Director
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Actor
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Films
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Ref.
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Ben Affleck
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Titus Welliver
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Gone Baby Gone (2007), The Town (2010), Argo (2012), Live by Night (2016)
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Woody Allen
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Diane Keaton
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Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971), Sleeper (1973), Love and Death (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978), Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
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[1][2]
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Pedro Almodóvar
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Antonio Banderas
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Labyrinth of Passion (1982), Matador (1986), Law of Desire (1987), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990), The Skin I Live In (2011), I'm So Excited (2013), Pain and Glory (2019)
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[2][3][4]
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Penélope Cruz
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Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), I'm So Excited (2013), Pain and Glory (2019)
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[2][3][4]
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Robert Altman
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René Auberjonois
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Brewster McCloud (1970), MASH (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Images (1972), The Player (1992)
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[5]
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Henry Gibson
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The Long Goodbye (1973), Nashville (1975), A Perfect Couple (1979), Health (1980)
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Siddharth Anand
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Hrithik Roshan
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Bang Bang! (2014), War (2019), Fighter (2024)
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Paul Thomas Anderson
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), The Master (2012)
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[1][4]
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Wes Anderson
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Bill Murray
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10 different films from 1998 to the present.
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[1][2][6][5][4]
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Luke Wilson
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Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
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Owen Wilson
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Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021)
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Michelangelo Antonioni
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Monica Vitti
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Il Grido (1957), L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), L'Eclisse (1962), Red Desert (1964), The Mystery of Oberwald (1980)
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[1]
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Ingmar Bergman
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Bibi Andersson
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Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Brink of Life (1958), The Magician (1958), Persona (1966), The Passion of Anna (1969), Scenes from a Marriage (1973) (incomplete)
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[1]
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Max von Sydow
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12 different between 1957 and 1971.
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Liv Ullmann
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10 different films between 1966 and 2003
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Sanjay Leela Bhansali
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Ranveer Singh
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Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela (2013), Bajirao Mastani (2015), Padmaavat (2018)
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Deepika Padukone
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Budd Boetticher
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Randolph Scott
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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)
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Tod Browning
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Lon Chaney
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10 different films between 1919 and 1929.
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Danny Boyle
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Ewan McGregor
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Shallow Grave (1994), Trainspotting (1996), A Life Less Ordinary (1997), T2 Trainspotting (2017)
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[8]
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Tim Burton
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Helena Bonham Carter
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Planet of the Apes (2001), Big Fish (2003), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Dark Shadows (2012)
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[1][2][6][9][3][4]
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Johnny Depp
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Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Dark Shadows (2012)
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James Cameron
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Bill Paxton
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The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), True Lies (1994), Titanic (1997), Ghosts of the Abyss (2003, cameo)
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[9]
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), True Lies (1994), T2-3D: Battle Across Time (1996)
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[1][4]
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Leos Carax
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Denis Lavant
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Boy Meets Girl (1984), Mauvais Sang (1986), Mister Lonely (2007), Tokyo! (2008), Holy Motors (2012)
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John Carpenter
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Kurt Russell
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Elvis (1979, TV), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Escape from L.A. (1996)
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[9][4]
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Jamie Lee Curtis
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Halloween (1978), The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981, uncredited voice), Escape from L.A. (1996, uncredited voice)
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George Buck Flower
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The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Starman (1984), They Live (1988), Body Bags (1993, TV) (Segment 2), Village of the Damned (1995)
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John Cassavetes
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Seymour Cassel
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Shadows (1959, uncredited), Too Late Blues (1961), Faces (1968), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Opening Night (1977), Love Streams (1984)
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[5]
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Gena Rowlands
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Shadows (1959), A Child Is Waiting (1963), Faces (1968), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980), Tempest (1982), Love Streams (1984)
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Claude Chabrol
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Stéphane Audran
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23 different films between 1959 and 1992.
