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The 11 Best Actor/Director Duos

By Dustin Rowles | Lists | August 24, 2009 |

By Dustin Rowles | Lists | August 24, 2009 |


Honorable Mention: Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi


11. John Goodman and the Coen brothers

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Joint Ventures: Barton Fink, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, and The Hudsucker Proxy


10. Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder

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Joint Ventures: Young Frankenstein, The Producers, and Blazing Saddles

9. Tim Burton and Johnny Depp

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Joint Ventures: Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Ed Wood, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Alice in Wonderland


8. Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney

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Joint Ventures: Ocean’s 11-13, Out of Sight, Solaris, and The Good German


7. Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant


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Joint Ventures: North by Northwest, Notorious, Suspicion, and To Catch a Thief


6. George Cukor and Katherine Hepburn

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Joint Ventures: A Bill of Divorcement, Little Women, Sylvia Scarlett, Holiday, The Philadelphia Story, Keeper of the Flame, Adam’s Rib, and Pat and Mike


5. Howard Hawks and Cary Grant

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Joint Ventures: Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, I Was a Male War Bride, Monkey Business, and Only Angels Have Wings


4. Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon

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Joint Ventures: Avanti, The Front Page, The Apartment, Buddy Buddy, Irma la Douce, Some Like it Hot, and The Fortune Cookie


3. Alfred Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart

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Joint Ventures: Vertigo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Rope, and Rear Window


2. John Huston and Humphrey Bogart


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Joint Ventures: Across the Pacific, Beat the Devil, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre


1. Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro

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Joint Ventures: Cape Fear; Casino; GoodFellas; Mean Streets; New York, New York; Raging Bull; Taxi Driver; and The King of Comedy