History Main / GenreProlificCreator

* Creator/StevenSpielberg can do monster movies (''Film/{{Jaws}}'', ''Film/JurassicPark''), science fiction (''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'', ''Film/MinorityReport'', ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''), action adventure (''Franchise/IndianaJones''), comedy (''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979''), war drama (''Film/SchindlersList'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''Film/WarHorse''), fantasy (''{{Film/Hook}}''), biopics (''{{Film/Lincoln}}''), racial drama (''Film/TheColorPurple1985'', ''{{Film/Amistad}}'', ''{{Film/Munich}})'', comic book movies (''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''), etc.

* Creator/MartinScorsese: Also showed his versatility by making biopics (''Film/RagingBull'', ''Film/TheAviator'', ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', ''Film/{{Hugo}})'', historical dramas (''Film/TheAgeOfInnocence'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''), comedy (''Film/TheKingOfComedy'', ''Film/AfterHours''), film noir/real life drama (''Film/TaxiDriver''), musical (''Film/NewYorkNewYork''), gangster films (''Film/MeanStreets'', ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'', ''Film/{{Casino}}'', the remake ''Film/TheDeparted''), bible movies (''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist''), thrillers (''Film/CapeFear''), concert films (''Film/TheLastWaltz'', ''Shine A Light''), children-family films (''Hugo''), documentaries (''Italianamerican'', ''A Personal Journey Through American Films'') and horror (''Film/ShutterIsland'').

* Long before Creator/JonathanDemme cemented himself as an A-Tier director with the psychological thriller ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' and the courtroom drama ''{{Film/Philadelphia}}'', he was known for directing concert films (which he continued making up until his death) like ''Film/StopMakingSense'', quirky comedies like ''Film/SomethingWild'' and ''Film/MarriedToTheMob'' and a prison movie (''Film/CagedHeat'').

* Director Creator/RobertZemeckis has touched almost every genre. From comedies from his early career (''Film/IWannaHoldYourHand'' and ''Film/UsedCars'') to fun action adventures (''Film/RomancingTheStone'') to Science-Fiction (''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'') to mystery noir mixing live-action and animation (''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'') to westerns (''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'') to black comedy (''Film/DeathBecomesHer'') to romantic comedy-dramas (''Film/ForrestGump'') to straight up dramas (''Film/CastAway'' and ''{{Film/Flight}}'') to Hitchcock horror suspense (''Film/WhatLiesBeneath'') to Christmas movies (''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'' and ''{{WesternAnimation/A Christmas Carol 2009}}'') to folklore (''{{WesternAnimation/Beowulf 2007}}'') to biographical films (''Film/TheWalk'') to war romance thrillers (''{{Film/Allied}}'') and fantasy psychological drama (''Film/WelcomeToMarwen'').

