Judd Apatow / Paul Rudd
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
  • Knocked Up (2007)
  • This Is Forty (2012)

• Vicente Aranda / Victoria Abril
  • Change of Sex (1976)
  • Girl with the Golden Panties (1980)
  • Murder in the Central Committee (1982)
  • Captain Sánchez's Crime (1984)
  • Tiempo de Silencio (Time of Silence, 1986)
  • El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987)
  • If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
  • Riders of the Dawn (1990)
  • Lovers (1991)
  • Intruder (1993)
  • Libertarias (1996)
  • Tirant lo Blanc (2006)

• Vicente Aranda / Imanol Arias
  • Tiempo de Silencio (Time of Silence, 1986)
  • El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987)
  • El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll be Free (1988)
  • The Bilingual Lover (1993)
  • Intruder (1993)

• Vicente Aranda / Maribel Verdú
  • Captain Sánchez's Crime (1984)
  • Riders of the Dawn (1990)
  • Lovers (1991)

• Darren Aronofsky / Mark Margolis
  • π (1998)
  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  • The Fountain (2006)
  • The Wrestler (2008)
  • Black Swan (2010)
  • Noah (2014)

• Dorothy Arzner / Fredric March
  • The Wild Party (1929)
  • Sarah and Son (1930)
  • Honor Among Lovers (1931)
  • Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

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

• Richard Attenborough / Edward Fox
  • Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
  • A Bridge Too Far (1977)
  • Gandhi (1982)

• 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)

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)

• John Badham / Richard Dreyfuss
  • Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
  • Stakeout (1987)
  • Another Stakeout (1993)

• Noah Baumbach / Chris Eigeman
  • Kicking and Screaming (1995)
  • Highball (1997)
  • Mr. Jealousy (1997)

• Noah Baumbach / Greta Gerwig
  • Greenberg (2010)
  • Frances Ha (2012)
  • Mistress America (2015)

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

• Michael Bay / Megan Fox
  • Bad Boys II (2003, Uncredited)
  • Transformers (2007)
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

• Michael Bay / Glenn Morshower
  • Pearl Harbor (2001)
  • The Island (2005)
  • Transformers (2007)
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

• Michael Bay / Peter Stormare
  • Armageddon (1998)
  • Bad Boys II (2003)
  • Pain & Gain (2013)

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

• Jean Becker / Suzanne Flon
  • One Deadly Summer (1983)
  • The Children of the Marshland (1999)
  • A Crime in Paradise (2001)

• Josh Becker / Bruce Campbell
  • Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter (1982, short film)
  • Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)
  • Lunatics: A Love Story (1991)
  • Running Time (1997)
  • Alien Apocalypse (2005, TV)

• Roberto Benigni / Nicoletta Braschi
  • Tu mi turbi (1983)
  • The Little Devil (1988)
  • Johnny Stecchino (1991)
  • The Monster (1994)
  • Life Is Beautiful (1998)
  • Pinocchio (2002)
  • The Tiger and the Snow (2005)

• Bruce Beresford / Barry Humphries
  • The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
  • Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
  • Side by Side (1975)
  • The Getting of Wisdom (1978)

• Bruce Beresford / Kyle MacLachlan
  • Rich in Love (1993)
  • Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
  • Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)

• Ingmar Bergman / Bibi Andersson
  • Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
  • Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957, TV)
  • Wild Strawberries (1957)
  • Brink of Life (Nära livet, 1958)
  • Rabies (1958)
  • The Magician (1958)
  • The Devil's Eye (1960)
  • All These Women (1964)
  • Persona (1966)
  • The Passion of Anna (1969)
  • The Touch (1971)
  • Scenes from a Marriage (1973)

• Ingmar Bergman / Gunnar Björnstrand
  • It Rains on Our Love (1946)
  • Music in Darkness (1948)
  • Secrets of Women (1952)
  • Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
  • A Lesson in Love (1954)
  • Dreams (1955)
  • Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
  • The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet, 1957)
  • Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället, 1957)
  • The Magician (1958)
  • The Devil's Eye (1960)
  • Through a Glass Darkly (Sasom i en Spegel, 1961)
  • Winter Light (1963)
  • Persona (1966)
  • Shame (Skammen, 1968)
  • The Rite (1969)
  • Face to Face (1976)
  • Autumn Sonata (1978)
  • Fanny and Alexander (1982)

• Ingmar Bergman / Erland Josephson
  • It Rains on Our Love (1946)
  • To Joy (1950)
  • The Magician (1958)
  • Brink of Life (1958)
  • All These Women (1964)
  • Hour of the Wolf (1968)
  • The Passion of Anna (1969)
  • Cries and Whispers (1972)
  • Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
  • The Magic Flute (1975)
  • Face to Face (1976)
  • Autumn Sonata (1978)
  • Fanny and Alexander (1982)
  • After the Rehearsal (1984, TV)
  • Saraband (2003, TV)

• 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 / Ingrid Thulin
  • Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället, 1957)
  • The Magician (Ansiktet, 1958)
  • Brink of Life (Nära livet, 1958)
  • The Silence (1963)
  • Winter Light (1963)
  • Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen, 1968)
  • The Rite (1969)
  • Cries and Whispers (1972)
  • After the Rehearsal (1984, TV)

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

• Bernardo Bertolucci / Stefania Sandrelli
  • Partner (1968)
  • The Conformist (1970)
  • 1900 (1976)
  • Stealing Beauty (1996)

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

• Kathryn Bigelow / Tom Sizemore
  • Blue Steel (1989)
  • Point Break (1991, Uncredited)
  • Strange Days (1995)

• Antonia Bird / Robert Carlyle
  • Priest (1994)
  • Face (1997)
  • Ravenous (1999)

• 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)

• Neill Blomkamp / Sharlto Copley
  • Alive in Joburg (short film) (2005)
  • District 9 (2009)
  • Elysium (2013)
  • Chappie (2015)

• 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 / Eileen Brennan
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • Daisy Miller (1974)
  • At Long Last Love (1975)
  • Texasville (1990)

• Peter Bogdanovich / Harry Carey, Jr.
  • Nickelodeon (1976)
  • Mask (1985)
  • Illegally Yours (1988)

• 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 / Cloris Leachman
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • Daisy Miller (1974)
  • Texasville (1990)

• Peter Bogdanovich / Ryan O'Neal
  • What's Up, Doc? (1972)
  • Paper Moon (1973)
  • Nickelodeon (1976)

• Peter Bogdanovich / Tatum O'Neal
  • Paper Moon (1973)
  • Nickelodeon (1976)
  • She's Funny That Way (2014, cameo)

• Peter Bogdanovich / Randy Quaid
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • What's Up, Doc? (1972)
  • Paper Moon (1973)
  • Texasville (1990)

• Peter Bogdanovich / John Ritter
  • Nickelodeon (1976)
  • They All Laughed (1981)
  • Noises Off (1992)

• Peter Bogdanovich / Cybill Shepherd
  • The Last Picture Show (1971)
  • Daisy Miller (1974)
  • At Long Last Love (1975)
  • Texasville (1990)
  • She's Funny That Way (2014)

• Uwe Boll / Clint Howard
  • Heart of America (2001)
  • Blackwoods (2002)
  • House of the Dead (2003)

• Uwe Boll / Michael Paré
  • Heart of America (2001)
  • Blackwoods (2002)
  • BloodRayne (2006)
  • BloodRayne II: Deliverance (2007)
  • Seed (2007)
  • Far Cry (2008)
  • 1968 Tunnel Rats (2008)
  • Rampage (2009)
  • BloodRayne 3: The Third Reich (2011)

• Uwe Boll / Will Sanderson
  • House of the Dead (2003)
  • Alone in the Dark (2005)
  • BloodRayne (2006)
  • Seed (2007)
  • In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008)

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

• John Boulting / Richard Attenborough
  • Journey Together (1945)
  • Brighton Rock (1947)
  • The Magic Box (1951)
  • Private's Progress (1956)
  • I'm All Right Jack (1959)

• Danny Boyle / Ewan McGregor
  • Shallow Grave (1994)
  • Trainspotting (1996)
  • A Life Less Ordinary (1997)

• 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 / Derek Jacobi
  • Henry V (1989)
  • Dead Again (1991)
  • Hamlet (1996)
  • Cinderella (2015)

• 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)
  • How Do You Know (2010)

• Mel Brooks / Ron Carey
  • Silent Movie (1976)
  • High Anxiety (1977)
  • History of the World, Part I (1981)

• Mel Brooks / Rudy De Luca
  • Silent Movie (1976)
  • High Anxiety (1977)
  • History of the World, Part I (1981)
  • Spaceballs (1987)
  • Life Stinks (1991)
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
  • Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)

• Mel Brooks / Dom DeLuise
  • The Twelve Chairs (1970)
  • Blazing Saddles (1974)
  • Silent Movie (1976)
  • History of the World, Part I (1981)
  • Spaceballs (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 / Cloris Leachman
  • Young Frankenstein (1974)
  • High Anxiety (1977)
  • History of the World, Part I (1981)

• Mel Brooks / Dick Van Patten
  • High Anxiety (1977)
  • Spaceballs (1987)
  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

• Mel Brooks / Andreas Voutsinas
  • The Producers (1968)
  • The Twelve Chairs (1970)
  • History of the World, Part I (1981)

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

• Clarence Brown / Clark Gable
  • A Free Soul (1931)
  • Possessed (1931)
  • Night Flight (1933)
  • Chained (1934)
  • Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
  • Idiot's Delight (1939)
  • They Met in Bombay (1941)
  • To Please a Lady (1950)

• Clarence Brown / Greta Garbo
  • Flesh and the Devil (1926)
  • A Woman of Affairs (1928)
  • Anna Christie (1930, English language version)
  • Romance (1930)
  • Inspiration (1931)
  • Anna Karenina (1935)
  • Conquest (1937)

• Clarence Brown / Myrna Loy
  • Emma (1932)
  • Night Flight (1933)
  • Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
  • The Rains Came (1939)

• 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 1950-1978 (1994)
  • Camping Cosmos (1996)
  • La Vie politique des Belges (2002)
  • Les vacances de Noël (2005)

• Luis Buñuel / Claudio Brook
  • The Young One (1960)
  • Viridiana (1961)
  • The Exterminating Angel (1962)
  • Simon of the Desert (1965)
  • La voie lactee (The Milky Way, 1969)

• 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: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010)
  • Dark Shadows (2012)

• Tim Burton / Johnny Depp
  • Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  • Ed Wood (1994)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
  • The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010)
  • Dark Shadows (2012)

• Tim Burton / Danny DeVito
  • Batman Returns (1992)
  • Mars Attacks! (1996)
  • Big Fish (2003)

• Tim Burton / Michael Gough
  • Batman (1989)
  • Batman Returns (1992)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010)

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

• Tim Burton / Martin Landau
  • Ed Wood (1994)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Frankenweenie (2012)

• Tim Burton / Christopher Lee
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • Corpse Bride (2005)
  • Alice in Wonderland (2010)
  • Dark Shadows (2012)
  • Frankenweenie (2012)

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

• Tim Burton / Winona Ryder
  • Beetlejuice (1988)
  • Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  • Frankenweenie (2012)

• Steve Buscemi / Mark Boone Junior
  • Trees Lounge (1996)
  • Animal Factory (2000)
  • Lonesome Jim (2005)

• Steve Buscemi / Seymour Cassel
  • Trees Lounge (1996)
  • Animal Factory (2000)
  • Lonesome Jim (2005)

C

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

• James Cameron / Jenette Goldstein
  • Aliens (1986)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  • Titanic (1997)

• James Cameron / Lance Henriksen
  • Piranha II: The Spawning (1981)
  • The Terminator (1984)
  • Aliens (1986)

• 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)
  • T2 3D: Battle Across Time (1996)

• Martin Campbell / Stuart Wilson
  • No Escape (1994)
  • The Mask of Zorro (1998)
  • Vertical Limit (2000)

• Frank Capra / Edward Arnold
  • You Can't Take It With You (1938)
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
  • Meet John Doe (1941)

• Frank Capra / Jean Arthur
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
  • You Can't Take It With You (1938)
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

• Frank Capra / Barbara Stanwyck
  • Ladies of Leisure (1930)
  • The Miracle Woman (1931)
  • Forbidden (1932)
  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
  • Meet John Doe (1941)

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

• Leos Carax / Denis Lavant
  • Boy Meets Girl (1984)
  • Mauvais Sang (1986)
  • Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991)
  • Tokyo! (2008)
  • Holy Motors (2012)

• Joe Carnahan / Ray Liotta
  • Narc (2002)
  • Smokin' Aces (2007)
  • Stretch (2014, as himself)

