Line #108 ProductionPosse/LiveActionFilms


1	* The Creator/RatPack.[[note]]Originally '''Creator/HumphreyBogart''', '''Creator/PeterLorre''', '''Creator/DavidNiven''', '''Sid Luft''' and '''Creator/CaryGrant''', later resurrected with '''Music/FrankSinatra''', '''Music/DeanMartin''', '''Creator/SammyDavisJr''', '''Peter Lawford''', and '''Joey Bishop'''.[[/note]]
2	* The Creator/BratPack.[[note]]'''Creator/EmilioEstevez''', '''Creator/MollyRingwald''', '''Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall''', '''Creator/JuddNelson''', '''Creator/AllySheedy''', '''Creator/RobLowe''', '''Andrew [=McCarthy=]''', and '''Creator/DemiMoore''', with '''Creator/RobertDowneyJr''' and '''Creator/JamesSpader''' as honorary members.[[/note]]
3	* The Creator/FratPack.[[note]]''' Creator/BenStiller''', '''Creator/JackBlack''', '''Creator/WillFerrell''', '''The Wilson brothers, [[Creator/LukeWilson Luke]] and [[Creator/OwenWilson Owen]]''', '''Creator/VinceVaughn''' and '''Creator/SteveCarell'''.[[/note]]
4	** In fact, there's a whole stable of big time stars like Creator/VinceVaughn and Creator/WillFerrell, supported by many actors (usually because of Second City connections) that could be from ''Series/TheOfficeUS'', ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]'', or ''Series/TheDailyShow''. Some of these actors could be from two shows: for example, Creator/DavidKoechner was a cast member of ''SNL'' and ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' and Creator/EdHelms was from ''Series/{{The Office\|US}}'' and ''Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart''. Creator/JuddApatow probably plays behind the scenes.
5	** When Apatow switched from TV to movies, he obviously kept the section of his old Rolodex with the "freaks" from ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' (Creator/SethRogen, Creator/JamesFranco and Creator/JasonSegel) and one of the "geeks" (Creator/MartinStarr).
6	*** Also from his second short lived series ''Series/{{Undeclared}}'' Creator/JayBaruchel and Creator/CarlaGallo.
7	*** Also expect Creator/JonahHill, Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/BillHader, Creator/ChristopherMintzPlasse, and/or to appear as well in anything with his name on it.
8	*** Apatow's wife Leslie Mann has been in all four of his movies so far. Their two daughters in three.
9	** Creator/SethRogen has launched a splinter posse without Creator/JuddApatow with many of the same actors.
10	* Creator/ToddPhillips has cast Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/WillFerrell, Bryan Callen, Creator/AmySmart, Creator/AndyDick, Matt Walsh, Music/SnoopDogg, Seann William Scott, Creator/BradleyCooper, Creator/ZachGalifianakis, and Dan Finnerty in more than one film. He has also worked with Creator/EdHelms and Creator/KenJeong more than once but as part of ''Film/TheHangover'' trilogy. Brecklyn Mayer would have been part of the alumni if he had starred in The Hangover.
11	* Greg Mottola has cast Creator/BillHader in three of his films. He has also cast Creator/KristenWiig, Creator/SethRogen, Jo Lo Truglio and Martin Starr in two of his films.
12	* The Creator/JohnFord [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ford_Stock_Company Stock Company]].
13	* David Wain frequetly casts Creator/ElizabethBanks, Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/AmyPoehler and The State alumi in his films.
14	* Creator/QuentinTarantino writes and directs all his movies. Lawrence Bender, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Creator/MichaelMadsen, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Creator/UmaThurman, Creator/BruceWillis, Creator/SamuelLJackson, Creator/TimRoth and Creator/ChristophWaltz are all regulars. All of his films were edited by Sally Menke until her death in 2010; the films he made since were edited by Fred Raskin. From ''Film/KillBill'' onward he's used Robert Richardson as his cinematographer. Before that, it was Andrzej Sekula or Guillermo Navarro. Whenever he wants to collaborate with another director, he usually turns to Creator/RobertRodriguez (see below).
