List of film director and actor collaborations

Some film directors and actors have collaborated together numerous times and have become noteworthy for their partnerships. Note: In some instances, the body of work is too extensive to list all the films on which they worked together.

List of pages having tables of frequent collaborators

Woody Allen

Wes Anderson

Peter Bogdanovich
Tim Burton
John Carpenter

Coen brothers

Guillermo del Toro
Mike Flanagan
John Ford

James Gunn

Yorgos Lanthimos
Mike Leigh
David Lynch
Ryan Murphy
Christopher Nolan

Powell and Pressburger
Quentin Tarantino
The Wachowskis
Joss Whedon

List of collaborations

Director	Actor	Films	Ref.
Woody Allen	Diane Keaton	Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story (1971, short), Sleeper (1973), Love and Death (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978), Manhattan (1979), Radio Days (1987), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)	[1][2]
Pedro Almodóvar	Antonio Banderas	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)	[2][3][4]
	Penélope Cruz	Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), I'm So Excited (2013), Pain and Glory (2019), Parallel Mothers (2021)	[2][3][4]
Robert Altman	René Auberjonois	Brewster McCloud (1970), MASH (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Images (1972), The Player (1992)	[5]
	Henry Gibson	The Long Goodbye (1973), Nashville (1975), A Perfect Couple (1979), Health (1980)
Paul Thomas Anderson	Philip Seymour Hoffman	Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), The Master (2012)	[1][4]
Wes Anderson	Bill Murray	10 different films from 1998 to the present.	[1][2][6][5][4][7]
	Luke Wilson	Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
	Owen Wilson	Bottle Rocket (1996), Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021)
	Jeffrey Wright	The French Dispatch (2021), Asteroid City (2023), The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
Michelangelo Antonioni	Monica Vitti	Il Grido (1957), L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), L'Eclisse (1962), Red Desert (1964), The Mystery of Oberwald (1980)	[1]
Ingmar Bergman	Bibi Andersson	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), The Touch (1971), Scenes from a Marriage (1973)	[1][8]
	Max von Sydow	12 different films between 1957 and 1971.
	Liv Ullmann	10 different films between 1966 and 2003.
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)	[8]
Bong Joon Ho	Song Kang-ho	Memories of Murder (2003), The Host (2006), Snowpiercer (2013), Parasite (2019)	[9][10]
Tod Browning	Lon Chaney	10 different films between 1919 and 1929.	[8]
Tim Burton	Johnny Depp	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)	[1][2][6][11][3][4]
	Michael Keaton	Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Dumbo (2019), Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
	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)
James Cameron	Bill Paxton	The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), True Lies (1994), Titanic (1997), Ghosts of the Abyss (2003, cameo)	[11]
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), True Lies (1994), T2-3D: Battle Across Time (1996)	[1][4]
Leos Carax	Denis Lavant	Boy Meets Girl (1984), Mauvais Sang (1986), Mister Lonely (2007), Tokyo! (2008), Holy Motors (2012)	[8]
John Carpenter	Kurt Russell	Elvis (1979, TV), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Escape from L.A. (1996)	[11][4]
John Cassavetes	Seymour Cassel	Shadows (1958, uncredited), Too Late Blues (1961), Faces (1968), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Opening Night (1977), Love Streams (1984)	[8][5][12]
	Gena Rowlands	Shadows (1958, uncredited), Faces (1968), Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980), Love Streams (1984)
	John Finnegan	A Woman Under the Influence (1974), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976), Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980), Love Streams (1984), Big Trouble (1986)
Claude Chabrol	Stéphane Audran	23 different films between 1959 and 1992.	[8]
Coen brothers	Frances McDormand	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)	[6]
Francis Ford Coppola	Robert Duvall	The Rain People (1969), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Conversation (1974, uncredited), Apocalypse Now (1979)	[5]
	Diane Keaton	The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather Part III (1990)
	Al Pacino
Sofia Coppola	Kirsten Dunst	The Virgin Suicides (1999), Marie Antoinette (2006), The Bling Ring (2013, cameo as herself), The Beguiled (2017)	[2][6][3]
Ryan Coogler	Michael B. Jordan	Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Sinners (2025)	[6][3]
David Cronenberg	Viggo Mortensen	A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), A Dangerous Method (2011), Crimes of the Future (2022)	[4]
Guillermo del Toro	Doug Jones	Mimic (1997), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017)	[6]
	Ron Perlman	Cronos (1992), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), Pacific Rim (2013), Nightmare Alley (2021), Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)	[11]