• 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 (Story of Women, 1988)
  • Madame Bovary (1991)
  • Merci pour le chocolat (2000)
  • L'ivresse du pouvoir (Comedy of Power, 2006)

• Claude Chabrol / Roger Hanin
  • Le Tigre aime la chair fraiche (Code Name: Tiger, 1964)
  • Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha (Marie-Chantal versus Doctor Kha, 1965)
  • Le Tigre se parfume à la dynamite (Our Agent Tiger, 1965)

• Claude Chabrol / Benoît Magimel
  • The Flower of Evil (2003)
  • The Bridesmaid (2004)
  • A Girl Cut in Two (2007)

• Larry Charles / Sacha Baron Cohen
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
  • Brüno (2009)
  • The Dictator (2012)

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

• Joel and Ethan Coen / Josh Brolin
  • No Country for Old Men (2007)
  • True Grit (2010)
  • Hail, Caesar! (2016)

• 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)
  • Hail, Caesar! (2016)

• 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)
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

• Joel and Ethan Coen / Frances McDormand
  • Blood Simple (1984)
  • Raising Arizona (1987)
  • Miller's Crossing (1990, uncredited)
  • Barton Fink (1991, voice, uncredited)
  • Fargo (1996)
  • The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
  • Burn After Reading (2008)
  • Hail, Caesar! (2016)

• 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)

• Peter Collinson / Oliver Reed
  • And Then There Were None (1974)
  • The Sell Out (1976)
  • Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)

• Chris Columbus / Robin Williams
  • Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
  • Nine Months (1995)
  • Bicentennial Man (1999)

• Bill Condon / Laura Linney
  • Kinsey (2004)
  • The Fifth Estate (2013)
  • Mr. Holmes (2015)

• Jack Conway / Clark Gable
  • The Easiest Way (1931)
  • Saratoga (1937)
  • Too Hot to Handle (1938)
  • Boom Town (1940)
  • Honky Tonk (1941)
  • The Hucksters (1947)

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

• Jack Conway / Myrna Loy
  • Libeled Lady (1936)
  • Too Hot to Handle (1938)
  • Love Crazy (1941)

• 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 / Sofia Coppola
  • The Godfather (1972, uncredited)
  • The Godfather Part II (1974, uncredited)
  • The Outsiders (1983)
  • Rumble Fish (1983)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)
  • Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
  • The Godfather Part III (1990)

• 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 / Allen Garfield
  • The Conversation (1974)
  • One from the Heart (1982)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)

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

• Francis Ford Coppola / Dean Stockwell
  • Gardens of Stone (1987)
  • Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
  • The Rainmaker (1997)

• 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)
  • Twixt (2011)

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

• Sofia Coppola / Kirsten Dunst
  • The Virgin Suicides (1999)
  • Marie Antoinette (2006)
  • The Bling Ring (2013, Cameo as herself)

• Frank Coraci / Adam Sandler
  • The Wedding Singer (1998)
  • The Waterboy (1998)
  • Click (2006)
  • Zookeeper (2011)
  • Blended (2014)

• Roger Corman / Bruce Dern
  • The Wild Angels (1966)
  • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
  • The Trip (1967)
  • Bloody Mama (1970)

• 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)

• Alain Corneau / Gérard Depardieu
  • Le choix des armes (1981)
  • Fort Saganne (1984)
  • Tous les matins du monde (1991)

• Wes Craven / W. Earl Brown
  • Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
  • Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
  • Scream (1996)

• John Cromwell / Lizabeth Scott
  • Dead Reckoning (1947)
  • The Company She Keeps (1951)
  • The Racket (1951)

• David Cronenberg / Nicholas Campbell
  • Fast Company (1979)
  • The Brood (1979)
  • The Dead Zone (1983)
  • Naked Lunch (1991)

• David Cronenberg / Leslie Carlson
  • Videodrome (1983)
  • The Dead Zone (1983)
  • The Fly (1986)

• David Cronenberg / Sarah Gadon
  • A Dangerous Method (2011)
  • Cosmopolis (2012)
  • Maps to the Stars (2014)

• David Cronenberg / Viggo Mortensen
  • A History of Violence (2005)
  • Eastern Promises (2007)
  • A Dangerous Method (2011)

• 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 / Cary Grant
  • Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
  • Holiday (1938)
  • The Philadelphia Story (1940)

• 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)
  • Love Among the Ruins (1975, TV)
  • The Corn Is Green (1979, TV)

• George Cukor / Judy Holliday
  • Winged Victory (1944)
  • Adam's Rib (1949)
  • Born Yesterday (1950)
  • The Marrying Kind (1952)
  • It Should Happen to You (1954)

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

• Irving Cummings / Don Ameche
  • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
  • Down Argentine Way (1940)
  • Lillian Russell (1940)
  • That Night in Rio (1941)

• Irving Cummings / Jane Darwell
  • The White Parade (1934)
  • Curly Top (1935)
  • Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
  • Little Miss Broadway (1938)
  • The Impatient Years (1944)

• Irving Cummings / Alice Faye
  • Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
  • Lillian Russell (1940)
  • That Night in Rio (1941)

• Irving Cummings / Betty Grable
  • Down Argentine Way (1940)
  • Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
  • Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
  • The Dolly Sisters (1945)

• Irving Cummings / Carmen Miranda
  • Down Argentine Way (1940)
  • That Night in Rio (1941)
  • Springtime in the Rockies (1942)

• Richard Curtis / Bill Nighy
  • Love Actually (2003)
  • The Boat That Rocked (2009)
  • About Time (2013)

• 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)

D

• Tage Danielsson / Gösta Ekman
  • Svenska bilder (1964)
  • Docking the Boat (1965)
  • Out of an Old Man's Head (1968)
  • The Apple War (1971)
  • The Man Who Quit Smoking (1972)
  • Release the Prisoners to Spring (1975)
  • The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
  • SOPOR (1981)

• Joe Dante / Bruce Dern
  • The 'Burbs (1989)
  • Small Soldiers (1998)
  • The Hole (2009)

• 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)
  • The Hole (2009, Uncredited)

• 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)

• Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne / Olivier Gourmet
  • The Promise (1996)
  • Rosetta (1999)
  • The Son (2001)
  • L'Enfant (2005)
  • Lorna's Silence (2008)
  • The Kid with a Bike (2011)

• Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne / Fabrizio Rongione
  • Rosetta (1999)
  • L'Enfant (2005)
  • Lorna's Silence (2008)
  • The Kid with a Bike (2011)
  • Two Days, One Night (2014)

• 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 / Claudette Colbert
  • The Sign of the Cross (1932)
  • Cleopatra (1934)
  • Four Frightened People (1934)

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

• Cecil B. DeMille / Leatrice Joy
  • Saturday Night (1922)
  • Manslaughter (1922)
  • The Ten Commandments (1923)
  • Triumph (1924)

• Cecil B. DeMille / Joseph Schildkraut
  • The Road to Yesterday (1925)
  • The King of Kings (1927)
  • Cleopatra (1934)
  • The Crusades (1935)

• Cecil B. DeMille / Gloria Swanson
  • Don't Change Your Husband (1919)
  • For Better, for Worse (1919)
  • Male and Female (1919)
  • Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
  • Something to Think About (1920)
  • The Affairs of Anatol (1921)

• Cecil B. DeMille / Henry Wilcoxon
  • Cleopatra (1934)
  • The Crusades (1935)
  • Unconquered (1947)
  • Samson and Delilah (1949)
  • The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
  • The Ten Commandments (1956)

• 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 / William Finley
  • Woton's Wake (1962)
  • Murder à la Mod (1968)
  • The Wedding Party (1969)
  • Dionysus in '69 (1970)
  • Sisters (1973)
  • Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
  • The Fury (1978)
  • Dressed to Kill (1980)
  • The Black Dahlia (2006)

• Brian De Palma / Dennis Franz
  • The Fury (1978)
  • Dressed to Kill (1980)
  • Blow Out (1981)
  • Body Double (1984)

• Brian De Palma / Gregg Henry
  • Scarface (1983, Uncredited)
  • Body Double (1984)
  • Raising Cain (1992)
  • Femme Fatale (2002)
  • The Black Dahlia (2006)

• Brian De Palma / John Lithgow
  • Obsession (1976)
  • Blow Out (1981)
  • Raising Cain (1992)

• Julie Delpy / Daniel Brühl
  • 2 Days in Paris (2007)
  • The Countess (2009)
  • 2 Days in New York (2012)

• 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)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

• Jonathan Demme / Jason Robards
  • Melvin and Howard (1980)
  • Philadelphia (1993)
  • Beloved (1998)

• Ted Demme / Denis Leary
  • Who's the Man? (1993)
  • The Ref (1994)
  • Monument Ave. (1998)

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

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

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

• William Dieterle / Lizabeth Scott
  • Dark City (1950)
  • Paid in Full (1950)
  • Red Mountain (1951)

• Edward Dmytryk / Lee Marvin
  • Eight Iron Men (1952)
  • The Caine Mutiny (1954)
  • Raintree County (1957)

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

• David Dobkin / Vince Vaughn
  • Clay Pigeons (1998)
  • Wedding Crashers (2005)
  • Fred Claus (2007)

• Stanley Donen / Cary Grant
  • Kiss Them for Me (1957)
  • Indiscreet (1958)
  • The Grass Is Greener (1960)
  • Charade (1963)

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

• Stanley Donen / Gene Kelly
  • On the Town (1949)
  • Love Is Better Than Ever (1952) (cameo)
  • Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  • Deep in My Heart (1954) (cameo)
  • It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

• Clive Donner / Denholm Elliott
  • Nothing But the Best (1964)
  • Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)
  • Stealing Heaven (1988)

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

• Richard Donner / Danny Glover
  • Lethal Weapon (1987)
  • Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
  • Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
  • Maverick (1994, Uncredited)
  • Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

• Richard Donner / Steve Kahan
  • Superman (1978)
  • The Toy (1982)
  • Lethal Weapon (1987)
  • Scrooged (1988)
  • Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
  • Radio Flyer (1992)
  • Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
  • Maverick (1994)
  • Conspiracy Theory (1997)
  • Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
  • Timeline (2003)
  • 16 Blocks (2006)

• Richard Donner / Mary Ellen Trainor
  • The Goonies (1985)
  • Lethal Weapon (1987)
  • Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
  • Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
  • Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

• Dennis Dugan / Chris Rock
  • Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
  • You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
  • Grown Ups (2010)
  • Grown Ups 2 (2013)

• Dennis Dugan / Adam Sandler
  • Happy Gilmore (1996)
  • Big Daddy (1999)
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
  • You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
  • Grown Ups (2010)
  • Just Go with It (2011)
  • Jack and Jill (2011)
  • Grown Ups 2 (2013)

• Dennis Dugan / Rob Schneider
  • Big Daddy (1999)
  • The Benchwarmers (2006)
  • You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
  • Grown Ups (2010)

• Dennis Dugan / David Spade
  • The Benchwarmers (2006)
  • Grown Ups (2010)
  • Jack and Jill (2011)
  • Grown Ups 2 (2013)

• Dennis Dugan / Nick Swardson
  • The Benchwarmers (2006)
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
  • You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
  • Just Go with It (2011)
  • Jack and Jill (2011)
  • Grown Ups 2 (2013)

E

• Clint Eastwood / Kyle Eastwood
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
  • Bronco Billy (1980)
  • Honkytonk Man (1982)
  • The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
  • J. Edgar (2011)

• Clint Eastwood / Scott Eastwood
  • Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
  • Gran Torino (2009)
  • Invictus (2009)

• 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)

• Clint Eastwood / Bill McKinney
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
  • The Gauntlet (1977)
  • Bronco Billy (1980)

• Blake Edwards / Julie Andrews
  • Darling Lili (1970)
  • The Tamarind Seed (1974)
  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976, Uncredited)
  • 10 (1979)
  • S.O.B. (1981)
  • Victor Victoria (1982)
  • Trail of the Pink Panther (1982, Uncredited)
  • The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
  • That's Life! (1986)

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

• Blake Edwards / Jack Lemmon
  • Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
  • The Great Race (1965)
  • That's Life! (1986)

• 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)
  • Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

• Blake Edwards / Graham Stark
  • A Shot in the Dark (1964)
  • The Return of the Pink Panther (1974)
  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
  • Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
  • Victor Victoria (1982)
  • Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
  • Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
  • Blind Date (1987)
  • Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

• Blake Edwards / Robert Webber
  • Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
  • 10 (1979)
  • S.O.B. (1981)

• 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)