* Director Creator/RobertZemeckis has touched almost every genre. From comedies from his early career (''Film/IWannaHoldYourHand'' and ''Film/UsedCars'') to fun action adventures (''Film/RomancingTheStone'') to Science-Fiction (''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'') to mystery noir mixing live-action and animation (''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'') to westerns (''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'') to black comedy (''Film/DeathBecomesHer'') to romantic comedy-dramas (''Film/ForrestGump'') to straight up dramas (''Film/CastAway'' and ''{{Film/Flight}}'') to Hitchcock horror suspense (''Film/WhatLiesBeneath'') to Christmas movies (''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'' and ''{{WesternAnimation/A Christmas Carol 2009}}'') to folklore (''{{WesternAnimation/Beowulf 2007}}'') to biographical films (''Film/TheWalk'') to war romance thrillers (''{{Film/Allied}}'') and fantasy psychological drama (''Film/WelcomeToMarwen'').
* Creator/StanleyKubrick: tried out different kinds of genres all his life: war films (''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket''), science fiction (''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Film/AClockworkOrange''), historical drama (''{{Film/Spartacus}}'', ''Film/BarryLyndon''), crime film noir (''Film/TheKilling''), comedy (''Film/DrStrangelove''), erotic thriller (''{{Film/Lolita}}'','' Film/EyesWideShut'') and horror (''Film/TheShining'').
* Creator/MartinScorsese: Also showed his versatility by making biopics (''Film/RagingBull'', ''Film/TheAviator'', ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', ''Film/{{Hugo}})'', historical dramas (''Film/TheAgeOfInnocence'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''), comedy (''Film/TheKingOfComedy'', ''Film/AfterHours''), film noir/real life drama (''Film/TaxiDriver''), musical (''Film/NewYorkNewYork''), gangster films (''Film/MeanStreets'', ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'', ''Film/{{Casino}}'', the remake ''Film/TheDeparted''), bible movies (''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist''), thrillers (''Film/CapeFear''), concert films (''Film/TheLastWaltz'', ''Shine A Light''), children-family films (''Hugo''), documentaries (''Italianamerican'', ''A Personal Journey Through American Films'') and horror (''Film/ShutterIsland'').
* Creator/GeorgeMiller, best known for directing the post-apocalyptic action ''Film/MadMax'' films, has also tried his hand at biographies (''Film/LorenzosOil''), dark fantasy (''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick''), and family friendly live-action (''Film/{{Babe}}'') and animated movies (''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet'').
* Creator/HowardHawks did war movies (''Film/TheDawnPatrol'' and ''Film/SergeantYork''), screwball comedies (''Film/TwentiethCentury'', ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' and ''Film/HisGirlFriday''), westerns (''Film/RedRiver'' and ''Film/RioBravo''), a historical epic (''Land of the Pharoahs''), noir (''Film/TheBigSleep''), a musical movie (''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes'') and science fiction (''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'')...[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World#Director maybe]]. He also [[TropeCodifier codified gangster movies]] (''Film/Scarface1932'').

* Long before Creator/JonathanDemme cemented himself as an A-Tier director with the psychological thriller ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' and the courtroom drama ''{{Film/Philadelphia}}'', he was known for directing concert films (which he continued making up until his death) like ''Film/StopMakingSense'', quirky comedies like ''Film/SomethingWild'' and ''Film/MarriedToTheMob'' and a prison movie (''Film/CagedHeat'').
* Creator/StevenSpielberg can do monster movies (''Film/{{Jaws}}'', ''Film/JurassicPark''), science fiction (''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'', ''Film/MinorityReport'', ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''), action adventure (''Franchise/IndianaJones''), comedy (''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979''), war drama (''Film/SchindlersList'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''Film/WarHorse''), fantasy (''{{Film/Hook}}''), biopics (''{{Film/Lincoln}}''), racial drama (''Film/TheColorPurple1985'', ''{{Film/Amistad}}'', ''{{Film/Munich}})'', comic book movies (''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''), etc.
* Creator/GeorgeLucas did science fiction with ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/THX1138'', a ComingOfAgeStory with ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and he co-created and produced the adventure film series ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' with Steven Spielberg.
* Creator/SamMendes: Suburban dramas (''Film/AmericanBeauty'' and ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''), gangster drama (''Film/RoadToPerdition''), war (''{{Film/Jarhead}}''), light-hearted road comedy (''Film/AwayWeGo'') and ''Film/JamesBond'' films (''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''Film/{{Spectre}}'').

* Creator/MartinScorsese: Also showed his versatility by making biopics (''Film/RagingBull'', ''Film/TheAviator'', ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', ''{{Film/Hugo}})'', historical dramas (''Film/TheAgeOfInnocence'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''), comedy (''Film/TheKingOfComedy'', ''Film/AfterHours''), film noir/real life drama (''Film/TaxiDriver''), musical (''Film/NewYorkNewYork''), gangster films (''Film/MeanStreets'', ''{{Film/Goodfellas}}'', ''{{Film/Casino}}'', the remake ''Film/TheDeparted''), bible movies (''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist''), thrillers (''Film/CapeFear''), concert films (''Film/TheLastWaltz'', ''Shine A Light''), children-family films (''{{Film/Hugo}}''), documentaries (''Italianamerican'', ''A Personal Journey Through American Films'') and horror (''Film/ShutterIsland'').

