Best Ever Actor-Director Teams [POLL] **CLOSED** - Movies & TV

badseed

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Age: 35
Location: FL

Alright guys, I guess I'll host our next list, the first to be officially part of the movie section. Pretty self explanatory. Make a list of your favorite frequent collaborators. The only rule is that they had to have made at least three films together. Don't get your PC panties in a bundle as this is meant to include both male and female actors. I think we should probably limit this to 50 but if yall feel like busting out 100, go for it. The link below seems to have a pretty expansive list for reference.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...aborations

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PurpleHazel

badseed wrote:

The link below seems to have a pretty expansive list for reference.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...aborations

Pretty expansive? Pretty insane! Directors I've never heard of, mobs of supporting actors. 27 actors listed for Woody Allen alone! Apparently Kate Winslet has already signed on to Avatar 3.

badseed

Gender: Male
Age: 35
Location: FL

PurpleHazel wrote:

badseed wrote:

The link below seems to have a pretty expansive list for reference.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...aborations

Pretty expansive? Pretty insane! Directors I've never heard of, mobs of supporting actors. 27 actors listed for Woody Allen alone! Apparently Kate Winslet has already signed on to Avatar 3.

Haha, yeah I didn't look at it for long, I just clicked the letter B and saw that it had most of Bergman's actors so I figured it was complete enough. There's probably a less prolific list out there but I didn't want anyone to be forgotten Laughing

Also, films that haven't been made yet shouldn't count, though I think that goes without saying. I can't think of any James Cameron-Kate Winslet films besides Titanic. Considering Cameron only directed a movie every five or ten years I'm pretty confident that's the only one. She must be signed up for Avatar 2 and 3.

CA Dreamin

Gender: Male
Location: LA

This should be interesting. No idea how my list will look except von Sternberg-Dietrich will be high up there. If any of you don't have that pairing on your list, please reconsider.

Also, quick question. What if it's a director and two actors? Ex. Edgar Wright-Simon Pegg-Nick Frost, or Michael Curtiz-Errol Flynn-Olivia de Havilland. Should they be counted as one? Or should each actor be counted separately?

Hayden

Location: CDMX

Sure, I'll participate. Should be able to whip up a top 25 or so no problem.

PurpleHazel

badseed wrote:

Also, films that haven't been made yet shouldn't count, though I think that goes without saying.

Yes, I automatically assumed that participants would actually have to have seen three of the collaborative films -- though not necessarily more if there are more than three.

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She must be signed up for Avatar 2 and 3.

She is. Just amused they made the list.

badseed

Gender: Male
Age: 35
Location: FL

StreetSpirit wrote:

This should be interesting. No idea how my list will look except von Sternberg-Dietrich will be high up there. If any of you don't have that pairing on your list, please reconsider.

Also, quick question. What if it's a director and two actors? Ex. Edgar Wright-Simon Pegg-Nick Frost, or Michael Curtiz-Errol Flynn-Olivia de Havilland. Should they be counted as one? Or should each actor be counted separately?

I feel it's more logical to go with them individually (otherwise, who's to stop anyone from going Scorsese-DeNiro-Pesci or Bergman-everyone). When ranking them against each other I'd probably base it on whichever actor I prefer in said director's films. If you'd rather do it more objectively based on prominence of role or some other factor that works too.

And yes, JVS and Dietrich all day.

CA Dreamin

Gender: Male
Location: LA

I might change this a bit, but I think it's a good start.

1. Josef von Sternberg-Marlene Dietrich
2. Billy Wilder-Jack Lemmon
3. Martin Scorsese-Robert de Niro
4. Woody Allen-Diane Keaton
5. Coen-Frances McDormand
6. Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio
7. Paul Thomas Anderson-Phillip Seymour Hoffman
8. Federico Fellini-Giulietta Masina
9. Tim Burton-Johnny Depp
10. Richard Linklater-Ethan Hawke
11. Danny Boyle-Ewan McGregor
12. Michael Curtiz-Errol Flynn
13. Alfred Hitchcock-Cary Grant
14. Woody Allen-Mia Farrow
15. Steven Speilberg-Tom Hanks
16. Michael Curtiz-Olivia de Havilland
17. John Frankenheimer-Burt Lancaster
18. Coen-Steve Buscemi
19. Akira Kurosawa-Toshiro Mifune
20. John Ford-John Wayne
21. David Fincher-Brad Pitt
22. Edgar Wright-Simon Pegg-Nick Frost
23. Wes Anderson-Bill Murray
24. Jean-Luc Godard-Anna Karina
25. David Lean-Alec Guiness
26. George Cukor-Katharine Hepburn
27. Ridley Scott-Russell Crowe
28. Tim Burton-Helena Bonham Carter
29. Coen-John Goodman
30. Kevin Smith-Ben Affleck
31. Orson Welles-Joseph Cotten
32. Quentin Tarantino-Samuel L. Jackson
33. John Huston-Humphrey Bogart
34. John Hughes-John Candy
35. Frank Capra-James Stewart
36. Otto Preminger-Dana Andrews
37. Frank Capra-Jean Arthur
38. Jeff Nichols-Michael Shannon
39. D.W. Griffith-Lillian Gish
40. John Hughes-Anthony Michael Hall
41. John Carpenter-Kurt Russell
42. Oliver Stone-John McGinley
43. Billy Wilder-William Holden
44. Kevin Smith-Jason Mewes
45. Howard Hawks-Cary Grant
46. Alfred Hitchcock-James Stewart
47. Martin Scorsese-Harvey Keitel
48. Alfred Hitchcock-Grace Kelly
49. John Ford-Henry Fonda
50. Jeremy Saulnier-Macon Blair

EDIT #1 Split Curtiz-Flynn-de Havilland. Likely more edits to come.