• Hasse Ekman / Eva Henning
  • Kungliga patrasket (1945)
  • Vandring med månen (1945)
  • En fluga gör ingen sommar (1947)
  • Banketten (1948)
  • Flickan från tredje raden (1949)
  • Den vita katten (1950)
  • Flicka och hyacinter (1950)
  • Dårskapens hus (1951)
  • Eldfågeln (1952)
  • Gabrielle (1954)
  • Kärlekens decimaler (1960)

• Roland Emmerich / David Pressman
  • Stargate (1994)
  • Independence Day (1996)
  • Godzilla (1998)

• Roland Emmerich / John Storey
  • Universal Soldier (1992)
  • Stargate (1994)
  • Independence Day (1996)
  • The Patriot (2000)

• Emilio Estevez / Charlie Sheen
  • Wisdom (1986)
  • Men at Work (1990)
  • Rated X (2000)

• Emilio Estevez / Martin Sheen
  • The War at Home (1996)
  • Bobby (2006)
  • The Way (2010)

• Gareth Evans / Iko Uwais
  • Merantau (2009)
  • The Raid: Redemption (2012)
  • The Raid 2: Berandal (2014)

F

• The Farrelly Brothers / Jim Carrey
  • Dumb and Dumber (1994)
  • Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
  • Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

• The Farrelly Brothers / Chris Elliott
  • Kingpin (1996)
  • There's Something About Mary (1998)
  • Osmosis Jones (2001)

• The Farrelly Brothers / Richard Jenkins
  • There's Something About Mary (1998, Uncredited)
  • Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
  • Hall Pass (2011)

• The Farrelly Brothers/ Rob Moran
  • Dumb and Dumber (1994)
  • Kingpin (1996)
  • There's Something About Mary (1998)
  • Shallow Hal (2001)
  • Hall Pass (2011)

• Jon Favreau / Robert Downey, Jr.
  • Iron Man (2008)
  • Iron Man 2 (2010)
  • Chef (2014)

• Jon Favreau / Scarlett Johansson
  • Iron Man 2 (2010)
  • Chef (2014)
  • The Jungle Book (2016)

• Jon Favreau / Sam Rockwell
  • Made (2001, Uncredited)
  • Iron Man 2 (2010)
  • Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

• Paul Feig / Melissa McCarthy
  • Bridesmaids (2011)
  • The Heat (2013)
  • Spy (2015)

• Federico Fellini / Giulietta Masina
  • Variety Lights (1950)
  • The White Sheik (1952)
  • La Strada (1954)
  • Il Bidone (1955)
  • Nights of Cabiria (1957)
  • Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
  • Ginger e Fred (1986)

• Federico Fellini / Marcello Mastroianni
  • La Dolce Vita (1960)
  • 8½ (1963)
  • Roma (1972) (as Himself) (uncredited)
  • City of Women (1980)
  • Ginger e Fred (1986)
  • Intervista (1987)

• Federico Fellini / Magali Noël
  • La Dolce Vita (1960)
  • Fellini Satyricon (1969)
  • Amarcord (1973)

• 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)

• Andy Fickman / Dwayne Johnson
  • The Game Plan (2007)
  • Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
  • You Again (2010, uncredited)

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

• Terence Fisher / Christopher Lee
  • A Song for Tomorrow (1948)
  • The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
  • Dracula (1958)
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
  • The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
  • The Mummy (1959)
  • The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
  • The Gorgon (1964)
  • Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
  • Night of the Big Heat (1967)
  • The Devil Rides Out (1968)

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

• Victor Fleming / Myrna Loy
  • Renegades (1930)
  • The Wet Parade (1932)
  • Test Pilot (1938)

• Victor Fleming / Spencer Tracy
  • Captains Courageous (1937)
  • Test Pilot (1938)
  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
  • Tortilla Flat (1942)
  • A Guy Named Joe (1943)

• 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 / Maureen O'Hara
  • How Green Was My Valley (1941)
  • Rio Grande (1950)
  • The Quiet Man (1952)
  • The Long Gray Line (1955)
  • The Wings of Eagles (1957)

• 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)

• John Ford / Woody Strode
  • Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
  • Two Rode Together (1961)
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
  • Seven Women (1966)

• 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)

• Bill Forsyth / John Gordon Sinclair
  • That Sinking Feeling (1980)
  • Gregory's Girl (1981)
  • Local Hero (1984)
  • Gregory's Two Girls (1999)

• Freddie Francis / Peter Cushing
  • The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
  • Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
  • The Skull (1965)

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

• Bart Freundlich / Julianne Moore
  • The Myth of Fingerprints (1997)
  • World Traveler (2001)
  • Trust the Man (2005)

G

• Rodrigo García / Glenn Close
  • Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
  • Nine Lives (2005)
  • Albert Nobbs (2011)

• 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 / Cary Grant
  • Devil and the Deep (1932)
  • Madame Butterfly (1932)
  • Thirty-Day Princess (1934)

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

• Lewis Gilbert / Kenneth More
  • Reach for the Sky (1956)
  • The Admirable Crichton (1957)
  • Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
  • The Greengage Summer (1961)

• Terry Gilliam / Ray Cooper
  • Brazil (1985)
  • The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
  • The Zero Theorem (2013)

• 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) (co-directed with Terry Jones)
  • Jabberwocky (1977)
  • Time Bandits (1981)
  • Brazil (1985)

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

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

• Terry Gilliam / Peter Stormare
  • The Brothers Grimm (2005)
  • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
  • The Zero Theorem (2013)

• Jean-Luc Godard / Jean-Paul Belmondo
  • A Bout de Souffle (Breathless, 1959)
  • Charlotte et son Jules (Charlotte and Her Boyfriend, 1960, short film)
  • 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)
  • Made in U.S.A. (1966)
  • Masculin, féminin (1966)
  • Alphaville (1966)
  • La Chinoise (1967)
  • Week End (1967)
  • Joy of Learning (1969)
  • Détective (1985)

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

• Edmund Goulding / George Brent
  • Dark Victory (1939)
  • The Old Maid (1939)
  • The Great Lie (1941)

• Edmund Goulding / Joan Crawford
  • Sally, Irene and Mary (1925)
  • Paris (1926)
  • Grand Hotel (1932)

• Edmund Goulding / Bette Davis
  • That Certain Woman (1937)
  • Dark Victory (1939)
  • The Old Maid (1939)
  • The Great Lie (1941)

• Edmund Goulding / Lucile Watson
  • The Great Lie (1941)
  • The Razor's Edge (1946)
  • Everybody Does It (1949)

• James Gray / Joaquin Phoenix
  • The Yards (2000)
  • We Own the Night (2007)
  • Two Lovers (2009)
  • The Immigrant (2013)

• Alfred E. Green / George Brent
  • The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
  • Baby Face (1933)
  • Housewife (1934)
  • The Goose and the Gander (1935)
  • The Golden Arrow (1936)
  • More Than a Secretary (1936)

• Alfred E. Green / Bette Davis
  • The Dark Horse (1932)
  • The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)
  • Parachute Jumper (1933)
  • Housewife (1934)
  • Dangerous (1935)
  • The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
  • The Golden Arrow (1936)

• Alfred E. Green / Alison Skipworth
  • The Road to Singapore (1931)
  • Dangerous (1935)
  • The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
  • Two in a Crowd (1936)

• 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 (2010)

• Paul Greengrass / Corey Johnson
  • United 93 (2006)
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  • Captain Phillips (2013)

• Jean Grémillon / Madeleine Renaud
  • L'étrange Monsieur Victor (1938)
  • Remorques (1941)
  • Lumière d'été (1943)
  • Le Ciel est à vous (1944)

• Tom Gries / Charlton Heston
  • Will Penny (1968)
  • Number One (1969)
  • The Hawaiians (1970)

• D. W. Griffith / Lillian 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 / Bob Balaban
  • Waiting for Guffman (1996)
  • Best In Show (2000)
  • A Mighty Wind (2003)
  • For Your Consideration (2006)

• 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 / Jane Lynch
  • Best In Show (2000)
  • A Mighty Wind (2003)
  • For Your Consideration (2006)

• Christopher Guest / Michael McKean
  • The Big Picture (1989)
  • 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)

• James Gunn / Michael Rooker
  • Slither (2006)
  • Super (2010)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

• James Gunn / Nathan Fillion
  • Slither (2006)
  • Super (2010)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

H

• Taylor Hackford / Wendell Pierce
  • Ray (2004)
  • Love Ranch (2010)
  • Parker (2013)

• Peter Hall / David Warner
  • A Midsumer Night's Dream (1968)
  • Work Is a Four-Letter Word (1968)
  • Perfect Friday (1970)

• Lasse Hallström / Magnus Härenstam
  • Flyttningen (1974)
  • A Guy and a Gal (1975)
  • Father to Be (1979)
  • Tuppen (1981)
  • Happy We (1983)

• Lasse Hallström / Lena Olin
  • Chocolat (2000)
  • Casanova (2005)
  • The Hypnotist (2012)

• Robert Hamer / Alec Guinness
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
  • Father Brown (1954)
  • To Paris With Love (1955)
  • The Scapegoat (1959)

• Guy Hamilton / Harry Andrews
  • The Devil's Disciple (1959)
  • A Touch of Larceny (1959)
  • The Best of Enemies (1961)
  • Battle of Britain (1969)

• Guy Hamilton / Edward Fox
  • Battle of Britain (1969)
  • Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
  • The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

• Michael Haneke / Isabelle Huppert
  • The Piano Teacher (2001)
  • Time of the Wolf (2003)
  • Amour (2012)

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

• Renny Harlin / Samuel L. Jackson
  • The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
  • Deep Blue Sea (1999)
  • Cleaner (2007)

• 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)

• Anthony Harvey / Katharine Hepburn
  • The Lion in Winter (1968)
  • The Glass Menagerie (1973, TV)
  • Grace Quigley (1985)
  • This Can't Be Love (1994, TV)

• Henry Hathaway / Gary Cooper
  • Now and Forever (1934)
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
  • Peter Ibbetson (1935)
  • Souls at Sea (1937)
  • 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)
  • Legend of the Lost (1957)
  • North to Alaska (1960)
  • Circus World (1964)
  • 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)

• Michel Hazanavicius / Jean Dujardin
  • OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
  • OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
  • The Artist (2011)
  • The Players (2012)

• Stuart Heisler / Susan Hayward
  • Among the Living (1941)
  • Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947)
  • Tulsa (1949)

• Monte Hellman / Jack Nicholson
  • Back Door to Hell (1964)
  • Flight to Fury (1964)
  • Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
  • The Shooting (1966)

• Monte Hellman / Warren Oates
  • The Shooting (1966)
  • Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
  • Cockfighter (1974)
  • China 9, Liberty 37 (1978)

• Werner Herzog / Peter Berling
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
  • Fitzcarraldo (1982)
  • Cobra Verde (1987)

• 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)

• Werner Herzog / Volker Prechtel
  • The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
  • Heart of Glass (1976)
  • Woyzeck (1979)
  • Scream of Stone (1991)

• 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 / Bruce Dern
  • The Driver (1978)
  • Wild Bill (1995)
  • Last Man Standing (1996)

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

• John Hillcoat / Guy Pearce
  • The Proposition (2005)
  • The Road (2009)
  • Lawless (2012)

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

• Alfred Hitchcock / Leo G. Carroll
  • Rebecca (1940)
  • Suspicion (1941)
  • Spellbound (1945)
  • The Paradine Case (1947)
  • Strangers on a Train (1951)
  • North by Northwest (1959)

• Alfred Hitchcock / Violet Farebrother
  • Downhill (1927)
  • Easy Virtue (1928)
  • Murder! (1930)

• 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 / Robert Downey, Jr.
  • Soapdish (1991)
  • Restoration (1995)
  • Game 6 (2005)

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

• Joanna Hogg / Tom Hiddleston
  • Unrelated (2008)
  • Archipelago (2010)
  • Exhibition (2013)

• Agnieszka Holland / Ed Harris
  • To Kill a Priest (1988)
  • The Third Miracle (1999)
  • Copying Beethoven (2006)

• Nicole Holofcener / Catherine Keener
  • Walking and Talking (1996)
  • Lovely & Amazing (2001)
  • Friends with Money (2006)
  • Please Give (2010)
  • Enough Said (2013)

• Ishirō Honda / Akira Takarada
  • Gojira (1954)
  • Half Human (1955)
  • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
  • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
  • King Kong Escapes (1967)
  • Latitude Zero (1969)

• Ishirō Honda / Hideyo Amamoto
  • Gorath (1962)
  • Atragon (1963)
  • Matango (1963)
  • Dogora (1964)
  • Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster (1964)
  • King Kong Escapes (1967)
  • All Monsters Attack (1969)