* Creator/StevenSpielberg can do monster movies (''{{Film/Jaws}}'', ''Film/JurassicPark''), science fiction (''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'', ''Film/MinorityReport'', ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''), action adventure (''Franchise/IndianaJones''), comedy (''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979''), war drama (''Film/SchindlersList'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''Film/WarHorse''), fantasy (''{{Film/Hook}}''), biopics (''{{Film/Lincoln}}''), racial drama (''Film/TheColorPurple1985'', ''{{Film/Amistad}}'', ''{{Film/Munich}})'', comic book movies (''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''), etc.
* Creator/GeorgeLucas did science fiction with ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/THX1138'', a ComingOfAgeStory with ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and he co-created and produced the adventure film series ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' with Creator/StephenSpielberg.
* Creator/SamMendes: Suburban dramas (''Film/AmericanBeauty'' and ''Film/RevolutionaryRoad''), gangster drama (''Film/RoadToPerdition''), war (''{{Film/Jarhead}}''), light-hearted road comedy (''Film/AwayWeGo'') and [[Franchise/JamesBond James Bond films]] (''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''{{Film/Spectre}}'').
* Creator/PeterJackson: Began as a splatter horror director (''Film/BadTaste'', ''Film/BrainDead''), demented puppet movies (''Film/MeetTheFeebles''), drama (''Film/HeavenlyCreatures''), fantasy (''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Film/TheHobbit''), monster movies (''Film/KingKong2005''), comic book movie (''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009'') and horror comedy (''Film/TheFrighteners'').
* Creator/RomanPolanski: He did horror (''{{Film/Repulsion}}'', ''Film/RosemarysBaby''), horror comedy (''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers''), adventure comedy (''{{Film/Pirates}}''), [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] (''{{Film/Macbeth}}''), war drama (''Film/ThePianist''), film noir (''Film/ChinaTown''), erotic thriller (''Film/BitterMoon'') and an adaptation of ''Literature/OliverTwist''.

* Creator/HowardHawks did war movies (''Film/TheDawnPatrol'' and ''Film/SergeantYork''), screwball comedies (''Film/TwentiethCentury'', ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' and ''Film/HisGirlFriday''), westerns (''Film/RedRiver'' and ''Film/RioBravo''), a historical epic (''Land of the Pharoahs''), noir (''Film/TheBigSleep''), a musical movie (''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes'') and science fiction (''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'')...[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World#Director maybe]]. He also [[TropeCodifier codified gangster movies]] (''Film/Scarface1932'').

* Creator/StevenSpielberg can do monster movies (''{{Film/Jaws}}'', ''Film/JurassicPark''), science fiction (''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'', ''Film/MinorityReport'', ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''), action adventure (''Franchise/IndianaJones''), comedy (''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979''), war drama (''Film/SchindlersList'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''Film/WarHorse''), fantasy (''{{Film/Hook}}''), biopics (''{{Film/Lincoln}}''), racial drama (''Film/TheColorPurple'', ''{{Film/Amistad}}'', ''{{Film/Munich}})'', comic book movies (''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''), etc.

* Creator/StevenSpielberg can do monster movies (''{{Film/Jaws}}'', ''Film/JurassicPark''), science fiction (''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'', ''Film/MinorityReport'', ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''), action adventure (''Franchise/IndianaJones''), comedy (''Film/NineteenFortyOne''), war drama (''Film/SchindlersList'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''Film/WarHorse''), fantasy (''{{Film/Hook}}''), biopics (''{{Film/Lincoln}}''), racial drama (''Film/TheColorPurple'', ''{{Film/Amistad}}'', ''{{Film/Munich}})'', comic book movies (''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''), etc.

