Greatest Actor/Director team?
Which were the best Actor/Director teams? Some of the most legendary are listed below and you can vote in the poll if you want.
John Wayne/John Ford: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Searchers, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, How the West Was Won, Stagecoach, Fort Apache
Humphrey Bogart / John Huston: Across the Pacific, Beat the Devil, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
George Clooney /Steven Soderberg: Ocean’s 11, Ocean's 12, Ocean's13, Out of Sight, Solaris, and The Good German
Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg: Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, Band of Brothers, The Terminal
Cary Grant/ Alfed Hitchcock: North by Northwest, Notorious, Suspicion, and To Catch a Thief
James Stewart/ Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rope, and Rear Window
Grace Kelly/ Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, To Catch a Thief
Gene Wilder / Mel Brookes: Young Frankenstein, The Producers, and Blazing Saddles
Diane Keaton / Woody Allen: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Sleeper, Love and Death, Manhattan Murder Mystery
Leonardo Di Caprio / Martin Scorese: The Departed, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, Shutter Island
Robert Di Niro / Martin Scorese: Cape Fear, Casino, GoodFellas, Mean Streets, New York, New York, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy
Any others?
John Wayne/John Ford: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Searchers, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, How the West Was Won, Stagecoach, Fort Apache
Humphrey Bogart / John Huston: Across the Pacific, Beat the Devil, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
George Clooney /Steven Soderberg: Ocean’s 11, Ocean's 12, Ocean's13, Out of Sight, Solaris, and The Good German
Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg: Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, Band of Brothers, The Terminal
Cary Grant/ Alfed Hitchcock: North by Northwest, Notorious, Suspicion, and To Catch a Thief
James Stewart/ Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rope, and Rear Window
Grace Kelly/ Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, To Catch a Thief
Gene Wilder / Mel Brookes: Young Frankenstein, The Producers, and Blazing Saddles
Diane Keaton / Woody Allen: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Sleeper, Love and Death, Manhattan Murder Mystery
Leonardo Di Caprio / Martin Scorese: The Departed, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, Shutter Island
Robert Di Niro / Martin Scorese: Cape Fear, Casino, GoodFellas, Mean Streets, New York, New York, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The King of Comedy
Any others?
Which was the best actor / director partnership? 46 votes
John Wayne / John Ford
4%
2 votes
Humphrey Bogart / John Huston
4%
2 votes
George Clooney / Steven Soderberg
0%
0 votes
Tom Hanks / Steven Spielberg
6%
3 votes
Cary Grant / Alfred Hitchcock
6%
3 votes
James Stewart / Alfred Hitchcock
10%
5 votes
Grace Kelly / Alfred Hitchcock
2%
1 vote
Gene Wilder / Mel Brookes
2%
1 vote
Diane Keaton / Woody Allen
4%
2 votes
Leonardo Di Caprio / Martin Scorese
13%
6 votes
Robert Di Niro / Martin Scorese
34%
16 votes
Any others? Please post below
10%
5 votes
0
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Klaus Kinski / Werner Herzog: Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu, Woyzeck, Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde.
All brilliant films and brilliant performances
I guess Marty/De Niro for their best work comes out on top, pity they have both declined so much.
Kurt Russell and John Carpenter
Mel Gibson and George Miller
Hitchcock and Cary Grant are close runners-up. Notorious, North By Northwest, Suspicion, etc.
I'd put Hitchcock and James Stewart in third place. Rear Window being their finest achievement in my opinion.
I think that the list needs to add David Lean and Alec Guinness as well. So many films : Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and even A Passage to India(even though I think that Guinness was miscast in that).
Quick Update :
I'd also add Howard Hawks and Cary Grant for things like His Girl Friday, Bringing Up Baby, Only Angels Have Wings and Monkey Business.
Clint Eastwood and ...er Clint Eastwood
Yeah they've done quite well together! Easily the most successful one man actor/director team in film.
Seconded.
Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises
About to post the same thing. Also now confirmed to be in Interstellar together (well one directing the other acting).
Caine may not be the main actor in his films but he certainly brings his A game. Also tell they have a lot of respect for eachother off camera as well.
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