• Ishirō Honda / Takashi Shimura
  • Gojira (1954)
  • The Mysterians (1957)
  • Mothra (1961)
  • Gorath (1962)
  • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
  • Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)

• Christophe Honoré / Louis Garrel
  • Ma mère (2004)
  • Dans Paris (2006)
  • Love Songs (2007)
  • The Beautiful Person (2008)
  • Making Plans For Lena (2009)
  • The Beloved (2011)

• Tom Hooper / Eddie Redmayne
  • Elizabeth I (2005, miniseries-Part II only)
  • Les Misérables (2012)
  • The Danish Girl (2015)

• Ron Howard / Tom Hanks
  • Splash (1984)
  • Apollo 13 (1995)
  • The Da Vinci Code (2006)
  • Angels & Demons (2009)
  • Inferno (2016)

• 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)
  • The Dilemma (2011)

• 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
  • Casino Royale (1967, uncredited)
  • 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)

I

• Debbie Isitt/ Marc Wootton
  • Confetti (2006)
  • Nativity! (2009)
  • Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger (2012)
  • Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey? (2014)

• James Ivory / Simon Callow
  • A Room with a View (1986)
  • Maurice (1987)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
  • Howards End (1992)
  • Jefferson in Paris (1995)

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

• James Ivory / Anthony Hopkins
  • Howards End (1992)
  • The Remains of the Day (1993)
  • Surviving Picasso (1996)
  • The City of Your Final Destination (2008)

• James Ivory / Vanessa Redgrave
  • The Bostonians (1984)
  • Howards End (1992)
  • The White Countess (2005)

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)
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

• Derek Jarman / Tilda Swinton
  • Caravaggio (1986)
  • The Last of England (1988)
  • War Requiem (1989)
  • The Garden (1990)
  • Edward II (1991)
  • Wittgenstein (1993)
  • Blue (1993)

• Derek Jarman / Nigel Terry
  • Caravaggio (1986)
  • War Requiem (1989)
  • Edward II (1991)

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

• Jim Jarmusch / Isaach de Bankolé
  • Night on Earth (1991)
  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
  • Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
  • The Limits of Control (2009)

• Jim Jarmusch / John Hurt
  • Dead Man (1995)
  • The Limits of Control (2009)
  • Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

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

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

• Jim Jarmusch / Tilda Swinton
  • Broken Flowers (2005)
  • The Limits of Control (2009)
  • Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

• 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)
  • The Young and Prodigious Spivet (2013)

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

• Rian Johnson / Joseph Gordon-Levitt
  • Brick (2005)
  • The Brothers Bloom (2008, Uncredited)
  • Looper (2012)

• Rian Johnson / Noah Segan
  • Brick (2005)
  • The Brothers Bloom (2008)
  • Looper (2012)

• Terry Jones / John Cleese
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) (co-directed with Terry Gilliam)
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
  • Erik the Viking (1989)
  • The Wind in the Willows (1996)

• Terry Jones / Eric Idle
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) (co-directed with Terry Gilliam)
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
  • The Wind in the Willows (1996)

• Terry Jones / Neil Innes
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) (co-directed with Terry Gilliam)
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
  • Erik the Viking (1989)

• Terry Jones / Michael Palin
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) (co-directed with Terry Gilliam)
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
  • The Wind in the Willows (1996)

• 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 / Liam Neeson
  • High Spirits (1988)
  • Michael Collins (1996)
  • 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)

K

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

• Jake Kasdan / Jack Black
  • Orange County (2002)
  • Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007, Uncredited)
  • Sex Tape (2014, Uncredited)

• Lawrence Kasdan / Kevin Kline
  • The Big Chill (1983)
  • Silverado (1985)
  • I Love You to Death (1990)
  • Grand Canyon (1991)
  • French Kiss (1995)
  • Darling Companion (2012)

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

• Aki Kaurismäki / Jean-Pierre Léaud
  • I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
  • La Vie de Bohème (1992)
  • Le Havre (2011)

• Aki Kaurismäki / Kati Outinen
  • Shadows in Paradise (1986)
  • Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
  • The Match Factory Girl (1990)
  • Drifting Clouds (1996)
  • Juha (1999)
  • The Man Without a Past (2002)
  • Lights in the Dusk (2006)
  • Le Havre (2011)

• Aki Kaurismäki / Matti Pellonpää
  • Shadows in Paradise (1986)
  • Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
  • Ariel (1988)
  • Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
  • La Vie de Bohème (1992)
  • Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
  • Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)

• Aki Kaurismäki / Elina Salo
  • Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
  • The Match Factory Girl (1990)
  • Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
  • Drifting Clouds (1996)
  • Juha (1999)
  • The Man Without a Past (2002)
  • Le Havre (2011)

• Aki Kaurismäki / Kari Väänänen
  • Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
  • Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
  • La Vie de Bohème (1992)
  • Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
  • Drifting Clouds (1996)

• Aki Kaurismäki / André Wilms
  • La Vie de Bohème (1992)
  • Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses (1994)
  • Juha (1999)
  • Le Havre (2011)

• 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)

• Burt Kennedy / Warren Oates
  • Mail Order Bride (1964)
  • Return of the Seven (1966)
  • Welcome to Hard Times (1967)

• Krzysztof Kieślowski / Artur Barciś
  • No End (1984)
  • The Decalogue (1988)
  • A Short Film About Love (1988)
  • A Short Film About Killing (1988)

• Krzysztof Kieślowski / Aleksander Bardini
  • No End (1984)
  • The Decalogue (1988)
  • The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
  • Three Colors: White (1994)

• Krzysztof Kieślowski / Jerzy Stuhr
  • The Scar (1976)
  • Camera Buff (1979)
  • Blind Chance (1981)
  • The Decalogue (1988)
  • Three Colors: White (1994)

• Krzysztof Kieślowski / Grażyna Szapołowska
  • No End (1984)
  • The Decalogue (1988)
  • A Short Film About Love (1988)

• Henry King / Don Ameche
  • Ramona (1936)
  • In Old Chicago (1937)
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

• Henry King / Alice Faye
  • In Old Chicago (1937)
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
  • Little Old New York (1940)

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

• Henry King / Susan Hayward
  • David and Bathsheba (1951)
  • I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
  • Untamed (1955)

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

• Henry King / Jean Peters
  • Captain from Castile (1947)
  • Deep Waters (1948)
  • Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)

• 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 RAF (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 / Mischa Auer
  • Three Smart Girls (1936)
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
  • The Rage of Paris (1938)
  • Spring Parade (1940)

• Henry Koster / Walter Catlett
  • Spring Parade (1940)
  • It Started with Eve (1941)
  • The Inspector General (1949)

• Henry Koster / Robert Cummings
  • Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
  • Spring Parade (1940)
  • It Started with Eve (1941)
  • Between Us Girls (1942)

• 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)

• Henry Koster / Franciska Gaal
  • Peter (1934)
  • Little Mother (1935)
  • Catherine the Last (1936)

• Henry Koster / Otto Wallburg
  • Peter (1934)
  • Little Mother (1935)
  • Catherine the Last (1936)

• Henry Koster / Clifton Webb
  • Elopement (1951)
  • Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
  • Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)

• 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 / Toshirō 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/Minoru Chiaki
  • Stray Dog (1949)
  • Scandal (1950)
  • Rashomon (1950)
  • The Idiot (1951)
  • Ikiru (1952)
  • Seven Samurai (1954)
  • I Live in Fear (1955)
  • Throne of Blood (1957)
  • The Lower Depths (1957)
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958)
  • High and Low (1963)

• 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)

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 / Don Ameche
  • Trading Places (1983)
  • Coming to America (1988)
  • Oscar (1991)

• 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)

• Walter Lang / Don Ameche
  • Moon Over Miami (1941)
  • The Magnificent Dope (1942)
  • Greenwich Village (1944)

• Walter Lang / Dan Dailey
  • Mother Wore Tights (1947)
  • When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
  • You're My Everything (1949)
  • There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

• Walter Lang / Betty Grable
  • Tin Pan Alley (1940)
  • Moon Over Miami (1941)
  • Song of the Islands (1942)
  • Coney Island (1943)
  • Mother Wore Tights (1947)
  • When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)

• John Lasseter / Bonnie Hunt
  • A Bug's Life (1998)
  • Cars (2006)
  • Cars 2 (2011)

• John Lasseter / John Ratzenberger
  • Toy Story (1995)
  • A Bug's Life (1998)
  • Toy Story 2 (1999)
  • Cars (2006)
  • Cars 2 (2011)

• John Lasseter / Tim Allen
  • Toy Story (1995)
  • Toy Story 2 (1999)
  • Cars (2006)

• John Lasseter / Tom Hanks
  • Toy Story (1995)
  • Toy Story 2 (1999)
  • Cars (2006)

• Georges Lautner / Jean-Paul Belmondo
  • Flic ou voyou (1979, Cop or Hood)
  • Le Guignolo (1980)
  • Le Professionnel (1981)
  • Joyeuses Pâques (1984, Happy Easter)
  • L'Inconnu dans la maison (1992, Stranger in the House)

• Marc Lawrence / Hugh Grant
  • Two Weeks Notice (2002)
  • Music and Lyrics (2007)
  • Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
  • The Rewrite (2014)

• 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)

• D. Ross Lederman / Joan Perry
  • Case of the Missing Man (1935)
  • Counterfeit Lady (1936)
  • Strange Alibi (1941)

• D. Ross Lederman / John Wayne
  • The Range Feud (1931)
  • Texas Cyclone (1932)
  • Two-Fisted Law (1932)

• Ang Lee / Sihung Lung
  • Pushing Hands (1992)
  • The Wedding Banquet (1993)
  • Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

• 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)
  • Oldboy (2013)

• Spike Lee / Samuel L. Jackson
  • School Daze (1988)
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Mo' Better Blues (1990)
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
  • Oldboy (2013)

• Spike Lee / Delroy Lindo
  • Malcolm X (1992)
  • Crooklyn (1994)
  • Clockers (1995)

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

• 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)

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

• Mike Leigh / Dorothy Atkinson
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)
  • All or Nothing (2002)
  • Mr. Turner (2014)

• Mike Leigh / Marion Bailey
  • Meantime (1983, TV)
  • All or Nothing (2002)
  • Vera Drake (2004)
  • Mr. Turner (2014)

• 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)
  • Another Year (2010)

• Mike Leigh / Katrin Cartlidge
  • Naked (1993)
  • Career Girls (1997)
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)

• Mike Leigh / Philip Davis
  • Who's Who (1978, TV)
  • Grown-Ups (1980, TV)
  • High Hopes (1988)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • Vera Drake (2004)
  • Another Year (2010)

• Mike Leigh / Karina Fernandez
  • Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
  • Another Year (2010)
  • Mr. Turner (2014)

• Mike Leigh / Sally Hawkins
  • All or Nothing (2002)
  • Vera Drake (2004)
  • Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

• Mike Leigh / Lesley Manville
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)
  • All or Nothing (2002)
  • Vera Drake (2004)
  • Another Year (2010)
  • Mr. Turner (2014)

• Mike Leigh / Martin Savage
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)
  • Vera Drake (2004)
  • Another Year (2010)
  • Mr. Turner (2014)

• Mike Leigh / Ruth Sheen
  • High Hopes (1988)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • All or Nothing (2002)
  • Vera Drake (2004)
  • Another Year (2010)
  • Mr. Turner (2014)

• Mike Leigh / Timothy Spall
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)
  • All or Nothing (2002)
  • Mr. Turner (2014)

• Mike Leigh / Alison Steadman
  • Nuts in May (1976, TV)
  • Abigail's Party (1977, TV)
  • The Short and Curlies (1987, short film)
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • Topsy-Turvy (1999)

• Mike Leigh / Peter Wight
  • Meantime (1983, TV)
  • Naked (1993)
  • Secrets & Lies (1996)
  • Vera Drake (2004)
  • Another Year (2010)
  • Mr. Turner (2014)

• Mitchell Leisen / Claudette Colbert
  • Midnight (1939)
  • Arise, My Love (1940)
  • No Time for Love (1943)
  • Practically Yours (1944)

• Mitchell Leisen / John Lund
  • To Each His Own (1946)
  • Bride of Vengeance (1949)
  • No Man of Her Own (1950)
  • Darling, How Could You! (1951)
  • The Mating Season (1951)

• Claude Lelouch / Jean-Louis Trintignant
  • A Man and a Woman (1966)
  • Le Voyou (1970)
  • Viva la vie! (1984)
  • Partir, revenir (1985)
  • A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)