EDIT #2 Added Jeff Nichols-Michael Shannon and Jeremy Saulnier-Macon Blair. Also moved a few things around.

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badseed

Gender: Male
Age: 35
Location: FL

StreetSpirit wrote:

I might change this a bit, but I think it's a good start.

1. Josef von Sternberg-Marlene Dietrich
2. Billy Wilder-Jack Lemmon
3. Martin Scorsese-Robert de Niro
4. Woody Allen-Diane Keaton
5. Coen-Frances McDormand
6. Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio
7. Paul Thomas Anderson-Phillip Seymour Hoffman
8. Federico Fellini-Giulietta Masina
9. Tim Burton-Johnny Depp
10. Richard Linklater-Ethan Hawke
11. John Ford-John Wayne
12. Woody Allen-Mia Farrow
13. Danny Boyle-Ewan McGregor
14. Alfred Hitchcock-Cary Grant
15. Michael Curtiz-Errol Flynn-Olivia de Havilland
16. Jean-Luc Godard-Anna Karina
17. John Frankenheimer-Burt Lancaster
18. Coen-Steve Buscemi
19. Akira Kurosawa-Toshiro Mifune
20. David Fincher-Brad Pitt
21. Edgar Wright-Simon Pegg-Nick Frost
22. Wes Anderson-Bill Murray
23. Steven Speilberg-Tom Hanks
24. David Lean-Alec Guiness
25. Ridley Scott-Russell Crowe
26. George Cukor-Katharine Hepburn
27. Tim Burton-Helena Bonham Carter
28. Coen-John Goodman
29. Kevin Smith-Ben Affleck
30. Orson Welles-Joseph Cotten
31. Quentin Tarantino-Samuel L. Jackson
32. John Huston-Humphrey Bogart
33. John Hughes-John Candy
34. Frank Capra-James Stewart
35. Oliver Stone-John McGinley
36. Frank Capra-Jean Arthur
37. D.W. Griffith-Lillian Gish
38. John Hughes-Anthony Michael Hall
39. John Carpenter-Kurt Russell
40. Otto Preminger-Dana Andrews
41. Billy Wilder-William Holden
42. Kevin Smith-Jason Mewes
43. Howard Hawks-Cary Grant
44. Alfred Hitchcock-James Stewart
45. Martin Scorsese-Harvey Keitel
46. George Roy Hill-Robert Redford
47. Alfred Hitchcock-Grace Kelly
48. John Ford-Ward Bond
49. Don Siegel-Clint Eastwood
50. Mel Brooks-Gene Wilder

Great list. Many of these will be on mine. I'm torn on your two actor teams though. In the case of Pegg and Frost, they did appear in every one of Wright's films. But out of the nine and twelve Curtiz films respectively that DeHavilland and Flynn were in, only seven of them were with each other. So due to that fact, even if you haven't seen any of their solo films with Curtiz, it would be cool if you could split them up, even by just 1 spot. Same for Pegg & Frost if you can possibly determine which actor you slightly prefer. I'm thinking of letting this be a top 100 anyway so you'll have room to spare; no need in going through and editing every number but you can do another 49 for a full 100 if you'd like. I'll allow allow Frost & Pegg though. That would be like splitting Abbott & Costello.

CA Dreamin

Gender: Male
Location: LA

badseed wrote:

Great list. Many of these will be on mine. I'm torn on your two actor teams though. In the case of Pegg and Frost, they did appear in every one of Wright's films. But out of the nine and twelve Curtiz films respectively that DeHavilland and Flynn were in, only seven of them were with each other. So due to that fact, even if you haven't seen any of their solo films with Curtiz, it would be cool if you could split them up, even by just 1 spot. Same for Pegg & Frost if you can possibly determine which actor you slightly prefer.

I was thinking about that while filling this out. You can't separate Wright-Pegg-Frost, so I think it should be okay to leave them unless everyone disagrees. As for the other trio, I can separate them. I don't really want to because they were so great together. But I know they did other work without the other co-star. Off the top of my head, The Sea Hawk is the only one I've seen (good movie btw). But I can see how it could get confusing if more participants combine actors. Heck I came up with at least 7 possible combinations for the Coens.

badseed wrote:

I'm thinking of letting this be a top 100 anyway so you'll have room to spare; no need in going through and editing every number but you can do another 49 for a full 100 if you'd like.

100? Gee, I don't know. When I was brainstorming and referencing the Wikipedia link, I only came up with 75ish and whittled it down to 50. I imposed the rule on myself that I needed to see at least 3 films to qualify.