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Yash Chopra
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Shah Rukh Khan
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Darr (1993), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Veer-Zaara (2004), Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012)
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[10]
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Coen brothers
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John Goodman
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Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
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[11]
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Frances McDormand
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Blood Simple (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Miller's Crossing (1990, uncredited), Barton Fink (1991), Fargo (1996), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Burn After Reading (2008), Hail, Caesar! (2016), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
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[6]
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Bill Condon
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Laura Linney
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Kinsey (2004), The Fifth Estate (2013), Mr. Holmes (2015)
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Ian McKellen
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Gods and Monsters (1998), Mr. Holmes (2015), Beauty and the Beast (2017), The Good Liar (2019)
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Michael Culkin
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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), The Fifth Estate (2013), Mr. Holmes (2015), The Good Liar (2019)
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Francis Ford Coppola
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Robert Duvall
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The Rain People (1969), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974, uncredited), Apocalypse Now (1979)
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[5]
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Diane Keaton
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The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather Part III (1990)
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Al Pacino
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Sofia Coppola
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Kirsten Dunst
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The Virgin Suicides (1999), Marie Antoinette (2006), The Bling Ring (2013, cameo), The Beguiled (2017)
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[2][6][3]
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Ryan Coogler
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Michael B. Jordan
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Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Wrong Answer (2024), Untitled Vampire Film (2025)
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[6][3]
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David Cronenberg
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Viggo Mortensen
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A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011), Crimes of the Future (2022)
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[4]
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Guillermo del Toro
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Doug Jones
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Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy: The Golden Army (2008), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017)
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[6]
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Ron Perlman
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Cronos (1993), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), Hellboy: The Golden Army (2008), Pacific Rim (2013), Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016–2018), Nightmare Alley (2021), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022, voice only)
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[9]
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Clint Eastwood
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Morgan Freeman
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Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Invictus (2009)
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[12][13]
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Paul Feig
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Melissa McCarthy
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Bridesmaids (2011), The Heat (2013), Spy (2015), Ghostbusters (2016)
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[6]
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Federico Fellini
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Marcello Mastroianni
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La Dolce Vita (1960), 8½ (1963), Roma (1972), La città delle donne (1980), Ginger e Fred (1986), Intervista (1987)
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[14]
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Giulietta Masina
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Luci del varietà (1950), Lo sceicco bianco (1952), La strada (1954), Il bidone (1955), Le notti di Cabiria (1957), Juliet of the Spirits (1965), Ginger e Fred (1986)
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[15]
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David Fincher
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Brad Pitt
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Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
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[4]
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John Ford
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Harry Carey
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27 different films between 1917 and 1936.
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[2][5]
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Ben Johnson
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Fort Apache (1948), 3 Godfathers (1948, uncredited), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
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John Wayne
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21 different films between 1928 and 1963.
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Antoine Fuqua
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Denzel Washington
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Training Day (2001), King Arthur (2004), The Equalizer (2014), The Magnificent Seven (2016), The Equalizer 2 (2018), The Equalizer 3 (2023)
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[6][4]
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Jean-Luc Godard
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Anna Karina
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A Woman Is a Woman (1961), My Life to Live (1962), The Little Soldier (1963), Bande à part (1964), Alphaville (1965), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Made in U.S.A (1966), The Oldest Profession (1967)
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Paul Greengrass
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Matt Damon
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The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Green Zone (2010), Jason Bourne (2016)
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[4]
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D. W. Griffith
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Lillian Gish
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The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), True Heart Susie (1919), Broken Blossoms (1919), Way Down East (1920), Orphans of the Storm (1921) (incomplete)
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Howard Hawks
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Cary Grant
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Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Monkey Business (1952)
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Werner Herzog
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Klaus Kinski
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987)
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Rajkumar Hirani
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Boman Irani
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Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), 3 Idiots (2009), PK (2014), Sanju (2018), Dunki (2023)
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Sanjay Dutt
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Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), PK (2014), Sanju (2018)
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Alfred Hitchcock
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Cary Grant
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Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), North by Northwest (1959)
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[1][2][5][4]
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James Stewart
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Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958)
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Grace Kelly
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Rear Window (1954), Dial M for Murder (1954), To Catch a Thief (1955)
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Nicole Holofcener
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Catherine Keener
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Walking and Talking (1996), Lovely & Amazing (2001), Friends with Money (2006), Please Give (2010), Enough Said (2013)
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[6][5]
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Ron Howard
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Tom Hanks
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Splash (1984), Apollo 13 (1995), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Angels & Demons (2009), Inferno (2016)
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[16]
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Cheryl Howard
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15 different films between 1969 and present.
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[17]
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Paul Bettany
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A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
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[18]
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John Huston
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Humphrey Bogart
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The Maltese Falcon (1941), Across the Pacific (1942), Key Largo (1948), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The African Queen (1951), Beat the Devil (1953)
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[19]
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Karan Johar
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Shah Rukh Khan
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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001), Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), My Name Is Khan (2010), Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)
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Wong Kar-wai
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Maggie Cheung
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As Tears Go By (1988), Days of Being Wild (1990), Ashes of Time (1994), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004)
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[5]
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Tony Leung Chiu-wai
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Days of Being Wild (1990), Chungking Express (1994), Ashes of Time (1994),Happy Together (1997), Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004)
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Akira Kurosawa
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Toshiro Mifune
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16 different films between 1948 and 1965.