So get this. One day you decide to watch a, let's say, some old science fiction movie. [[Film/StarWars1977 It got the main protagonists flying across space with their]] CoolShip, [[Film/StarWars1977 shooting some bad guys with their frickin]] {{Ray Gun}}s [[Film/StarWars1977 and then saving the day by destroying]] TheEmpire. Then the next day, you decide to watch a simple, ComingOfAgeStory about [[Film/AmericanGraffiti teenagers from]] TheFifties, [[Film/AmericanGraffiti goofing around in their old retro cars or something like that]]. 'But wait!' What's the name of the director in the credits? ''Creator/GeorgeLucas.''

Perhaps they wanted to experiment with some new idea they have or even [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] the CreatorThumbprint by trying something that's considered different for what they usually do. Suprisingly, this is OlderThanRadio, as many of the classical authors, such as Creator/RobertLouisStevenson and Creator/CharlesDickens, [[OutOfTheGhetto didn't really bother to distinguish serious literature from speculative ones.]] Compare with GenreRoulette, which is applied to individual works, and RenaissanceMan which covers jobs and occupations. See also JackOfAllTrades and OmnidisciplinaryScientist. Contrast with MCripplingOverspecialization and CreatorsOddball.

* Creator/GeorgeLucas did science fiction with ''Film/StarWars1977'' and ''Film/THX1138'', a ComingOfAgeStory with ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and he co-created and produced the adventure film series ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' with Creator/StephenSpielberg.

The Main/GenreRoulette equivalent of the Main/RenaissanceMan, it basically means when one or several creators end up working with a multiple set of genres or even different forms of media.

So get this. One day you decide to watch a, let's say, some old science fiction movie. [[Film/StarWars1977 It got the main protagonists flying across space with their]] Main/CoolShip, [[Film/StarWars1977 shooting some bad guys with their frickin]] [[Main/RayGun Rays Guns]] [[Film/StarWars1977 and then saving the day by destroying]] Main/TheEmpire. Then the next day, you decide to watch a simple, Main/ComingOfAgeStory about [[Film/AmericanGraffiti teenagers from]] Main/TheFifties, [[Film/AmericanGraffiti goofing around in their old retro cars or something like that]]. 'But wait!' What's the name of the director in the credits? ''Creator/GeorgeLucas.''
Huh...well that name sounds familiar. Then, you decide watch some other unrelated movie, [[Franchise/IndianaJones about an bold adventurer archeologist and...]] Now hold on your seats! '''Produced by Creator/GeorgeLucas?''' Again? But how... how could this fella be related to these different movies?!? They're not even the same genre! How could it be? Well, it appears that [[Main/TitleDrop The Creator Is Genre-Prolific]].

Perhaps they wanted to experiment with some new idea they have or even [[Main/SubvertedTrope subvert]] the Main/CreatorThumbprint by trying something that's considered different for what they usually do. Suprisingly, this is Main/OlderThanRadio, as many of the classical authors, such as Creator/RobertLouisStevenson and Creator/CharlesDickens, [[Main/OutOfTheGhetto didn't really bother to distinguish serious literature from speculative ones.]] Compare with Main/GenreRoulette, which is applied to individual works, and Main/RenaissanceMan which covers jobs and occupations. See also Main/JackOfAllTrades and Main/OmnidisciplinaryScientist. Contrast with Main/CripplingOverspecialization and Main/CreatorsOddball.

!!Examples: '''(Note: They should apply to the creator only! Go to the Main/GenreRoulette page to add examples related to individual works.)'''

* Creator/HowardHawks did war movies (''Film/TheDawnPatrol'' and ''Film/SergeantYork''), screwball comedies (''Film/TwentiethCentury'', ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' and ''Film/HisGirlFriday''), westerns (''Film/RedRiver'' and ''Film/RioBravo''), a historical epic (''Land of the Pharoahs''), noir (''Film/TheBigSleep''), a musical movie (''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes'') and science fiction (''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'')...[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World#Director maybe]]. He also [[Main/TropeCodifier codified gangster movies]] (''Film/Scarface1932'').