15	* Creator/RobertRodriguez's regular stable of actors includes Creator/MickeyRourke, Creator/JessicaAlba, Creator/AntonioBanderas, Creator/DannyTrejo, [[Creator/CheechAndChong Cheech Marin]], Creator/RoseMcGowan, and Creator/SalmaHayek. ''Film/SpyKids'' stars Daryl Sabara and Alexa Vega could very well end up here as well as he's used them each in each of the two ''Machete'' films respectively. Additionally, he's directed Creator/PedroPascal across multiple mediums. As for crew, [[CopiouslyCreditedCreator Rodriguez is the crew]]. Also, a lot of bit-parts and behind the scenes work involve members of his family, particularly his sons Rebel, Rocket and Racer, credited as consultants for the ''Film/SpyKids'' movies.
16	* Creator/ChristopherGuest movies all involve the same actors. Guest himself, Creator/HarryShearer, Creator/MichaelMcKean, Creator/EugeneLevy, Creator/CatherineOHara, Creator/ParkerPosey, Creator/JenniferCoolidge, Creator/FredWillard, Ed Begley Jr., Creator/BobBalaban, Creator/JaneLynch, Creator/JohnMichaelHiggins, Creator/LarryMiller, Jim Piddock, Don Lake, Paul Dooley, and Michael Hitchcock all appeared together in ''Film/AMightyWind'' and ''Film/ForYourConsideration'', all but Shearer and Dooley appeared in ''Film/BestInShow'', all but [=McKean=], Levy, O'Hara, Dooley and Miller appeared in ''Film/{{Mascots}}'', eleven[[note]] Guest, Shearer, Levy, O'Hara, Posey, Willard, Balaban, Lake, Dooley, Hitchcock, Miller [[/note]] appeared in ''Film/WaitingForGuffman'', and five[[note]] Guest, Shearer, [=McKean=], Begley, Willard[[/note]] appeared in ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap''; Paul Benedict was also in the cast for ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'', ''Film/WaitingForGuffman'', and ''Film/AMightyWind''. Most of the films also feature behind-the-scenes contributions by the cast members; for example, [=McKean=] and Shearer received writing credits for ''This is Spinal Tap'', the musical score for ''Waiting for Guffman'' was credited to [=McKean=], Guest, and Shearer, and the score for ''A Mighty Wind'' had contributions from Guest, Shearer, Levy, O'Hara, and [=McKean=] (the last of whom, along with his wife Annette O'Toole, co-wrote the Oscar-nominated "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow").
17	* Creator/JaneCampion has worked multiple times with the following actors and cinematographers:
18	** Campion has been longtime friends with Creator/NicoleKidman, having discovered the actress when she was in drama school. Campion directed Kidman in the 1996 film ''The Portrait of a Lady''. Kidman would go on to star in the second season of ''Series/TopOfTheLake'', a show which was co-created by Campion.
19	** Campion cast Creator/HarveyKeitel in ''Film/ThePiano'' and ''Film/HolySmoke''.
20	** Genevieve Lemon and Karen Colston played the two female lead characters in Campion’s first film, ''Film/{{Sweetie}}''. They would also appear in ''The Piano'' and ''Top of the Lake''.
21	** Kerry Fox starred in ''An Angel at My Table'' and ''Film/BrightStar''.
22	** Campion has worked with cinematographers Stuart Dryburgh and Dion Beebe.
23	* Creator/WesAnderson films: Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/LukeWilson, Creator/JasonSchwartzman, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/BillMurray and Indian actor Kumar Pallana, who has been in all of Anderson's films except ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''. Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/JeffGoldblum, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/MathieuAmalric, Creator/LeaSeydoux and Creator/BobBalaban have made frequent appearances as well, and Creator/TonyRevolori and Creator/SaoirseRonan seem to be the most recent initiates. He also usually has Robert Yeoman as cinematographer, Milena Canonero as costume designer (since ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''), and Adam Stockhausen as production designer. Music/MarkMothersbaugh was his main composer for his early films, a role which Music/AlexandreDesplat has since filled for Anderson on all his films starting with ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox''.
24	* Creator/JasonReitman has put Creator/JKSimmons in all five of his movies. He also directed Simmons in a live reading of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' with Simmons reading the part of Darth Vader.