Clint Eastwood	Morgan Freeman	Unforgiven (1992), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Invictus (2009)	[13][14]
	Francesca Eastwood	True Crime (1999), Jersey Boys (2014), Juror No. 2 (2024)
	Doug McGrath	The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), The Gauntlet (1977), Bronco Billy (1980), Pale Rider (1985)
	Bill McKinney	The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), The Gauntlet (1977), Bronco Billy (1980)	[15]
Federico Fellini	Marcello Mastroianni	La Dolce Vita (1960), 8½ (1963), Roma (1972), La città delle donne (1980), Ginger e Fred (1986), Intervista (1987)	[16]
	Giulietta Masina	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)	[17]
Paul Feig	Melissa McCarthy	Bridesmaids (2011), The Heat (2013), Ghostbusters (2016)	[6]
David Fincher	Brad Pitt	Seven (1995), Fight Club (1999), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth (2025)	[4]
John Ford	Harry Carey	27 different films between 1917 and 1936.	[2][8][5]
	Ben Johnson	Fort Apache (1948), 3 Godfathers (1948, uncredited), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
	John Wayne	21 different collaborations between 1939 and 1964.
Antoine Fuqua	Denzel Washington	Training Day (2001), The Equalizer (2014), The Magnificent Seven (2016), The Equalizer 2 (2018), The Equalizer 3 (2023)	[6][4]
Jean-Luc Godard	Anna Karina	A Woman Is a Woman (1961), Vivre sa vie (1962), Le petit soldat (1963), Bande à part (1964), Alphaville (1965), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Made in U.S.A. (1966), The Oldest Profession (1967, segment: "Anticipation"),	[8]
Paul Greengrass	Matt Damon	The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Green Zone (2010), Jason Bourne (2016)	[4]
D. W. Griffith	Lillian Gish	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)	[8]
James Gunn	Sean Gunn	James Gunn's PG Porn (2008–2009), Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022, TV), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Superman (2025), Peacemaker (2022–present, Season 2 Only)	[18][19][20][21][22][23]
	Bradley Cooper	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022, TV), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Superman (2025)
	Michael Rooker	Slither (2006), Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022, TV), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Superman (2025, voice only)
	Nathan Fillion	Slither (2006), James Gunn's PG Porn (2008–2009), Super (2010), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014, voice only), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017, scene deleted), The Suicide Squad (2021), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Superman (2025)
	Pom Klementieff	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), The Suicide Squad (2021, uncredited), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022, TV), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Superman (2025, voice only)
Alfred Hitchcock	Cary Grant	Suspicion (1941), Notorious (1946), To Catch a Thief (1955), North by Northwest (1959)	[1][2][8][5][4]
	James Stewart	Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958)
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)	[8]
Werner Herzog	Klaus Kinski	Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Woyzeck (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), Cobra Verde (1987)
Nicole Holofcener	Catherine Keener	Walking and Talking (1996), Lovely & Amazing (2001), Friends with Money (2006)	[6][5]
Hong Sang-soo	Kim Min-hee	13 films from 2015 to present.	[24]
Akira Kurosawa	Toshiro Mifune	16 different films between 1948 and 1965.	[1][8]
Spike Lee	Denzel Washington	Mo' Better Blues (1990), Malcolm X (1992), He Got Game (1998), Inside Man (2006), Highest 2 Lowest (2025)	[1][2][5]
Richard Linklater	Ethan Hawke	Before Sunrise (1995), The Newton Boys (1998), Waking Life (2001, cameo), Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (2013), Boyhood (2014)	[6][4]
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)	[8]
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 2: The Legend Continues (2013)	[6][4]
Christopher McQuarrie	Tom Cruise	Jack Reacher (2012), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
Steve McQueen	Michael Fassbender	Hunger (2008), Shame (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013)	[1][3][4]
Jeff Nichols	Michael Shannon	Mud (2012), Midnight Special (2016), Loving (2016), The Bikeriders (2023)	[1]
Christopher Nolan	Christian Bale	Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	[1][6][4]
	Michael Caine	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)
	Cillian Murphy	Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dunkirk (2017), Oppenheimer (2023)
	Tom Hardy	Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dunkirk (2017)
	Gary Oldman	Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Oppenheimer (2023)
	Kenneth Branagh	Dunkirk (2017), Tenet (2020), Oppenheimer (2023)
	Matt Damon	Interstellar (2014), Oppenheimer (2023), The Odyssey (2026)