* Creator/StevenSpielberg can do monster movies (''{{Film/Jaws}}'', ''Film/JurassicPark''), science fiction (''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'', ''Film/MinorityReport'', ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''), action adventure (''Film/IndianaJones''), comedy (''Film/NineteenFortyOne''), war drama (''Film/SchindlersList'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''Film/WarHorse''), fantasy (''{{Film/Hook}}''), biopics (''{{Film/Lincoln}}''), racial drama (''Film/TheColorPurple'', ''{{Film/Amistad}}'', ''{{Film/Munich}})'', comic book movies (''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''), etc.
* Creator/GeorgeLucas did science fiction with ''Film/StarWars1977'' and ''Film/THX1138'', a Main/ComingOfAgeStory with ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and he co-created and produced the adventure film series ''Film/IndianaJones'' with Creator/StephenSpielberg.

* Creator/OsamuTezuka, [[Main/FanNickname God Of Anime]], did science fiction (''Manga/AstroBoy''), fantasy (''Manga/PrincessKnight''), historical fiction (''{{Manga/Buddha}} and {{Manga/Dororo}}''), medical suspense (''Manga/BlackJack''), dark spy fiction (''{{Manga/Adolf}}'') and produced adult/erotic movies (''Cleopatra'' and ''Anime/AThousandAndOneNights'').

* [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]]. They did [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age's]] slapstick (''Franchise/TomAndJerry''), science fiction (''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''), pulp action-adventure (''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''), horror comedy (''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''[[Main/FollowTheLeader the thousand of its clones]]''), superhero (''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow''), spy fiction (''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'') and western (''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'').

* [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]]. They did [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age's]] slapstick (''Franchise/TomAndJerry''), science fiction (''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''), pulp action-adventure (''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''), horror comedy (''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''[[Main/FollowTheLeader the thousand of it's clones]]''), superhero (''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow''), spy fiction (''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'') and western (''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'').

* Director [[Creator/RobertZemeckis Robert Zemeckis]] has touched almost every genre. From comedies from his early career (''Film/IWannaHoldYourHand'' and ''Film/UsedCars'') to fun action adventures (''Film/RomancingTheStone'') to Science-Fiction (''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'') to mystery noir mixing live-action and animation (''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'') to westerns (''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'') to black comedy (''Film/DeathBecomesHer'') to romantic comedy-dramas (''Film/ForrestGump'') to straight up dramas (''Film/CastAway'' and ''{{Film/Flight}}'') to Hitchcock horror suspense (''Film/WhatLiesBeneath'') to Christmas movies (''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'' and ''{{WesternAnimation/A Christmas Carol 2009}}'') to folklore (''{{WesternAnimation/Beowulf 2007}}'') to biographical films (''{{Film/The Walk}}'') to war romance thrillers (''{{Film/Allied}}'') and fantasy psychological drama (''Film/WelcomeToMarwen'').

* [[Creator/StanleyKubrick Stanley Kubrick]]: tried out different kinds of genres all his life: war films (''Film/PathsOfGlory'', ''Film/FullMetalJacket''), science fiction (''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', ''Film/AClockworkOrange''), historical drama (''{{Film/Spartacus}}'', ''Film/BarryLyndon''), crime film noir (''Film/TheKilling''), comedy (''Film/DrStrangelove''), erotic thriller (''{{Film/Lolita}}'','' Film/EyesWideShut'') and horror (''Film/TheShining'').

* [[Creator/MartinScorsese Martin Scorsese]]: Also showed his versatility by making biopics (''Film/RagingBull'', ''Film/TheAviator'', ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', ''{{Film/Hugo}})'', historical dramas (''Film/TheAgeOfInnocence'', ''Film/GangsOfNewYork''), comedy (''Film/TheKingOfComedy'', ''Film/AfterHours''), film noir/real life drama (''Film/TaxiDriver''), musical (''Film/NewYorkNewYork''), gangster films (''Film/MeanStreets'', ''{{Film/Goodfellas}}'', ''{{Film/Casino}}'', the remake ''Film/TheDeparted''), bible movies (''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist''), thrillers (''Film/CapeFear''), concert films (''Film/TheLastWaltz'', ''Shine A Light''), children-family films (''{{Film/Hugo}}''), documentaries (''Italianamerican'', ''A Personal Journey Through American Films'') and horror (''Film/ShutterIsland'').

