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Actresses and their Directors Jan 30, 2022 1:52:25 GMT pacinoyes likes this

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Post by evilbliss on Jan 30, 2022 1:52:25 GMT

On the top of my mind, these are the actresses that I consider who make the best/exciting/most curious collaborations with these acclaimed directors. Like Nicole Kidman once said: "it's about picking the director, not the movie".

What do you think of these, and what are your picks?

Kirsten Dunst:

- Woody Allen

- Brian De Palma

- Sofia Coppola (3x)

- Michel Gondry

- Cameron Crowe

- Lars von Trier

- Jane Campion

- Alex Garland (upcoming)

Nicole Kidman:

- Ron Howard

- Gus Van Sant

- Joel Schumacher (2x)

- Jane Campion (2x)

- Stanley Kubrick

- Baz Luhrmann (2x)

- Stephen Daldry

- Lars von Trier

- Anthony Minghella

- Jonathan Glazer

- Sydney Pollack

- Nora Ephron

- Oliver Hirschbiegel

- Noah Baumbach

- Rob Marshall

- John Cameron Mitchell (2x)

- Philip Kaufman

- Lee Daniels

- Park Chan-wook

- Olivier Dahan

- Werner Herzog

- Yorgos Lanthimos

- Jean-Marc Vallée

- Sofia Coppola

- John Crowley

- Ryan Murphy

- Aaron Sorkin

- Robert Eggers (upcoming)

Natalie Portman:

- Luc Besson

- Michael Mann

- Woody Allen

- Tim Burton

- George Lucas (3x)

- Anthony Minghella

- Mike Nichols

- Milos Forman

- Kar-Wai Wong
- Michel Gondry

- Wes Anderson

- Mira Nair

- Don Roos

- Jim Sheridan

- Darren Aronofsky

- Kenneth Branagh

- Alan Taylor

- Terrence Malick (2x)

- Pablo Larrain

- Alex Garland

- Xavier Dolan

- Noah Hawley

- Taika Waititi (upcoming)
- Todd Haynes (upcoming)

Marion Cotillard:

- Arnaud Desplechin (3x upcoming)
- Alexandre Aja
- Tim Burton
- Jean-Pierre Jeunet
- Abel Ferrara
- Ridley Scott
- Olivier Dahan
- Michael Mann

- Rob Marshall
- Jonas Åkerlund
- Christopher Nolan (2x)
- Guillaume Canet (5x upcoming)
- Woody Allen
- Steven Soderbergh
- Jacques Audiard
- Adam McKay
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Luc Dardenne
- Justin Kurzel (2x)
- James Gray
- Xavier Dolan
- Robert Zemeckis
- Leos Carax
- Ellen Kuras (upcoming)
- Scott Z. Burns (upcoming)

Laura Dern:

- Martin Scorsese

- Adrian Lyne

- Arthur Hiller

- Peter Bogdanovich
- David Lynch (4x)

- Roland Joffé

- Steven Spielberg

- Clint Eastwood

- Alexander Payne (2x)

- Robert Altman

- Don Roos

- Jane Anderson

- Mike White (2x)

- Paul Thomas Anderson

- Todd Haynes

- Thomas Carter

- Jean-Marc Vallée (2x)

- Ramin Bahrani
- Kelly Reichardt

- Rian Johnson

- Edward Zwick

- Noah Baumbach

- Greta Gerwig

Scarlett Johansson:

- Rob Reiner

- Robert Redford

- Joel Coen (2x)

- Sofia Coppola

- Mike Barker

- Woody Allen (3x)

- Michael Bay

- Brian De Palma

- Christopher Nolan

- Frank Miller

- Jon Favreu (3x)

- Cameron Crowe

- Joss Whedon (2x)

- Jonathan Glazer

- Spike Jonze

- Luc Besson

- Ethan Coen

- Lucia Aniello

- Wes Anderson (2x upcoming)

- Anthony Russo (4x)
- Joe Russo (4x)

- Noah Baumbach

- Taika Waititi

- Sebastián Lelio (upcoming)

Cate Blanchett:

- Bruce Beresford

- Gillian Armstrong (2x)

- Shekhar Kapur (2x)
- Anthony Minghella

- Sally Potter

- Barry Levinson

- Peter Jackson (6x)