• Robert Z. Leonard / Greer Garson
  • Pride and Prejudice (1940)
  • When Ladies Meet (1941)
  • Her Twelve Men (1954)

• Robert Z. Leonard / Jeanette MacDonald
  • Naughty Marietta (1935)
  • The Firefly (1937)
  • Maytime (1937)
  • The Girl of the Golden West (1938)
  • Broadway Serenade (1939)
  • New Moon (1940)

• Robert Z. Leonard / Norma Shearer
  • The Restless Sex (1920, uncredited)
  • The Waning Sex (1926)
  • The Demi-Bride (1927)
  • A Lady of Chance (1928)
  • The Divorcee (1930)
  • Let Us Be Gay (1930)
  • Strange Interlude (1932)
  • We Were Dancing (1942)

• Robert Z. Leonard / Lana Turner
  • Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
  • Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
  • Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

• 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 / Richard Chamberlain
  • Petulia (1968)
  • The Three Musketeers (1973)
  • The Four Musketeers (1974)
  • The Return of the Musketeers (1989)

• Richard Lester / Michael Crawford
  • The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
  • How I Won the War (1967)

• Richard Lester / Michael Hordern
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
  • How I Won the War (1967)
  • The Bed-Sitting Room (1969)
  • Juggernaut (1974)
  • Royal Flash (1975)

• 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)

• Shawn Levy / Owen Wilson
  • Night at the Museum (2006, Uncredited)
  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
  • The Internship (2013)
  • Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
• Justin Lin / Sung Kang
  • Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
  • The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
  • Finishing the Game (2007)
  • Fast & Furious (2009)
  • Fast Five (2011)
  • Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

• Richard Linklater / Julie Delpy
  • Before Sunrise (1995)
  • Waking Life (2001)
  • Before Sunset (2004)
  • Before Midnight (2013)

• Richard Linklater / Ethan Hawke
  • Before Sunrise (1995)
  • The Newton Boys (1998)
  • Tape (2001)
  • Waking Life (2001)
  • Before Sunset (2004)
  • Fast Food Nation (2006)
  • Before Midnight (2013)
  • Boyhood (2014)

• Richard Linklater / Nicky Katt
  • Dazed and Confused (1993)
  • subUrbi@ (1996)
  • Waking Life (2001)
  • School of Rock (2003)

• Richard Linklater / Matthew McConaughey
  • Dazed and Confused (1993)
  • The Newton Boys (1998)
  • Bernie (2011)

• Carlo Lizzani / Ivo Garrani
  • The Hunchback of Rome (1960)
  • The Verona Trial (1963)
  • L'amante di Gramigna (1969)

• Richard Loncraine / Maggie Smith
  • The Missionary (1982)
  • Richard III (1995)
  • My House in Umbria (2003)

• Joseph Losey / Edward Fox
  • The Go-Between (1971)
  • A Doll's House (1973)
  • Galileo (1974)

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

• Sidney Lumet / Harry Andrews
  • The Hill (1965)
  • The Deadly Affair (1966)
  • The Sea Gull (1968)
  • Equus (1977)

• 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 (1966)
  • The Sea Gull (1968)
  • Child's Play (1972)
  • The Verdict (1982)

• Sidney Lumet / Jack Warden
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • That Kind of Woman (1959)
  • Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
  • The Verdict (1982)
  • Guilty as Sin (1993)

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

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

• David Lynch / Kyle MacLachlan
  • 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)

M

• John Madden / Judi Dench
  • Mrs. Brown (1997)
  • Shakespeare in Love (1998)
  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
  • The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

• John Madden / Tom Wilkinson
  • Shakespeare in Love (1998)
  • The Debt (2011)
  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

• 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)

• Louis Malle / Wallace Shawn
  • Atlantic City (1980)
  • My Dinner with Andre (1981)
  • Crackers (1984)
  • Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

• Ulf Malmros / Kjell Bergqvist
  • Ha ett underbart liv (1992)
  • Den bästa sommaren (2000)
  • Slim Susie (2003)
  • Tjenare kungen (2005)
  • Bröllopsfotografen (2009)
  • Mammas pojkar (2012)

• 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 / Joe Mantegna
  • House of Games (1987)
  • Things Change (1988)
  • Homicide (1991)
  • Redbelt (2008)

• 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 / Royal Dano
  • Bend of the River (1952)
  • The Far Country (1954)
  • Man of the West (1958)
  • Cimarron (1960)

• Anthony Mann / Jay C. Flippen
  • Winchester '73 (1950)
  • Bend of the River (1952)
  • Thunder Bay (1953)
  • The Far Country (1954)
  • Strategic Air Command (1955)

• 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)
  • The Man from Laramie (1955)
  • Strategic Air Command (1955)

• Daniel Mann / Eddie Albert
  • I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
  • The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
  • Who's Got the Action? (1962)

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

• Michael Mann / Barry Shabaka Henley
  • Ali (2001)
  • Collateral (2004)
  • Miami Vice (2006)

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

• Michael Mann / John Ortiz
  • Miami Vice (2006)
  • Public Enemies (2009)
  • Blackhat (2015)

• Garry Marshall / Héctor Elizondo
  • Young Doctors in Love (1982)
  • The Flamingo Kid (1984)
  • Nothing In Common (1986)
  • Overboard (1987, Uncredited)
  • Beaches (1988, Uncredited)
  • Pretty Woman (1990)
  • Frankie and Johnny (1991)
  • Exit to Eden (1994)
  • Dear God (1996)
  • The Other Sister (1999)
  • Runaway Bride (1999)
  • The Princess Diaries (2001)
  • Raising Helen (2004)
  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
  • Georgia Rule (2007)
  • Valentine's Day (2010)
  • New Year's Eve (2011)

• Garry Marshall / Anne Hathaway
  • The Princess Diaries (2001)
  • The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
  • Valentine's Day (2010)

• Garry Marshall / Julia Roberts
  • Pretty Woman (1990)
  • Runaway Bride (1999)
  • Valentine's Day (2010)

• Leo McCarey / Cary Grant
  • The Awful Truth (1937)
  • Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
  • An Affair to Remember (1957)

• Douglas McGrath / Alan Cumming
  • Emma (1996)
  • Company Man (2000)
  • Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

• Adam McKay / Steve Carell
  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
  • Anchorman: The Legend Continues (2013)
  • The Big Short (2016)

• 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)
  • Anchorman: The Legend Continues (2013)

• Adam McKay / David Koechner
  • Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
  • Anchorman: The Legend Continues (2013)

• Adam McKay / John C. Reilly
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
  • Step Brothers (2008)
  • Anchorman: The Legend Continues (2013)

• Steve McQueen / Michael Fassbender
  • Hunger (2008)
  • Shame (2011)
  • 12 Years a Slave (2013)

• John McTiernan / Sven-Ole Thorsen
  • Predator (1987)
  • The Hunt for Red October (1990)
  • Last Action Hero (1993)
  • The 13th Warrior (1999)

• 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 / Jean-Paul Belmondo
  • Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
  • Le Doulos (1962)
  • Magnet of Doom (1963)

• 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 line (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 line (1999)
  • Dead or Alive (1999)
  • Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)

• John Milius / Steve Kanaly
  • Dillinger (1973)
  • The Wind and the Lion (1975)
  • Big Wednesday (1978)

• John Milius / Gerry Lopez
  • Big Wednesday (1978)
  • Conan the Barbarian (1982)
  • Farewell to the King (1989)

• John Milius / Frank McRae
  • Dillinger (1973)
  • Red Dawn (1984)
  • Farewell to the King (1989)

• Phil Lord and Christopher Miller / Dave Franco
  • 21 Jump Street (2012)
  • The Lego Movie (2014)
  • 22 Jump Street (2014)

• Phil Lord and Christopher Miller / Jonah Hill
  • 21 Jump Street (2012)
  • The Lego Movie (2014)
  • 22 Jump Street (2014)

• Phil Lord and Christopher Miller / Nick Offerman
  • 21 Jump Street (2012)
  • The Lego Movie (2014)
  • 22 Jump Street (2014)

• Phil Lord and Christopher Miller / Channing Tatum
  • 21 Jump Street (2012)
  • The Lego Movie (2014)
  • 22 Jump Street (2014)

• George Miller / Hugo Weaving
  • Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
  • Happy Feet (2006)
  • Happy Feet Two (2011)

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

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

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

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

• Hayao Miyazaki / Sumi Shimamoto
  • The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
  • My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
  • Princess Mononoke (1997)

• Kenji Mizoguchi / Kinuyo Tanaka
  • A Woman of Osaka (1940)
  • Miyamoto Musashi (1944)
  • Three Generations of Danjuro (1944)
  • Victory Song (1945)
  • Victory of Women (1946)
  • Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
  • The Love of the Actress Sumako (1947)
  • Women of the Night (1948)
  • My Love Burns (1949)
  • The Lady of Musashino (1951)
  • Miss Oyu (1951)
  • The Life of Oharu (1952)
  • Ugetsu (1953)
  • Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
  • The Woman in the Rumor (1954)

• Dito Montiel / Channing Tatum
  • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
  • Fighting (2009)
  • The Son of No One (2011)

• Greg Mottola / Bill Hader
  • Superbad (2007)
  • Adventureland (2009)
  • Paul (2010)
  • Clear History (2013)

N

• 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)
  • Meteor (1979)
  • Foreign Body (1986)

• Hal Needham / Dom DeLuise
  • Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
  • The Cannonball Run (1981)
  • Cannonball Run II (1984)

• Hal Needham / Sally Field
  • Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
  • Hooper (1978)
  • Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

• Hal Needham / Burt Reynolds
  • Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
  • Hooper (1978)
  • Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
  • The Cannonball Run (1981)
  • Stroker Ace (1983)
  • Cannonball Run II (1984)

• Jean Negulesco / Lauren Bacall
  • How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
  • Woman's World (1954)
  • The Gift of Love (1958)

• Jean Negulesco / Jean Peters
  • Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
  • Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
  • Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

• Jean Negulesco / Clifton Webb
  • Titanic (1953)
  • Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
  • Woman's World (1954)
  • Boy on a Dolphin (1957)

• Ralph Nelson / Sidney Poitier
  • Lilies of the Field (1963)
  • Duel at Diablo (1966)
  • The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)

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

• Andrew Niccol / Ethan Hawke
  • Gattaca (1997)
  • Lord of War (2005)
  • Good Kill (2014)

• Jeff Nichols / Michael Shannon
  • Shotgun Stories (2007)
  • Take Shelter (2011)
  • Mud (2012)
  • Midnight Special (2015)

• Mike Nichols / Annette Bening
  • Postcards from the Edge (1990)
  • Regarding Henry (1991)
  • What Planet Are You From? (2000)

• 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)

• Mike Nichols / Elizabeth Wilson
  • The Graduate (1967)
  • The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
  • Regarding Henry (1991)

• Christopher Nolan / Christian Bale
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • The Prestige (2006)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

• Christopher Nolan / Michael Caine
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • The Prestige (2006)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • Inception (2010)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
  • Interstellar (2014)

• Christopher Nolan / Cillian Murphy
  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • The Dark Knight (2008)
  • Inception (2010)
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

O

• Takao Okawara / Masahiro Takashima
  • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)
  • Yamato Takeru (1994)
  • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

• Laurence Olivier / Esmond Knight
  • Henry V (1944)
  • Hamlet (1948)
  • Richard III (1955)
  • The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

• Laurence Olivier / John Laurie
  • Henry V (1944)
  • Hamlet (1948)
  • Richard III (1955)

• 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)
  • StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)
  • Mobile Police Patlabor 2: the Movie (1993)
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995)

• Gerd Oswald / Anita Ekberg
  • Valerie (1957)
  • Paris Holiday (1958)
  • Screaming Mimi (1958)

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

• Yasujirō Ozu / Setsuko Hara
  • Late Spring (1949)
  • Early Summer (1951)
  • Tokyo Story (1953)
  • Tokyo Twilight (1957)
  • Late Autumn (1960)
  • The End of Summer (1961)

• Yasujirō Ozu / Chishū Ryū
  • 52 films between 1928 and 1962

P

• G. W. Pabst / Sig Arno
  • Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney (1927)
  • Pandora's Box (1929)
  • Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)

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

• Alan Parker / Colm Meaney
  • Come See the Paradise (1990)
  • The Commitments (1991)
  • The Road to Wellville (1994)

• Alan Parker / Pruitt Taylor Vince
  • Angel Heart (1987)
  • Mississippi Burning (1988)
  • Come See the Paradise (1990)

• Oliver Parker / Rupert Everett
  • An Ideal Husband (1999)
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
  • St Trinian's (2007)
  • St. Trinian's 2: 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 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)