* Creator/HowardHawks did war movies (''Film/TheDawnPatrol'' and ''Film/SergeantYork''), screwball comedies (''Film/TwentiethCentury'', ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' and ''Film/HisGirlFriday''), westerns (''Film/RedRiver'' and ''Film/RioBravo''), a historical epic (''Land of the Pharoahs''), noir (''{{Film/The Big Sleep}}''), a musical movie (''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes'') and science fiction (''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'')...[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World#Director maybe]]. He also [[Main/TropeCodifier codified gangster movies]] (''{{Film/Scarface 1932}}'').

* [[Creator/WoodyAllen Woody Allen]]: While best known for comedy, he has made movies that are serious dramas too (''{{Film/Interiors}}'', ''{{Film/September}}''), a musical (''Film/EveryoneSaysILoveYou''), slapstick (His early films before ''{{Film/Annie Hall}}''), historical movies (''Film/BulletsOverBroadway'', ''Film/RadioDays'',...), jazz biopics (''Film/SweetAndLowdown''), etc.

* [[Creator/TerryGilliam Terry Gilliam]]: Started out in animation (''[[Creator/MontyPython Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''), then directed live-action films: which where fantasy (''Film/TimeBandits'', ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''), science fiction (''{{Film/Brazil}}'', ''Film/TwelveMonkeys'', ''Film/TheZeroTheorem''), fairy tales (''Film/TheBrothersGrimm''), stoner movie (''Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas'') and adventure (''Film/TheManWhoKilledDonQuixote'').

* Long before [[Creator/JonathanDemme Jonathan Demme]] cemented himself as an A-Tier director with the psychological thriller ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' and the courtroom drama ''{{Film/Philadelphia}}'', he was known for directing concert films (which he continued making up until his death) like ''Film/StopMakingSense'', quirky comedies like ''Film/SomethingWild'' and ''Film/MarriedToTheMob'' and a prision movie (''Film/CagedHeat'').

* Creator/StevenSpielberg can do monster movies (''{{Film/Jaws}}'', ''{{Film/Jurassic Park}}''), science fiction (''{{Film/Close Encounters Of The Third Kind}}'', ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'', ''Film/MinorityReport'', ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds''), action adventure (''Film/IndianaJones''), comedy (''Film/NineteenFortyOne''), war drama (''Film/SchindlersList'', ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', ''Film/WarHorse''), fantasy (''{{Film/Hook}}''), biopics (''{{Film/Lincoln}}''), racial drama (''{{Film/The Color Purple}}'', ''{{Film/Amistad}}'', ''{{Film/Munich}})'', comic book movies (''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin''), etc.

** As said above, Creator/GeorgeLucas could also apply, albeit as a [[Main/DownplayedTrope downplayed example]]. He did science fiction with ''Film/StarWars1977'' and ''Film/THX1138'', a Main/ComingOfAgeStory with ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'' and he co-created and produced ''Film/IndianaJones'' with Spielberg.

* Creator/SamMendes: Suburban dramas (''{{Film/American Beauty}}'' and ''{{Film/Revolutionary Road}}''), gangster drama (''{{Film/Road To Perdition}}''), war (''{{Film/Jarhead}}''), light-hearted road comedy (''Film/AwayWeGo'') and [[Franchise/JamesBond James Bond films]] (''{{Film/Skyfall}}'' and ''{{Film/Spectre}}'').

* Creator/PeterJackson: Began as a splatter horror director (''Film/BadTaste'', ''Film/BrainDead''), demented puppet movies (''Film/MeetTheFeebles''), drama (''Film/HeavenlyCreatures''), fantasy (''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Film/TheHobbit''), monster movies (''{{Film/King Kong 2005}}''), comic book movie (''{{WesternAnimation/A Christmas Carol 2009}}'') and horror comedy (''Film/TheFrighteners'').