- Lasse Hallström
- Joel Schumacher
- Jim Jarmusch
- Ron Howard

- Wes Anderson
- Martin Scorsese

- Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Steven Soderbergh
- Todd Haynes (2x)

- Steven Spielberg

- David Fincher

- Ridley Scott

- Joe Wright

- Woody Allen

- Terrence Malick (2x)

- Kenneth Branagh
- Taika Waititi

- Gary Ross

- Eli Roth (2x upcoming)

- Richard Linklater
- Ryan Fleck

- Guillermo del Toro (2x upcoming)
- Adam McKay

- Todd Field (upcoming)
- Pedro Almodóvar (upcoming)
- Francis Ford Coppola (upcoming)

Meryl Streep:

- John Hubley
- Fred Zinnemann
- Michael Cimino
- Woody Allen
- Marvin J. Chomsky

- Robert Benton (2x)
- Karel Reisz
- Alan J. Pakula
- Mike Nichols (4x)
- Fred Schepisi (2x)
- Sydney Pollack
- Hector Babenco
- Susan Seidelman
- Robert Zemeckis
- Curtis Hanson

- Clint Eastwood
- Barbet Schroeder
- Wes Craven
- Steven Spielberg (2x)
- Spike Jonze
- Stephen Daldry
- Jonathan Demme (2x)
- Robert Altman
- David Frankel (2x)
- Robert Redford
- Phyllida Lloyd (2x)
- Nora Ephron
- Wes Anderson
- John Wells
- Rob Marshall (2x)
- Stephen Frears
- Steven Soderbergh (2x)
- Greta Gerwig
- Ryan Murphy
- Adam McKay
- Nancy Meyers

Kate Winslet:

- Peter Jackson
- Ang Lee
- Kenneth Branagh
- James Cameron (2x upcoming)
- Jane Campion
- Philip Kaufman
- Michael Apted
- Richard Eyre
- Alan Parker
- Michel Gondry
- Marc Forster
- Todd Field
- Nancy Meyers
- Stephen Daldry
- Sam Mendes
- Roman Polanski
- Todd Haynes
- Steven Soderbergh
- Peter Farrelly
- Danny Boyle
- John Hillcoat
- David Frankel
- Hany Abu-Assad
- Woody Allen
- Francis Lee
- Craig Zobel

Saoirse Ronan:

- Joe Wright (2x)
- Gillian Armstrong
- Peter Jackson
- Peter Weir
- Neil Jordan
- Andrew Niccol
- Wes Anderson (2x)
- John Crowley
- Greta Gerwig (2x)
- Francis Lee
- Garth Davis (upcoming)

Penélope Cruz:

- Fernando Colomo (2x)
- Bigas Luna (2x)
- Álvaro Fernández Armero (2x)
- Pedro Almodóvar (7x)
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Stephen Frears
- Billy Bob Thornton
- John Madden
- Cameron Crowe
- Larry Charles
- Woody Allen (2x)
- Rob Marshall (2x)
- Michael Patrick King
- Sergio Castellitto (2x)
- Ridley Scott
- Fernando Trueba (2x)
- Kenneth Branagh
- Asghar Farhadi
- Olivier Assayas
- Ryan Murphy
- Anthony Hemingway

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Post by pupdurcs on Jan 30, 2022 2:25:07 GMT

Kidman has some notable filmmakers missing from her list, including:

Lulu Wang
Andrea Arnold
Karyn Kusama
James Wan
Jay Roach
Alejandro Amenebar
Philip Noyce
Tony Scott
Robert Benton
Frank Oz
Susanne Bier

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Post by SZilla on Jan 30, 2022 6:30:30 GMT

Tilda Swinton has a very impressive list of directors she's worked with.

Derek Jarman
Joanna Hogg
Luca Guadagnino
Danny Boyle
Cameron Crowe
Spike Jonze
Norman Jewison
Jim Jarmusch
Sally Potter
Bela Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
Coen Brothers
Wes Anderson
David Fincher
Lynne Ramsay
Bong Joon-ho
Terry Gilliam
Pedro Almodovar
Sadie Brothers
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Guillermo Del Toro
George Miller

among others and that's not including television

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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 30, 2022 6:46:01 GMT

To me the best US actress going is Michelle Williams - and I'll pat myself on the back here I said that before Fosse / Verdon (on MAR) and she is amazing in this way - and in how directors work with her and she suits their vision - and its only going to get better I would guess.....she's 41 now so will be interesting to see where her career goes in the next few years:

Ang Lee, Todd Haynes, Scorsese, Spielberg (upcoming), Kaufman, Reichardt (4x, 1 upcoming), Moodysson, Sarah Polley, Sam Raimi, Lonergan, Ridley Scott, Cianfrance, Wim Wenders

With Kelly Reichardt - the Scorsese to her De Niro.........sorta

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Post by themoviesinner on Jan 30, 2022 17:31:29 GMT

I think Juliette Binoche has made some very interesting collaborations and she probably has one of the most varied and exciting acting careers. Here are some of her collaborations:

Jean-Luc Godard
Leos Carax
Louis Malle
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Chantal Akerman
Michael Haneke
Abel Ferrara
John Boorman
Amos Gitai
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Olivier Assayas
David Cronenberg
Abbas Kiarostami
Claire Denis
Naomi Kawase
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Bruno Dumont

I mean, this list is really impressive.

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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 30, 2022 17:53:50 GMT

Jan 30, 2022 17:31:29 GMT themoviesinner said:

I think Juliette Binoche has made some very interesting collaborations and she probably has one of the most varied and exciting acting careers. Here are some of her collaborations:

Jean-Luc Godard
Leos Carax
Louis Malle
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Chantal Akerman
Michael Haneke
Abel Ferrara
John Boorman
Amos Gitai
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Olivier Assayas
David Cronenberg
Abbas Kiarostami
Claire Denis
Naomi Kawase
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Bruno Dumont

I mean, this list is really impressive.

An amazing list and a couple more she has :

André Techine, Philip Kaufman, Jacques Doillon, and Claire Denis upcoming again too

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Post by Mattsby on Jan 30, 2022 18:58:30 GMT

I've always liked Jodie Foster's stack of directors (regardless of some results), from less than 50 movies too :

Roman Polanski
Martin Scorsese
Woody Allen
Claude Chabrol
Jonathan Demme
Tony Richardson
David Fincher
Alan Parker
Neil Jordan
Robert Zemeckis
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Spike Lee
Underrated guys - John Badham, Jonathan Kaplan, Daryl Duke

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Post by stephen on Jan 30, 2022 19:10:15 GMT

Sigourney Weaver deserves a shout-out:

Ridley Scott
Woody Allen (a cameo, but still)
Peter Yates
Peter Weir
Ivan Reitman
James Cameron
William Friedkin
Michael Apted
Mike Nichols
David Fincher
Roman Polanski
Ang Lee
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
M. Night Shyamalan
Michel Gondry
John Singleton
Oren Moverman
Neill Blomkamp
J. A. Bayona
Walter Hill
Noah Baumbach

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Post by Mattsby on Jan 30, 2022 20:39:00 GMT

Need to mention Huppert - who's worked with many of the listed at least twice......

Haneke x4
Claude Chabrol x7
Bertrand Blier
Andrzej Wajda
Paul Verhoeven
Maurice Pialat
Claude Sautet
Francois Ozon
Taviani brothers
Bertrand Tavernier
Jean-Luc Godard
Hong Sang-soo
Marco Bellocchio
Mauro Bolognini
Otto Preminger
Olivier Assayas
Claire Denis
Hal Hartley
Michael Cimino
Curtis Hanson
Joseph Losey
Neil Jordan
Raul Ruiz

And voice work in Abbas Kiarostami’s one-min Lumière short.

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Post by wattsnew on Jan 31, 2022 22:19:59 GMT

Naomi Watts:

David Lynch (x4)
Alejandro González Iñárritu (x2)
Michael Haneke
David Cronenberg
Clint Eastwood
Woody Allen
Noah Baumbach
Peter Jackson
Jean-Marc Vallée
Stephen Frears
David O. Russell

and that’s just some of them, pretty impressive stuff.