• Alexander Payne / Phil Reeves
  • Election (1999)
  • About Schmidt (2002)
  • Sideways (2004)

• 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)

• Sam Peckinpah / David Warner
  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
  • Straw Dogs (1971)
  • Cross of Iron (1977)

• Larry Peerce / Beau Bridges
  • The Incident (1967)
  • The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
  • Two-Minute Warning (1976)
  • Love Child (1982)

• Jesse Peretz / Paul Rudd
  • The Château (2001)
  • The Ex (2007)
  • My Idiot Brother (2011)

• Tyler Perry / Janet Jackson
  • Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
  • Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
  • For Colored Girls (2010)

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

• Joseph Pevney / Jeff Chandler
  • Iron Man (1951)
  • Because of You (1952)
  • Yankee Pasha (1954)
  • Female on the Beach (1955)
  • Foxfire (1955)
  • Away All Boats (1956)
  • The Plunderers (1960)

• Todd Phillips / Zach Galifianakis
  • The Hangover (2009)
  • Due Date (2010)
  • The Hangover: Part II (2011)
  • The Hangover Part III (2013)

• Todd Phillips / Juliette Lewis
  • Old School (2003)
  • Starsky & Hutch (2004)
  • Due Date (2010)

• Todd Phillips / Matt Walsh
  • Road Trip (2000)
  • Old School (2003)
  • Starsky & Hutch (2004)
  • School for Scoundrels (2006)
  • The Hangover (2009)
  • Due Date (2010)

• Roman Polanski / Emmanuelle Seigner
  • Frantic (1988)
  • Bitter Moon (1992)
  • The Ninth Gate (1999)
  • Venus in Fur (2013)

• Sydney Pollack / Dabney Coleman
  • The Slender Thread (1965)
  • This Property Is Condemned (1966)
  • The Scalphunters (1968)
  • Tootsie (1982)

• 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
  • 49th 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 v. Stevens (1936) - Dir: Powell only
  • Her Last Affaire (1936) - Dir: Powell only
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)

• Otto Preminger / Dana Andrews
  • Laura (1944)
  • Fallen Angel (1945)
  • Daisy Kenyon (1947)
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
  • In Harm's Way (1965)

• Otto Preminger / Charles Bickford
  • Fallen Angel (1945)
  • Whirlpool (1949)
  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

• Otto Preminger / Jeanne Crain
  • In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
  • Centennial Summer (1946)
  • The Fan (1949)

• Otto Preminger / Linda Darnell
  • Fallen Angel (1945)
  • Centennial Summer (1946)
  • Forever Amber (1947)
  • The 13th Letter (1951)

• Otto Preminger / Henry Fonda
  • Daisy Kenyon (1947)
  • Advise & Consent (1962)
  • In Harm's Way (1965)

• Otto Preminger / Peter Lawford
  • Exodus (1960)
  • Advise & Consent (1962)
  • Skidoo (1968)
  • Rosebud (1975)

• Otto Preminger / Gene Tierney
  • Laura (1944)
  • Whirlpool (1949)
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
  • Advise & Consent (1962)

R

• 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
  • It's Murder! (1977)
  • Within the Woods (1978)
  • 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)
  • Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013)

• Sam Raimi / James Franco
  • Spider-Man (2002)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  • Oz: The Great and Powerful (2013)

• Sam Raimi / Chelcie Ross
  • A Simple Plan (1998)
  • The Gift (2000)
  • Drag Me to Hell (2009)

• 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)

• Harold Ramis / Robin Duke
  • Club Paradise (1986)
  • Groundhog Day (1993)
  • Stuart Saves His Family (1995)

• Harold Ramis / Eugene Levy
  • National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
  • Club Paradise (1986)
  • Multiplicity (1996)

• 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)

• Satyajit Ray / Soumitra Chatterjee
  • Apur Sansar (1959)
  • Devi (1960)
  • Teen Kanya (1961)
  • Abhijan (1962)
  • Charulata (1964)
  • Kapurush (1965)
  • Aranyer Din Ratri (1970)
  • Ashani Sanket (1973)
  • Sonar Kella (1974)
  • Joi Baba Felunath (1978)
  • Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980)
  • Ghare Baire (1984)
  • Sukumar Ray (1987)
  • Ganashatru (1989)
  • Shakha Proshakha (1990)

• Michael Reeves / Ian Ogilvy
  • The She Beast (1966)
  • The Sorcerers (1967)
  • Witchfinder General (1968)

• Nicolas Winding Refn / Mads Mikkelsen
  • Pusher (1996)
  • Bleeder (1999)
  • Pusher II (2004)
  • Valhalla Rising (2009)

• 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 / Dan Aykroyd
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Ghostbusters II (1989)
  • Evolution (2001)

• Ivan Reitman / Kevin Dunn
  • Ghostbusters II (1989)
  • Dave (1993)
  • Draft Day (2014)

• Ivan Reitman / Frank Langella
  • Dave (1993)
  • Junior (1994)
  • Draft Day (2014)

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

• Ivan Reitman / Harold Ramis
  • Stripes (1981)
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Ghostbusters II (1989)

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

• Ivan Reitman / Sigourney Weaver
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Ghostbusters II (1989)
  • Dave (1993)

• Jason Reitman / J. K. Simmons
  • Thank You for Smoking (2005)
  • Juno (2007)
  • Up in the Air (2009)
  • Young Adult (2011)
  • Labor Day (2013)
  • Men, Women & Children (2014)

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

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

• 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)

• Michael Ritchie / Chevy Chase
  • Fletch (1985)
  • The Couch Trip (1988)
  • Fletch Lives (1989)
  • Cops & Robbersons (1994)

• Michael Ritchie / Walter Matthau
  • The Bad News Bears (1976)
  • The Survivors (1983)
  • The Couch Trip (1988)

• Martin Ritt / Sally Field
  • Norma Rae (1979)
  • Back Roads (1981)
  • Murphy's Romance (1985)

• 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)

• Martin Ritt / Robert Webber
  • The Great White Hope (1970)
  • Casey's Shadow (1978)
  • Nuts (1987)

• Jay Roach / Will Ferrell
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
  • The Campaign (2012)

• 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)

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

• Mark Robson / Arthur Kennedy
  • Champion (1949)
  • Bright Victory (1951)
  • Trial (1955)
  • Peyton Place (1957)

• Robert Rodriguez / Jessica Alba
  • Sin City (2005)
  • Machete (2010)
  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
  • Machete Kills (2013)
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

• Robert Rodriguez / Antonio Banderas
  • Desperado (1995)
  • Four Rooms (1995 Segment: The Misbehavers)
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
  • Machete Kills (2013)

• Robert Rodriguez / Steve Buscemi
  • Desperado (1995)
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
  • Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (2003)
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

• Robert Rodriguez / George Clooney
  • From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

• Robert Rodriguez / Carla Gugino
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 2: The 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: The 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 (2010)

• Robert Rodriguez / Mickey Rourke
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
  • Sin City (2005)
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

• Robert Rodriguez / Daryl Sabara
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
  • Machete (2010)
  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)

• Robert Rodriguez / Tom Savini
  • From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
  • Planet Terror (2007)
  • Machete (2010)
  • Machete Kills (2013)

• Robert Rodriguez / Danny Trejo
  • Desperado (1995)
  • From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 2: The 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 (2010)
  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
  • Machete Kills (2013)

• Robert Rodriguez / Alexa Vega
  • Spy Kids (2001)
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
  • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
  • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
  • Machete Kills (2013)
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

• Robert Rodriguez / Bruce Willis
  • Sin City (2005)
  • Planet Terror (2007)
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

• 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)

• Jean Rollin / Brigitte Lahaie
  • Vibrations sexuelles (1977)
  • The Grapes of Death (1978)
  • Fascination (1979)
  • The Night of the Hunted (1980)
  • The Escapees (1981)
  • Two Orphan Vampires (1997)
  • Fiancée of Dracula (2002)

• George A. Romero / Tom Savini
  • Martin (1977)
  • Dawn of the Dead (1978)
  • Knightriders (1981)
  • Creepshow (1982)
  • Two Evil Eyes (1990)
  • Land of the Dead (2005)

• Stuart Rosenberg / Murray Hamilton
  • The Drowning Pool (1975)
  • The Amityville Horror (1979)
  • Brubaker (1980)

• 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)

• Roberto Rossellini / Ingrid Bergman
  • Stromboli (1950)
  • Europe '51 (1952)
  • Fear (1954)
  • Giovanna d'Arco al rogo (Joan of Arc at the Stake, 1954)
  • Journey to Italy (1954)

• Alan Rudolph / Geraldine Chaplin
  • Welcome to L.A. (1976)
  • Remember My Name (1978)
  • The Moderns (1988)

• Wesley Ruggles / Claudette Colbert
  • The Bride Comes Home (1935)
  • The Gilded Lily (1935)
  • I Met Him in Paris (1937)

• Wesley Ruggles / Carole Lombard
  • No Man of Her Own (1932)
  • Bolero (1934)
  • True Confession (1937)

• Raúl Ruiz / Luis Alarcón
  • El tango del viudo (1967)
  • Three Sad Tigers (1968)
  • The Penal Colony (1970)
  • ¡Qué hacer! (1970)
  • Nadie dijo nada (1971)
  • La expropiación (1972)
  • Little White Dove (1973)
  • A TV Dante (Cantos 9-14) (1991)

• Raúl Ruiz / Edith Scob
  • The Suspended Vocation (1978)
  • Time Regained (1999)
  • Comedy of Innocence (2000)
  • Savage Souls (2001)
  • That Day (2003)
  • The Lost Domain (2005)

• Raúl Ruiz / Anne Alvaro
  • City of Pirates (1983)
  • Bérénice (1983)
  • Point de fuite (1984)
  • Régime sans pain (1984)
  • Dans un miroir (1986)

• Raúl Ruiz / Jean-Bernard Guillard
  • Ombres chinoises (1982)
  • Lettre d'un cinéaste ou Le retour d'un amateur de bibliothèques (1983)
  • Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983)
  • Bérénice (1983)
  • L'éveillé du Pont de l'Alma (1985)
  • Life Is a Dream (1986)
  • The Blind Owl (1987)

• Raúl Ruiz / Melvil Poupaud
  • City of Pirates (1983)
  • Treasure Island (1985)
  • L'éveillé du Pont de l'Alma (1985)
  • Dans un miroir (1986)
  • Fado majeur et mineur (1994)
  • Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
  • Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
  • Time Regained (2000)
  • Love Torn in a Dream (2000)
  • Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
  • Ballet aquatique (2011)

• Raúl Ruiz / Monique Mélinand
  • Three Lives and Only One Death (1996)
  • Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
  • Time Regained (2000)
  • Savage Souls (2001)

• Raúl Ruiz / Christian Vadim
  • Time Regained (1999)
  • Love Torn in a Dream (2000)
  • Savage Souls (2001)
  • That Day (2003)
  • A Place Among the Living (2003)
  • Night Across the Street (2012)

• Raúl Ruiz / Elsa Zylberstein
  • Time Regained (1999)
  • Love Torn in a Dream (2000)
  • That Day (2003)
  • Nucingen House (2008)

• David O. Russell / Bradley Cooper
  • Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  • American Hustle (2013)
  • Joy (2015)

• David O. Russell / Robert De Niro
  • Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  • American Hustle (2013)
  • Joy (2015)

• David O. Russell / Jennifer Lawrence
  • Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
  • American Hustle (2013)
  • Joy (2015)

• David O. Russell / Saïd Taghmaoui
  • Three Kings (1999)
  • I Heart Huckabees (2004)
  • American Hustle (2013)

• David O. Russell / Mark Wahlberg
  • Three Kings (1999)
  • I Heart Huckabees (2004)
  • The Fighter (2010)

• Ken Russell / Georgina Hale
  • The Devils (1971)
  • The Boy Friend (1971)
  • Mahler (1974)
  • Lisztomania (1975, Uncredited)
  • Valentino (1977, Uncredited)

• Ken Russell / Glenda Jackson
  • Women in Love (1969)
  • The Music Lovers (1970)
  • The Boy Friend (1971, Uncredited)
  • Salome's Last Dance (1988)
  • The Rainbow (1989)

• Ken Russell / Murray Melvin
  • The Devils (1971)
  • The Boy Friend (1971)
  • Lisztomania (1975)
  • Prisoner of Honor (1991, TV)

• Ken Russell / Oliver Reed
  • The Debussy Film (1964, TV)
  • Dante's Inferno (1967, TV)
  • Women in Love (1969)
  • The Devils (1971)
  • Mahler (1974, Uncredited)
  • Tommy (1975)
  • Lisztomania (1975, Uncredited)
  • Prisoner of Honor (1991, TV)