* Creator/RomanPolanski: He did horror (''{{Film/Repulsion}}'', ''{{Film/Rosemarys Baby}}''), horror comedy (''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers''), adventure comedy (''{{Film/Pirates}}''), [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] (''{{Film/Macbeth}}''), war drama (''{{Film/The Pianist}}''), film noir (''{{Film/ChinaTown}}''), erotic thriller (''{{Film/BitterMoon}}'') [[Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and an adapation of ]] Literature/OliverTwist.

* Creator/OsamuTezuka, [[Main/FanNickname God Of Anime]], did science fiction (''Manga/AstroBoy''), fantasy (''Manga/PrincessKnight''), historical fiction (''{{Manga/Buddha}} and {{Manga/Dororo}}''), medical suspense (''Manga/BlackJack''), dark spy fiction (''{{Manga/Adolf}}'') and produced adult/erotic movies (''Cleopatra'' and ''{{Anime/A Thousand And One Nights}}'').

* [[Creator/HannaBarbera William Hanna and Joseph Barbera]]. They did [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age's]] slapstick (''{{Franchise/Tom And Jerry}}''), science fiction (''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''), pulp action-adventure (''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest''), horror comedy (''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''[[Main/FollowTheLeader the thousand of it's clones]]''), superhero (''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAtomAntShow''), spy fiction (''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'') and western (''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'').

* Music/TaylorSwift has dabbled in country pop ([[Music/TaylorSwift2006 her debut album]], ''Music/{{Fearless}}'', ''Music/SpeakNow'', ''[[Music/Red2012 Red]]''), folk music (''[[Music/Folklore2020 folklore]]'' and ''[[Music/Evermore2020 evermore]]'') in addition to her primary genre pop music (the rest of her discography). She notably has won 3 Grammy Award for Album of the Year for each of the different genre she dabbled in (''Fearless'', ''[[Music/NineteenEightyNine 1989]]'', ''folklore'').

* Ladis and Gentleman, Music/TheBeatles. They did rock'n roll, psychedelic rock, doo-wop, proto-punk, baroque pop, and that is just a fraction of their discography. For example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjENtjNFIwM This video]] alone covers more about '' '''50 genres!''' ''
** Music/PaulMcCartney's work on Music/TheWhiteAlbum alone includes music hall (''Honey Pie''), country (''Rocky Raccoon''), straight rock (''Back in the USSR''), and proto-metal (''Helter Skelter''). While his body of work is largely rock and pop music, he has dabbled in classical music (the ''Liverpool Oratorio'', ''Ecce Cor Meum'') and electronic music through his side project The Fireman (alongside [[Music/KillingJoke Youth]]).

* Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto has laid his finger on platform games (''{{Franchise/Super Mario Bros}}''), racing games (''VideoGame/FZero''), real time strategy (''{{VideoGame/Pikmin}}''), role-playing games (''{{Franchise/The Legend Of Zelda}}'') and a shoot'em up (''Franchise/StarFox'').

* As already said above, Creator/RobertLouisStevenson wrote horror (''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' and ''{{Literature/The Body Snatcher}}''), adventure (''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Literature/{{Kidnapped}}''), comedy (''The Wrong Box'') and historical fiction (''Literature/TheBlackArrow'' and ''Literature/TheMasterOfBallantrae'').

* Creator/NeilGaiman, while mostly writing fantasy novels, he also did it within comic book stories (''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' and ''ComicBook/BlackOrchid''). As for his other works, he wrote non-fiction (''Norse Mythology (2017)''), horror (''{{Literature/Coraline}}''), humorous short stories (''Literature/ICthulhu'') and even a fanfiction about {{Literature/Sherlock Holmes}} and the {{Franchise/Cthulhu Mythos}} (''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'').

