Director/Actor Relationships

[Spicoli]

I notice on some and even many of my movies that certain directors use certain actors frequently.

I can list many but I'll start with one.


Spielberg and Dryfuss

What have you noticed?



(criteria 3 or more with 2 in consideration if the director has few films)

[JavaJulien]

Tim Burton & Johnny Depp/Helena Bonham Carter: It's part of Tim Burton Bingo at this point.
Martin Scorsese & Leonardo DiCaprio: Poster below me noted DeNiro, but these two stand out as well. Scorsese pretty much defines DiCaprio's career now.
Quentin Tarantino & Samuel L. Jackson: And I'm hoping for many more because Jackson has been golden in every role.

[Abdrewes]

The only one that matters: Tony Scott and Denzel Washington

...Oh wait, there's also Scorsese and DeNiro
Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti
Paul Thomas Anderson and Phillip Setmore Hoffman
Hitchcock and James Stewart...

[Spicoli]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

The only one that matters: Tony Scott and Denzel Washington

...Oh wait, there's also Scorsese and DeNiro
Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti
Paul Thomas Anderson and Phillip Setmore Hoffman
Hitchcock and James Stewart...

This was one I thought immediately!

[Spicoli]

Affleck/Affleck!

[Samus Aran]

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp is the obvious one.

Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe:

Robin Hood
Body of Lies
American Gangster
A Good Year
Gladiator

Tony Scott and Denzel Washington:

Unstoppable
The Taking of Pelham 123
Deja Vu
Man on Fire
Crimson Tide

Christopher Nolan and Michael Caine:

Batman Begins
The Prestige
The Dark Knight
Inception
The Dark Knight Rises

[Tony208]

Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale
Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann

They are really connected

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by Spicoli

This was one I thought immediately!

I know right? The films they made together were great, especially Deja Vu.

[Samus Aran]

Richard Donner and Mel Gibson:

Lethal Weapon 1-4
Maverick
Conspiracy Theory

Ron Howard and Tom Hanks:

The Da Vinci Code
Angels and Demons
Apollo 13
Splash

[Clark Kent]

This thread might have gone in a different direction entirely if you had implied romantic relationships.

[Spicoli]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

This thread might have gone in a different direction entirely if you had implied romantic relationships.

Between whom?

[Samus Aran]

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Between whom?

Warren Beatty and one of the leading ladies in every movie he directed (and even the ones he didn't direct)?

I guess you could go back to Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale. Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann. Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich.

The Snow White director and Kristen Stewart.

[Tony208]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

Warren Beatty and one of the leading ladies in every movie he directed (and even the ones he didn't direct)?

I guess you could go back to Len Wiseman and Kate Beckinsale. Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann. Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich.

The Snow White director and Kristen Stewart.

nice one lol

[AmrlKJaneway]

David Fincher has Brad Pitt;

Se7en
Fight Club
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

George Lucas and Harrison Ford, although he only directed one Star Wars movie, and no Indiana Jones movies to my knowledge. He did direct American Graffiti.

Hugo was Scorsese's first film in eight years without DiCaprio.

Tarantino has Samuel L. Jackson;

Pulp Fiction
Jacky Brown
Kill Bill
Inglorious Basterds
Django Unchained

...and he has a few actors he re-uses as well...

[retablo]

Ingmar Bergman &...

Erland Josephson
Max Von Sydow
Liv Ullman
Bibi Andersson
Gunnar Björnstrand
Ingrid Thulin

[Shanester]

John Ford & John Wayne
Humphrey Bogart & John Huston

[Favre316]

Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell
John Carpenter and Kurt Russell

[spanky87]

Pedro Almodovar and Antonio Banderas/Penelope Cruz

Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke

PT Anderson and Phillip Seymour Hoffman

William Wyler and Audrey Hepburn

[Spicoli]

Ron Howard~Tom Hanks

DaVinci
Angels
Splash
Apollo 13

[blonde_devil]

Clint Eastwood and Leone/Don Siegel - 3 with Leone, 5 with Siegel.

Nolan and a lot of actors - Christian Bale did 4 movies with him I think.