S

• Mark Sandrich / Betty Grable
  • Melody Cruise (1933, uncredited)
  • The Gay Divorcee (1934)
  • Follow the Fleet (1936)
  • Man About Town (1939)

• Carlos Saura / Geraldine Chaplin
  • Peppermint Frappé (1967)
  • Stress Is Three (1968)
  • Honeycomb (1969)
  • El jardín de las delicias (The Garden of Delights, 1970, uncredited)
  • Ana and the Wolves (1973)
  • Cría Cuervos (Raise Ravens, 1976)
  • Elisa, vida mía (1977)
  • Blindfolded Eyes (1978)
  • Mama Turns 100 (1979)

• John Sayles / Angela Bassett
  • City of Hope (1991)
  • Passion Fish (1992)
  • Sunshine State (2002)

• John Sayles / Chris Cooper
  • Matewan (1987)
  • City of Hope (1991)
  • Lone Star (1996)
  • Silver City (2004)
  • Amigo (2010)

• John Sayles / Kris Kristofferson
  • Lone Star (1996)
  • Limbo (1999)
  • Silver City (2004)

• John Sayles / Joe Morton
  • The Brother from Another Planet (1984)
  • City of Hope (1991)
  • Lone Star (1996)

• 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)

• Paul Schrader / Ed Begley, Jr.
  • Blue Collar (1978)
  • Hardcore (1979)
  • Cat People (1982)

• Paul Schrader / Willem Dafoe
  • Light Sleeper (1992)
  • Affliction (1998)
  • Auto Focus (2002)
  • The Walker (2007)
  • Adam Resurrected (2008)

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

• Joel Schumacher / Anthony Heald
  • The Client (1994)
  • A Time to Kill (1996)
  • 8mm (1999)

• Joel Schumacher / Kiefer Sutherland
  • The Lost Boys (1987)
  • Flatliners (1990)
  • A Time to Kill (1996)
  • Phone Booth (2002)
  • Twelve (2010)

• Joel Schumacher / Shea Whigham
  • Tigerland (2000)
  • Bad Company (2002, Uncredited)
  • Blood Creek (2009)

• Ettore Scola / Vittorio Gassman
  • La congiuntura (1964)
  • Se permettete parliamo di donne (1964)
  • C'eravamo tanto amati (1974)
  • Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
  • I nuovi mostri (1977)
  • La terrazza (1980)
  • La famiglia (1987)
  • La cena (1998)

• Ettore Scola / Nino Manfredi
  • Thrilling (1965)
  • Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa? (1968)
  • Carosello per la campagna referendaria sul divorzio (1975)
  • Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (1976)
  • Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)

• Ettore Scola / Marcello Mastroianni
  • The Pizza Triangle (1970)
  • Permette? Rocco Papaleo (1971)
  • Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
  • Una giornata particolare (1977)
  • La terrazza (1980)
  • That Night in Varennes (1982)
  • Macaroni (1985)
  • Splendor (1989)
  • What Time Is It? (1989)

• Martin Scorsese / Victor Argo
  • Boxcar Bertha (1972)
  • Mean Streets (1973)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)
  • After Hours (1985)
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

• 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)
  • The Audition (2015 Short Film)

• Martin Scorsese / Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Gangs of New York (2002)
  • The Aviator (2004)
  • The Departed (2006)
  • Shutter Island (2010)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
  • The Audition (2015 Short Film)

• Martin Scorsese / Illeana Douglas
  • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
  • New York Stories (Segment: Life Lessons, 1989)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • Cape Fear (1991)

• 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 / J.C. MacKenzie
  • The Aviator (2004)
  • The Departed (2006)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

• Martin Scorsese / Harry Northup
  • Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)
  • Boxcar Bertha (1972)
  • Mean Streets (1973)
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)
  • New York, New York (1977)

• 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)

• Ridley Scott / Giannina Facio
  • Gladiator (2000)
  • Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
  • A Good Year (2006)

• Ridley Scott / Željko Ivanek
  • White Squall (1996)
  • Hannibal (2001)
  • Black Hawk Down (2001)

• Ridley Scott / Sigourney Weaver
  • Alien (1979)
  • 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
  • Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

• Tony Scott / James Gandolfini
  • The Last Boy Scout (1991, Uncredited)
  • True Romance (1993)
  • Crimson Tide (1995)
  • The Taking of Pelham 123 (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 123 (2009)
  • Unstoppable (2010)

• George Seaton / Edmund Gwenn
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  • Apartment for Peggy (1948)
  • For Heaven's Sake (1950)

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

• Peter Segal / Dan Aykroyd
  • Tommy Boy (1995)
  • My Fellow Americans (1996)
  • 50 First Dates (2004)

• Peter Segal / Adam Sandler
  • Anger Management (2003)
  • 50 First Dates (2004)
  • The Longest Yard (2005)

• William A. Seiter / Deanna Durbin
  • It's a Date (1940)
  • Nice Girl? (1941)
  • I'll Be Yours (1947)
  • Up in Central Park (1948)

• Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer / Carmen Electra
  • Date Movie (2006)
  • Epic Movie (2007)
  • Meet the Spartans (2008)
  • Disaster Movie (2008)

• Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer / Tony Cox
  • Date Movie (2006)
  • Epic Movie (2007)
  • Disaster Movie (2008)

• Tom Shadyac / Jim Carrey
  • Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
  • Liar Liar (1997)
  • Bruce Almighty (2003)

• Jim Sharman / Nell Campbell
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  • Summer of Secrets (1976)
  • Shock Treatment (1981)

• Don Sharp / Christopher Lee
  • The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
  • The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
  • The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
  • Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966)
  • Dark Places (1973)
  • Bear Island (1979)

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

• Ron Shelton / Lolita Davidovich
  • Blaze (1989)
  • Cobb (1994)
  • Play It to the Bone (1999)
  • Dark Blue (2002)
  • Hollywood Homicide (2003)

• Daryush Shokof / Taies Farzan
  • Tenussian Vaccuvasco (2000)
  • Breathful (2007)
  • Heaven's Taxi (2010)

• Daryush Shokof / Narges Rashidi
  • A2Z (2005)
  • Asudem (2006)
  • Breathful (2007)

• 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 (1970)
  • The Beguiled (1971)
  • Dirty Harry (1971)
  • Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

• Don Siegel / L. Q. Jones
  • The Blue and Gold (1955)
  • Hound-Dog Man (1959)
  • Flaming Star (1960)
  • Hell Is for Heroes (1962)

• Bryan Singer / James Marsden
  • X-Men (2000)
  • X2 (2003)
  • Superman Returns (2006)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

• Bryan Singer / Ian McKellen
  • Apt Pupil (1998)
  • X-Men (2000)
  • X2 (2003)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

• 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)
  • Never Say Goodbye (1956, uncredited)
  • 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)
  • Cop Out (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)

• Zack Snyder / Richard Cetrone
  • Dawn of the Dead (2004)
  • 300 (2007)
  • Watchmen (2009)
  • Sucker Punch (2011)
  • Man of Steel (2013)

• Zack Snyder / Carla Gugino
  • Watchmen (2009)
  • Sucker Punch (2011)
  • Man of Steel (2013)

• Zack Snyder / Patrick Sabongui
  • 300 (2007)
  • Watchmen (2009)
  • Sucker Punch (2011)

• Zack Snyder / Eli Snyder
  • 300 (2007)
  • Watchmen (2009)
  • Sucker Punch (2011)

• 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)
  • Che Part 2: Guerrilla (2008)
  • The Informant! (2009)
  • Contagion (2011)
  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)

• Steven Soderbergh / Viola Davis
  • Out of Sight (1998)
  • Traffic (2000)
  • Solaris (2002)

• Steven Soderbergh / Michael Douglas
  • Traffic (2000)
  • Haywire (2012)
  • Behind the Candelabra (2013)

• Steven Soderbergh / Albert Finney
  • Erin Brockovich (2000)
  • Traffic (2000)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004, uncredited)

• Steven Soderbergh / Elliott Gould
  • Ocean's Eleven (2001)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004)
  • Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
  • Contagion (2011)

• Steven Soderbergh / Luis Guzmán
  • Out of Sight (1998)
  • The Limey (1999)
  • Traffic (2000)

• 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)

• Steven Soderbergh / Channing Tatum
  • Haywire (2012)
  • Magic Mike (2012)
  • Side Effects (2013)

• Steven Soderbergh / Catherine Zeta-Jones
  • Traffic (2000)
  • Ocean's Twelve (2004)
  • Side Effects (2013)

• Stephen Sommers / Kevin J. O'Connor
  • Deep Rising (1998)
  • The Mummy (1999)
  • Van Helsing (2004)
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

• Barry Sonnenfeld / Tony Shalhoub
  • Addams Family Values (1993)
  • Men in Black (1997)
  • Men in Black II (2002)

• Barry Sonnenfeld / Will Smith
  • Men in Black (1997)
  • Wild Wild West (1999)
  • Men in Black II (2002)
  • Men in Black 3 (2012)

• Paolo Sorrentino / Toni Servillo
  • One Man Up (2001)
  • The Consequences of Love (2004)
  • Sabato, domenica e lunedì (2005, TV)
  • Il Divo (2008)
  • The Great Beauty (2013)

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

• Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  • The Terminal (2004)
  • Bridge of Spies (2015)

• Simon Staho / Mikael Persbrandt
  • Dag och natt (2004)
  • Bang Bang Orangutang (2005)
  • Himlens hjärta (2008)

• 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 / Jean Arthur
  • The Talk of the Town (1942)
  • The More the Merrier (1943)
  • Shane (1953)

• George Stevens / Edgar Buchanan
  • Penny Serenade (1941)
  • The Talk of the Town (1942)
  • Shane (1953)

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

• George Stevens / Katharine Hepburn
  • Alice Adams (1935)
  • Quality Street (1937)
  • Woman of the Year (1942)

• George Stevens / Elizabeth Taylor
  • A Place in the Sun (1951)
  • Giant (1956)
  • The Only Game in Town (1970)

• Ben Stiller / Andy Dick
  • Reality Bites (1994)
  • The Cable Guy (1996)
  • Zoolander (2001)

• Ben Stiller / Christine Taylor
  • Zoolander (2001)
  • Tropic Thunder (2008)
  • Zoolander 2 (2016)

• Ben Stiller / Owen Wilson
  • The Cable Guy (1996)
  • Zoolander (2001)
  • Zoolander 2 (2016)

• Whit Stillman / Chris Eigeman
  • Metropolitan (1990)
  • Barcelona (1994)
  • The Last Days of Disco (1998)

• Whit Stillman / Carolyn Farina
  • Metropolitan (1990)
  • The Last Days of Disco (1998)
  • Damsels in Distress (2011)

• Whit Stillman / Taylor Nichols
  • Metropolitan (1990)
  • Barcelona (1994)
  • The Last Days of Disco (1998)
  • Damsels in Distress (2011)

• 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 / Mark Moses
  • Platoon (1986)
  • Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  • The Doors (1991)

• Oliver Stone / Charlie Sheen
  • Platoon (1986)
  • Wall Street (1987)
  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

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

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

• Tim Story / Kevin Hart
  • Think Like a Man (2012)
  • Ride Along (2014)
  • Think Like a Man Too (2014)

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

• Seijun Suzuki / Akira Hisamatsu
  • Satan's Town (1956)
  • Pure Emotions of the Sea (1956)
  • Spring Never Came (1958)
  • Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
  • Go to Hell, Hoodlums! (1960)
  • Million Dollar Smash and Grab (1961)
  • Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)
  • Youth of the Beast (1963)
  • Kanto Wanderer (1963)
  • The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964)
  • Gate of Flesh (1964)
  • Story of a Prostitute (1965)
  • Tattooed Life (1965)
  • Tokyo Drifter (1966)
  • Fighting Elegy (1966)
  • Branded to Kill (1967)

• Joe Swanberg / Anna Kendrick
  • Drinking Buddies (2013)
  • Happy Christmas (2014)
  • Digging for Fire (2015)

T

• Quentin Tarantino / Michael Bacall
  • Death Proof (2007)
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009)
  • Django Unchained (2012)

• Quentin Tarantino / Michael Bowen
  • Jackie Brown (1997)
  • Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
  • Django Unchained (2012)

• Quentin Tarantino / Samuel L. Jackson
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Jackie Brown (1997)
  • Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009, uncredited)
  • Django Unchained (2012)
  • The Hateful Eight (2015)