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Actresses and their Directors Jan 31, 2022 22:48:51 GMT

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a little Su shoutout , long career, quite a filmmaker batch - Susan Sarandon -

Louis Malle x 2
Robert Altman
Billy Wilder
Sidney Lumet
Mario Monicelli
Jonathan Demme
Barry Levinson
George Roy Hill
George Miller
Paul Schrader
Ridley Scott
Oliver Stone
Wachowskis
Frank Perry

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Post by thomasjerome on Jan 31, 2022 23:20:37 GMT

Bit of a left-field choice: Gina Gershon

Paul Verhoeven
William Friedkin
Woody Allen
Tom DiCillo
Paul Schrader
Robert Altman
John Sayles
Walter Hill
John Woo
Wachowskis
Roger Donaldson
Olivier Assayas
Michael Mann
Taylor Hackford
Adam McKay

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Post by avnermoriarti on Feb 1, 2022 18:09:08 GMT

Catherine Deneuve:

Jacques Demy
Polanski
Manoel de Oliveira
Andre Techine
Truffaut
Raul Ruiz
Agnes Varda
Leos Carax
Robert Aldrich
Marco Ferreri
Jean-Pierre Melville
Arnaud Desplechin
Philippe Garrel
François Ozon
Tony Scott
Benoit Jacquot
Mario Monicelli
Rappeneau
Lars von Trier
Buñuel
Koreeda

she wins ?

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Feb 1, 2022 18:09:08 GMT avnermoriarti said:

Catherine Deneuve:

Jacques Demy
Polanski
Manoel de Oliveira
Andre Techine
Truffaut
Raul Ruiz
Agnes Varda
Leos Carax
Robert Aldrich
Marco Ferreri
Jean-Pierre Melville
Arnaud Desplechin
Philippe Garrel
François Ozon
Tony Scott
Benoit Jacquot
Mario Monicelli
Rappeneau
Lars von Trier
Buñuel
Koreeda

she wins ?

Catherine Deneuve is one of Scorsese's favorite actresses. It's a pity she wouldn't have fit in with any of the work he's done.

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Feb 3, 2022 8:52:21 GMT PromNightCarrie said:

Feb 1, 2022 18:09:08 GMT avnermoriarti said:

Catherine Deneuve is one of Scorsese's favorite actresses. It's a pity she wouldn't have fit in with any of the work he's done.

Marty needs to do a french mafia movie asap ! Catherine as the matron

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Post by coop032 on Feb 3, 2022 22:42:04 GMT

Julianne Moore (maybe I overdid it):

Todd Haynes
Paul Thomas Anderson
Steven Spielberg
Robert Altman
Richard Donner
Peter Yates
Curtis Hanson
Alfonso Cuaron
Gus Van Sant
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Neil Jordan
Ridley Scott
Lasse Hallstrom
Stephen Daldry
Tom Ford
Lisa Cholodenko
David Cronenberg
Joe Wright
Julie Taymor
Sebastian Lelio
George Clooney
Matthew Vaughn
James Ivory
Rebecca Miller
Jay Roach
Atom Egoyan
Fernando Meirelles
Ivan Reitman
Chris Columbus
Andrew Davis
Martin Campbell

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Post by Mattsby on Nov 23, 2022 3:08:32 GMT

No old Hollywood mentions? How about one of the most underrated. Directors often worked with her several times and she caught some great foreigners who didn't always work in English.....

Joan Bennett

Fritz Lang x5
Dario Argento
Max Ophüls
Jean Renoir
Douglas Sirk
Otto Preminger
Vincente Minnelli x2
James Whale x2
George Cukor
Michael Curtiz
Raoul Walsh x3
William Wellman

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Feb 1, 2022 18:09:08 GMT avnermoriarti said:

Catherine Deneuve:

Jacques Demy
Polanski
Manoel de Oliveira
Andre Techine
Truffaut
Raul Ruiz
Agnes Varda
Leos Carax
Robert Aldrich
Marco Ferreri
Jean-Pierre Melville
Arnaud Desplechin
Philippe Garrel
François Ozon
Tony Scott
Benoit Jacquot
Mario Monicelli
Rappeneau
Lars von Trier
Buñuel
Koreeda

she wins ?

Definitive Deneuve along with Mirren and Rampling wins this.-
Mirren and Rampling had a no so great filmography, but I guess still a very interesting one.

Deneuve won an oscar nom with Régis Wargnier. Also worked with Nicole Garcia, Arnaud Deslechin, Jean Paul Rappeneau, Christophe Honoré, Marjane Satrapi, Valerie Lemercier, Josée Deyan, Tonie Marshall, Olivier Dehan, Raul Ruiz, -elie Chouraqui,Claude Berri, Claude Lelouch, Dino Risi, Terence Young, Marcel Camus, Claud Chabrol, Vadim.-
Not only but is one of the actresses that worked more with femele directors.-

Maybe in a decade Binoche and Huppert will join the elist.-

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