* [[Literature/TheShining Though]] [[Literature/{{It}} most]] [[Literature/SalemsLot famous]] [[Literature/{{Cujo}} for]] [[Literature/{{Christine}} his]] [[Literature/{{Carrie}} horror]] [[Literature/PetSematary works]], Creator/StephenKing has written fantasy (''Literature/EyeOfTheDragon'', ''Literature/TheGreenMile''), hybrids of ghost stories and coming-of-age stories (''Literature/{{Joyland}}''), detective fiction (''Literature/MrMercedes''), fantasy (''Literature/FairyTale''), and straight noir (''Literature/BillySummers'').

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Huh...well that name sounds familiar. Then, you decide watch some other unrelated movie, [[Franchise/IndianaJones about an bold adventurer archeologist and...]] Now hold on your seats! '''Produced by Creator/GeorgeLucas?''' Again? But how...but how could this fella be related to these different movies?!? They're not even the same genre! How it could be?...Well, it appears that [[Main/TitleDrop The Creator Is Genre-Prolific]].

Peharps they wanted to experiment with some new idea they have or even [[Main/SubvertedTrope subvert]] the Main/CreatorThumbprint by trying something that's considered different for what they usually do. Suprisingly, this is Main/OlderThanRadio, as many of the classical authors, such as Creator/RobertLouisStevenson and Creator/CharlesDickens, [[Main/OutOfTheGhetto didn't really bother to distinguish serious literature from speculative ones.]] Compare with Main/GenreRoulette, which is applied to individual works, and Main/RenaissanceMan which covers jobs and occupations. See also Main/JackOfAllTrades and Main/OmnidisciplinaryScientist. Contrast with Main/CripplingOverspecialization and Main/CreatorsOddball.

* Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto has laid his finger on plataform games (''{{Franchise/Super Mario Bros}}''), racing games (''VideoGame/FZero''), real time strategy (''{{VideoGame/Pikmin}}''), role-playing games (''{{Franchise/The Legend Of Zelda}}'') and a shoot'em up (''Franchise/StarFox'').

* As already said above, Creator/RobertLouisStevenson wrote horror (''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' and ''{{Literature/The Body Snatcher}}''), adventure (''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ''Literature/Kidnapped''), comedy (''The Wrong Box'') and historical fiction (''Literature/TheBlackArrow'' and ''Literature/TheMasterOfBallantrae'').

* Director [[Creator/RobertZemeckis Robert Zemeckis]] has touched almost every genre. From comedies from his early career (''Film/IWannaHoldYourHand'' and ''Film/UsedCars'') to fun action adventures (''Film/RomancingTheStone'') to Science-Fiction (''Film/BackToTheFuture'') to mystery noir mixing live-action and animation (''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'') to westerns (''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'') to black comedy (''Film/DeathBecomesHer'') to romantic comedy-dramas (''Film/ForrestGump'') to straight up dramas (''Film/CastAway'' and ''{{Film/Flight}}'') to Hitchcock horror suspense (''Film/WhatLiesBeneath'') to Christmas movies (''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'' and ''{{WesternAnimation/A Christmas Carol 2009}}'') to folklore (''{{WesternAnimation/Beowulf 2007}}'') to biographical films (''{{Film/The Walk}}'') to war romance thrillers (''{{Film/Allied}}'') and fantasy psychological drama (''Film/WelcomeToMarwen'').

* Creator/HowardHawks did war movies (''Film/TheDawnPatrol'' and ''Film/SergeantYork''), screwball comedies (''Film/TwentiethCentury'', ''Film/BringingUpBaby'' and ''Film/HisGirlFriday''), westerns (''Film/RedRiver'' and ''Film/RioBravo''), a historical epic (''Land of the Pharoahs''), noir (''{{Film/The Big Sleep}}''), a musical movie (''Literature/GentlemenPreferBlondes'') and science fiction (''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'')...[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_from_Another_World#Director maybe]]. He also [[Main/TropeCodifier codified gangster movies]] ({{Film/Scarface 1932}}).