	Anne Hathaway	The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Interstellar (2014), The Odyssey (2026)
Yasujiro Ozu	Setsuko Hara	Late Spring (1949), Early Summer (1951), Tokyo Story (1953), Tokyo Twilight (1957), Late Autumn (1960), The End of Summer (1961)	[8]
	Chishū Ryū	52 different films between 1928 and 1962
Sam Raimi	Bruce Campbell	14 different films from 1977 to the present.	[11][25][26]
	Ted Raimi	14 different films from 1976 to the present.
	Dan Hicks	Evil Dead II (1987), Darkman (1990), Army of Darkness (1992), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Kelly Reichardt	Michelle Williams	Wendy and Lucy (2008), Meek's Cutoff (2010), Certain Women (2016), Showing Up (2022)	[6]
David O. Russell	Jennifer Lawrence	Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013), Joy (2015)	[6][3]
Russo brothers	Tom Holland	Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Cherry (2021), Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
	Chris Evans	Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), The Gray Man (2022), Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
	Chris Pratt	Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), The Electric State (2025)
	Anthony Mackie	Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), The Electric State (2025), Avengers: Doomsday (2026)
Martin Scorsese	Robert De Niro	11 different films from 1973 to the present.	[1][2][6][8][5]
	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), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)	[1][2][6][3][5][4]
Ridley Scott	Russell Crowe	Gladiator (2000), A Good Year (2006), American Gangster (2007), Body of Lies (2008), Robin Hood (2010)	[3][4]
M. Night Shyamalan	Bruce Willis	The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Split (2016, uncredited cameo), Glass (2019)
Kevin Smith	Ben Affleck	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)	[27]
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)	[3][4][28]
	Matt Damon	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)
	Channing Tatum	Haywire (2011), Magic Mike (2012), Side Effects (2013), Logan Lucky (2017), Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)
Steven Spielberg	Tom Hanks	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)	[2][6][3][4][29]
	Richard Dreyfuss	Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Always (1989)
	Mark Rylance	Bridge of Spies (2015), The BFG (2016), Ready Player One (2018)
Chad Stahelski	Keanu Reeves	John Wick (2014), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019), John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), Ballerina (2025, uncredited reshoots)
Quentin Tarantino	Samuel L. Jackson	Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), Inglourious Basterds (2009, uncredited voice), Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015)	[2][6][4]
	Tim Roth	Reservoir Dogs (1992) Pulp Fiction (1994), Four Rooms (1995), The Hateful Eight (2015), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019, scene deleted)
	Michael Madsen	Reservoir Dogs (1992), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), The Hateful Eight (2015), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
	Harvey Keitel	Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Inglourious Basterds (2009, uncredited voice)
	Uma Thurman	Pulp Fiction (1994), Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
François Truffaut	Jean-Pierre Léaud	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)	[8]
Denis Villeneuve	Dave Bautista	Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Dune (2021), Dune: Part Two (2024)	[30]
	Josh Brolin	Sicario (2015), Dune (2021), Dune: Part Two (2024)
	David Dastmalchian	Prisoners (2013), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Dune (2021)
Josef von Sternberg	Marlene Dietrich	The Blue Angel (1930), Morocco (1930), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express (1932), Blonde Venus (1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934), The Devil is a Woman (1935)	[8][5]
Joss Whedon	Nathan Fillion	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), Firefly (2001-02), Serenity (2005), Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)	[11]
Wong Kar-wai	Maggie Cheung	Days of Being Wild (1990), Ashes of Time (1994), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004),	[8][5]
	Tony Leung Chiu-wai	Chungking Express (1994), Ashes of Time (1994), Happy Together (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000), 2046 (2004), The Grandmaster (2013)
John Woo	Chow Yun-Fat	A Better Tomorrow (1986), A Better Tomorrow II (1987), The Killer (1989), Once a Thief (1991), Hard Boiled (1992)	[2]
Edgar Wright	Simon Pegg	Spaced (1999-2001), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), Grindhouse (Don't fake trailer, 2007), The World's End (2013)	[4]
Joe Wright	Keira Knightley	Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012)	[3]
Corey Yuen	Jet Li	Fong Sai-yuk (1993), Fong Sai-yuk II (1993), The Bodyguard from Beijing (1994), The New Legend of Shaolin (1994), My Father Is a Hero (1995)	[31][32]