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[1]
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David Lean
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Alec Guinness
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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)
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[20]
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Spike Lee
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Denzel Washington
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Mo' Better Blues (1990), Malcolm X (1992), He Got Game (1998), Inside Man (2006), High and Low (2025)
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[1][2][5]
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Richard Linklater
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Ethan Hawke
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Before Sunrise (1995), The Newton Boys (1998), Waking Life (2001), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013), Boyhood (2014), Blue Moon (2025)
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[6][4]
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David Lynch
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Laura Dern
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Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Industrial Symphony No. 1 (1990), Inland Empire (2006), Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
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[11]
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Kyle MacLachlan
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Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Twin Peaks (1990–1991), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
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[21]
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Adam McKay
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Will Ferrell
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
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[6][4]
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Steve McQueen
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Michael Fassbender
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Hunger (2008), Shame (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013)
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[1][3][4]
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Anthony Mann
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James Stewart
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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)
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Jeff Nichols
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Michael Shannon
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Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special (2016), Loving (2016), The Bikeriders (2024)
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[1]
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Christopher Nolan
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Michael Caine
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Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017, uncredited voice), Tenet (2020)
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[1][6][4]
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Christian Bale
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Batman Begins (2005),The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
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Yasujiro Ozu
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Setsuko Hara
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Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1951), Tokyo Story (1953), Tokyo Twilight (1957), Late Autumn (1960), The End of Summer (1961)
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Chishū Ryū
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52 different films between 1928 and 1962
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Priyadarshan
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Akshay Kumar
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Hera Pheri (2000), Garam Masala (2005), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), De Dana Dan (2009), Khatta Meetha (2010)
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[22]
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Paresh Rawal
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Hera Pheri (2000), Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar (2001), Hungama (2003), Hulchul (2004), Garam Masala (2005), Bhagam Bhag (2006), Malamaal Weekly (2006), Chup Chup Ke (2006), Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007), Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008), De Dana Dan (2009), Aakrosh (2010), Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal (2012), Hungama 2 (2021)
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Sam Raimi
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Bruce Campbell
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12 different films from 1978 to the present.
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[9]
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Kelly Reichardt
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Michelle Williams
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Wendy and Lucy (2008), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Certain Women (2016), Showing Up (2022)
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[6]
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David O. Russell
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Jennifer Lawrence
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013), Joy (2015)
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[6][3]
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Bradley Cooper
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Martin Scorsese
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Robert De Niro
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Main article: Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro
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[1][2][6][5]
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Leonardo DiCaprio
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Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Audition (2015), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
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[1][2][6][3][5][4]
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Ridley Scott
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Russell Crowe
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Gladiator (2000), A Good Year (2006), American Gangster (2007), Body of Lies (2008), Robin Hood (2010)
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[3][4]
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Tony Scott
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Denzel Washington
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Crimson Tide (1995), Man on Fire (2004), Deja Vu (2006), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), Unstoppable (2010)
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Ron Shelton
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Kevin Costner
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Bull Durham (1988), Tin Cup (1996), Play It to the Bone (1999)
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[23][citation needed]
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Lolita Davidovich
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Blaze (1989), Cobb (1994), Play It to the Bone (1999), Dark Blue (2002), Hollywood Homicide (2003), Hound Dogs (2011, TV)
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Robert Wuhl
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Bull Durham (1988), Blaze (1989), Cobb (1994)
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Jim Sheridan
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Daniel Day-Lewis
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My Left Foot (1989), In the Name of the Father (1993), The Boxer (1997)
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Jer O'Leary
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My Left Foot (1989), The Field (1990), In the Name of the Father (1993), The Boxer (1997), In America (2002), Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
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Rohit Shetty
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Ajay Devgn
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13 different films from 2003 to the present.
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Kevin Smith
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Ben Affleck
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Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Jersey Girl (2004), Clerks II (2006), Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019), Clerks III (2022)
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[24]
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Steven Soderbergh
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George Clooney
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Out of Sight (1998), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Solaris (2002), Ocean's Twelve (2004), The Good German (2006), Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
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[3][4][25]
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Matt Damon
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Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Che (2008), The Informant! (2009), Contagion (2011), Behind the Candelabra (2013), Unsane (2018, Cameo)
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Channing Tatum
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Haywire (2011), Magic Mike (2012), Side Effects (2013), Logan Lucky (2017), Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)
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Steven Spielberg
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Tom Hanks
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Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Terminal (2004), A Timeless Call (2008, short, cameo only), Bridge of Spies (2015), The Post (2017)
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[2][6][3][4][26][27]
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Richard Dreyfuss
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Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Always (1989)
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Geno Silva
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1941 (1979), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Amistad (1997)
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Quentin Tarantino
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Samuel L. Jackson
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Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009, voice, uncredited), Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015)
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[2][6][4]
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Uma Thurman
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Pulp Fiction (1994), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
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François Truffaut
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
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The 400 Blows (1959), Antoine and Colette (1962, short), Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970), Two English Girls (1971), Day for Night (1973), Love on the Run (1979)
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Josef von Sternberg
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Marlene Dietrich
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The Blue Angel (1930), Morocco (1930), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express (1932), Blonde Venus (1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934), The Devil is a Woman (1935)
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[5]
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Joss Whedon
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Nathan Fillion
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Firefly (2001-2), Serenity (2005), Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
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[9]
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Billy Wilder
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Jack Lemmon
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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)
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[28]
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John Woo
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Chow Yun-Fat
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A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), The Killer (1989), Once a Thief (1991), Hard Boiled (1992)
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[2]
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Edgar Wright
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Simon Pegg
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Spaced (1999-2001), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), Grindhouse (2007, Don't trailer) The World's End (2013)
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[4]
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Nick Frost
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Joe Wright
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Keira Knightley
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Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012)
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[3]
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