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

• Quentin Tarantino / Michael Madsen
  • Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  • Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
  • Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
  • The Hateful Eight (2015)

• Quentin Tarantino / Michael Parks
  • Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
  • Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
  • Death Proof (2007)
  • Django Unchained (2012)

• Quentin Tarantino / Tim Roth
  • Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  • Pulp Fiction (1994)
  • Four Rooms (1995, Segment: The Man from Hollywood)
  • The Hateful Eight (2015)

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

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

• Frank Tashlin / Anita Ekberg
  • Artists and Models (1955)
  • Hollywood or Bust (1956, as herself)
  • The Alphabet Murders (1965)

• 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)

• Norman Taurog / Elvis Presley
  • G. I. Blues (1960)
  • Blue Hawaii (1961)
  • Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
  • It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
  • Tickle Me (1965)
  • Spinout (1966)
  • Double Trouble (1967)
  • Speedway (1968)
  • Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)

• André Téchiné / Catherine Deneuve
  • Hotel America (1981)
  • Scene of the Crime (1986)
  • My Favorite Season (1993)
  • Thieves (1996)
  • Changing Times (2004)
  • The Girl on the Train (2009)
  • In the Name of My Daughter (2014)

• André Téchiné / Emmanuelle Béart
  • I Don't Kiss (1991)
  • Strayed (2003)
  • The Witnesses (2006)

• André Téchiné / Jacques Nolot
  • Les Innocents (1987)
  • My Favorite Season (1993)
  • Wild Reeds (1994)

• André Téchiné / Marie-France Pisier
  • Paulina is Leaving (1969)
  • French Provincial (1975)
  • Barocco (1976)
  • The Brontë Sisters (1979)

• André Téchiné / Marthe Villalonga
  • Les Innocents (1987)
  • My Favorite Season (1993)
  • Alice and Martin (1998)

• J. Lee Thompson / Charles Bronson
  • St. Ives (1976)
  • The White Buffalo (1977)
  • Caboblanco (1980)
  • 10 to Midnight (1983)
  • The Evil That Men Do (1984)
  • Murphy's Law (1986)
  • Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
  • Messenger of Death (1988)
  • Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

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

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

• J. Lee Thompson / Anthony Quayle
  • Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
  • Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
  • The Guns of Navarone (1961)
  • Mackenna's Gold (1969)
  • Before Winter Comes (1969)

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

• Andre de Toth / Randolph Scott
  • Man in the Saddle (1951)
  • Carson City (1952)
  • Thunder Over the Plains (1953)
  • The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
  • The Bounty Hunter (1954)
  • Riding Shotgun (1954)
• 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)
  • Pacific Rim (2013)

• Tran Anh Hung / Tran Nu Yen Khe
  • The Scent of Green Papaya (1993)
  • Cyclo (1995)
  • The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)
  • I Come with the Rain (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 / Jens Albinus
  • The Idiots (1998)
  • Dancer in the Dark (2000)
  • The Boss of It All (2006)
  • Nymphomaniac (2013)

• Lars von Trier / Jean-Marc Barr
  • Europa (1991)
  • Breaking the Waves (1996)
  • Dancer in the Dark (2000)
  • Dogville (2003)
  • Manderlay (2005)
  • The Boss of It All (2006)

• Lars von Trier / Charlotte Gainsbourg
  • Antichrist (2009)
  • Melancholia (2011)
  • Nymphomaniac (2013)

• Lars von Trier / John Hurt
  • Dogville (2003)
  • Manderlay (2005)
  • Melancholia (2011)

• Lars von Trier / Željko Ivanek
  • Dancer in the Dark (2000)
  • Dogville (2003)
  • Manderlay (2005)

• Lars von Trier / Udo Kier
  • Epidemic (1987)
  • Medea (1988)
  • Europa (1991)
  • The Kingdom (1994, miniseries)
  • Breaking the Waves (1996)
  • Dancer in the Dark (2000)
  • Dogville (2003)
  • Manderlay (2005)
  • Melancholia (2011)
  • Nymphomaniac (2013)

• Lars von Trier / Baard Owe
  • Medea (1988)
  • Europa (1991)
  • The Kingdom (1994, miniseries)

• Lars von Trier / Stellan Skarsgård
  • The Kingdom (1994, miniseries)
  • Breaking the Waves (1996)
  • Dancer in the Dark (2000)
  • Dogville (2003)
  • Melancholia (2011)
  • Nymphomaniac (2013)

• Tsai Ming-liang / Chen Shiang-chyi
  • The River (1997)
  • What Time Is It There? (2001)
  • Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
  • The Wayward Cloud (2005)
  • I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
  • Face (2009)

• Tsai Ming-liang / Lee Kang-sheng
  • Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
  • Vive L'Amour (1994)
  • The River (1997)
  • The Hole (1998)
  • What Time Is It There? (2001)
  • Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
  • The Wayward Cloud (2005)
  • I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
  • Face (2009)

• Jon Turteltaub / Nicolas Cage
  • National Treasure (2004)
  • National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)

• David Twohy / Vin Diesel
  • Pitch Black (2000)
  • The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
  • Riddick (2013)

• Tom Tykwer / Ben Whishaw
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
  • The International (2009)
  • Cloud Atlas (2012)

U

• Ron Underwood / David Paymer
  • City Slickers (1991)
  • Heart and Souls (1993)
  • Mighty Joe Young (1998)

V

• Buddy Van Horn / Clint Eastwood
  • Any Which Way You Can (1980)
  • The Dead Pool (1988)
  • Pink Cadillac (1989)

• 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)
  • Promised Land (2012)

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

• Matthew Vaughn / Jason Flemyng
  • Layer Cake (2004)
  • Stardust (2007)
  • Kick-Ass (2010)
  • X-Men: First Class (2011)

• Matthew Vaughn / Dexter Fletcher
  • Layer Cake (2004)
  • Stardust (2007)
  • Kick-Ass (2010)

• Matthew Vaughn / Mark Strong
  • Stardust (2007)
  • Kick-Ass (2010)
  • Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

• Francis Veber / Gérard Depardieu
  • La Chèvre (1981)
  • Les Compères (1983)
  • Les Fugitifs (1986)
  • The Closet (2001)
  • Tais-toi! (2003)

• 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)
  • The Lone Ranger (2013)

• Gore Verbinski / Bill Nighy
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
  • Rango (2011)

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

• Paul Verhoeven / Jeroen Krabbé
  • Soldier of Orange (1977)
  • Spetters (1980)
  • The Fourth Man (1983)

• 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)

• Charles Vidor / Glenn Ford
  • The Lady in Question (1940)
  • The Desperadoes (1944)
  • Gilda (1946)
  • The Loves of Carmen (1948)

• Charles Vidor / Rita Hayworth
  • The Lady in Question (1940)
  • Cover Girl (1944)
  • Gilda (1946)
  • The Loves of Carmen (1948)

• Charles Vidor / Evelyn Keyes
  • The Lady in Question (1940)
  • Ladies in Retirement (1941)
  • The Desperadoes (1944)

W

• The Wachowskis / Hugo Weaving
  • The Matrix (1999)
  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
  • The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
  • Cloud Atlas (2012)

• David Wain / Joe Lo Truglio
  • Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
  • The Ten (2007)
  • Role Models (2008)
  • Wanderlust (2011)

• David Wain / Ken Marino
  • Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
  • The Ten (2007)
  • Role Models (2008)
  • Wanderlust (2011)
  • They Came Together (2014)

• David Wain / Paul Rudd
  • Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
  • The Ten (2007)
  • Role Models (2008)
  • Wanderlust (2011)
  • They Came Together (2014)

• 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)

• James Wan / Patrick Wilson
  • Insidious (2011)
  • The Conjuring (2013)
  • Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

• 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)

• Robert D. Webb / Jeffrey Hunter
  • Seven Cities of Gold (1955)
  • White Feather (1955)
  • The Proud Ones (1956)
  • The Way to the Gold (1957)

• Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Jenjira Pongpas
  • Cemetery of Splendour (2015)
  • Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
  • Syndromes and a Century (2006)
  • Blissfully Yours (2002)

• 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)
  • F for Fake (1975)

• 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)

• Ben Wheatley / Michael Smiley
  • Down Terrace (2009)
  • Kill List (2011)
  • A Field in England (2013)

• Billy Wilder / William Holden
  • Sunset Boulevard (1950)
  • Stalag 17 (1953)
  • Sabrina (1954)
  • Fedora (1978)

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

• Billy Wilder / Joan Shawlee
  • Some Like It Hot (1959)
  • The Apartment (1960)
  • Irma la Douce (1963)
  • Buddy Buddy (1981)

• Michael Winner / Harry Andrews
  • The System (1964)
  • The Jokers (1967)
  • I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
  • The Nightcomers (1971)
  • The Big Sleep (1978)

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

• Michael Winner / Oliver Reed
  • The System (1964)
  • The Jokers (1967)
  • I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
  • Hannibal Brooks (1969)
  • The Big Sleep (1978)
  • Parting Shots (1998)

• Michael Winterbottom / Rob Brydon
  • 24 Hour Party People (2002)
  • A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
  • The Trip (2010, U.S. film edit)
  • The Trip to Italy (2014, U.S. film edit)

• Michael Winterbottom / Steve Coogan
  • 24 Hour Party People (2002)
  • A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
  • The Trip (2010, U.S. film edit)
  • The Look of Love (2013)
  • The Trip to Italy (2014, U.S. film edit)

• Michael Winterbottom / Shirley Henderson
  • Wonderland (1999)
  • The Claim (2000)
  • 24 Hour Party People (2002)
  • A Cock and Bull Story (2006)
  • Everyday (2012)
  • The Look of Love (2013)

• Michael Winterbottom / Paul Popplewell
  • I Want You (1998)
  • 24 Hour Party People (2002)
  • The Look of Love (2013)

• Michael Winterbottom / John Simm
  • Wonderland (1999)
  • 24 Hour Party People (2002)
  • Everyday (2012)

• Robert Wise / Patricia Neal
  • Three Secrets (1950)
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
  • Something for the Birds (1952)

• Len Wiseman / Kate Beckinsale
  • Underworld (2003)
  • Underworld: Evolution (2006)
  • Total Recall (2012)

• Len Wiseman / Bill Nighy
  • Underworld (2003)
  • Underworld: Evolution (2006)
  • Total Recall (2012)

• William Witney / Richard Bakalyan
  • The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
  • The Cool and the Crazy (1958)
  • Paratroop Command (1959)

• Wong Kar-wai / Leslie Cheung
  • Days of Being Wild (1991)
  • Ashes of Time (1994)
  • Happy Together (1997)

• 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 / Shing Fui-On
  • 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)

• Ed Wood / The Amazing Criswell
  • Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
  • Night of the Ghouls (1959)
  • Orgy of the Dead (1965)

• Ed Wood / Kenne Duncan
  • Crossroad Avenger (1953)
  • Night of the Ghouls (1959)
  • The Sinister Urge (1960)

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

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

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

• Edgar Wright / Julia Deakin
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
  • The World's End (2013)

• Edgar Wright / Martin Freeman
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
  • The World's End (2013)

• Edgar Wright / Nick Frost
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
  • The World's End (2013)

• Edgar Wright / Bill Nighy
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
  • The World's End (2013)

• Edgar Wright / Simon Pegg
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
  • The World's End (2013)

• Edgar Wright / Rafe Spall
  • Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  • Hot Fuzz (2007)
  • The World's End (2013)

• Joe Wright / Tom Hollander
  • Pride & Prejudice (2005)
  • The Soloist (2009)
  • Hanna (2011)

• Joe Wright / Keira Knightley
  • Pride & Prejudice (2005)
  • Atonement (2007)
  • Anna Karenina (2012)

• 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)

Y

• David Yates / Jim Broadbent
  • The Young Visiters (2003)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

• David Yates / Kelly Macdonald
  • The Girl in the Café (2005)
  • State of Play (2003)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

• David Yates / Bill Nighy
  • The Girl in the Café (2005)
  • State of Play (2003)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)

• Terence Young / Omar Sharif
  • The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
  • Mayerling (1968)
  • Bloodline (1979)

Z

• 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, miniseries)

• 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)

• Robert Zemeckis / Robin Wright
  • Forrest Gump (1994)
  • Beowulf (2007)
  • A Christmas Carol (2009)

• 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)
  • Coming Home (2014)

• 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)

• Rob Zombie / Bill Moseley
  • House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
  • The Devil's Rejects (2005)
  • Halloween (2007)
  • The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)

• Rob Zombie / Sid Haig
  • House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
  • The Devil's Rejects (2005)
  • Halloween (2007)
  • Halloween II (2009)
  • The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)

• 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)

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