25	** ''Film/{{Tully}}'' will mark the third film he has directed, that is written by Diablo Cody and second starring Charlize Theron.
26	** Elena Kampouris had a small roll in Labor Day and a much larger part in Men, Women, and Children.
27	** Creator/JenniferGarner was in both ''Film/{{Juno}}'' and ''Film/MenWomenAndChildren''.
28	* In his early works, Creator/JohnHughes mainly used Brat Packers, the most recurring being Creator/MollyRingwald and Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall. After moving on from teen films, you'd be hard pressed to find a John Hughes film without Creator/JohnCandy in it, be it starring role or OneSceneWonder cameo.
29	** Creator/MacaulayCulkin is best known for the Hughes written ''Film/HomeAlone'', but previously was directed by Hughes in ''Film/UncleBuck''.
30	* Creator/AdamSandler and his Creator/HappyMadisonProductions house:
31	** Expect any permutation of Creator/RobSchneider, Creator/DavidSpade, Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/ChrisFarley, (and after his death, his brother John.) Creator/KevinNealon, Creator/KevinJames, and Nick Swardson (in more recent movies) to be somewhere among the cast members. Of his crew of actors, some are former ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]'' cast members from the early 1990s.
32	** Sandler's recurring actors also have included Creator/SteveBuscemi, Peter Dante, and Allen Covert.
33	** And with crew members, Sandler has Rupert Gregson-Williams as composer (he's also worked Teddy Castalucci several times), Perry Andelin Blake as production designer, Brooks Arthur as music supervisor and Jack Giarraputo as producer. He also has the Panavision Genesis used on all his projects after working with Dean Semler (one of the creators of the camera) on a pair of projects.
34	** Sandler's personal assistant Jonathan Loughran who appears in most of his movies.
35	** Sandler is behind Spade's ''Series/RulesOfEngagement'', though Sandler has no credited involvement. In a WhatCouldHaveBeen, a Sandler-executive produced pilot starring Creator/NormMacDonald and Creator/JonLovitz was also produced.
36	* Creator/KevinSmith also tends to keep working with the same people from one movie to another:
37	** His original gang included Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/JasonLee, himself, his wife Jennifer Schwalbach, Creator/JasonMewes, Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Creator/BrianOHalloran and Jeff Anderson, with Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams and Creator/EthanSuplee to a lesser extent. Most of his movies took place on [[Film/TheViewAskewniverse the same universe]], which meant there were some actors playing multiple characters. Additionally, most of his movies featured crew members Scott Mosier (producer) and Dave Klein (director of photography).
38	** Years later, Smith formed another crew, with only himself, Jennifer Schwalbach and Jason Mewes remaining from the old days. His more recent collaborators include his daughter Harley Quinn Smith, Ralph Garman, Creator/JustinLong, Creator/HaleyJoelOsment, Creator/GenesisRodriguez, [[WebVideo/EpicMealTime Harley Morenstein]], Creator/JohnnyDepp and his daughter Creator/LilyRoseDepp. Jason Mewes' wife Jordan Monsanto also joined the team as a producer.
39	* Say what? Creator/DarrenAronofsky is making a movie? Expect Music/ClintMansell to do the score, Matthew Libatique to be the cinematographer and Mark Margolis to appear in it. ''[[Film/{{Mother2017}} Mother]]'' is his first without Margolis or Mansell.
40	* When Creator/StevenSoderbergh and Creator/GeorgeClooney got the idea to remake ''Film/OceansEleven'', they went on to form a pretty tight A-List clique themselves. When a movie is directed, or at least produced by the two, it's pretty common to see Clooney, Creator/MattDamon, or Creator/BradPitt starring opposite Creator/JuliaRoberts, Creator/AngelinaJolie or Creator/CateBlanchett. Creator/DonCheadle, Creator/DavidStrathairn, and Creator/CaseyAffleck are commonly in supporting roles.
41	* Creator/TheWachowskis have a stable of behind-the-scenes production folks that they use on every movie. Not so much for actors, but Creator/HugoWeaving has started to become their go-to guy when they need a good actor. Yet, somehow, he was nowhere to be seen in ''Film/SpeedRacer''. Huh.
42	** For ''Film/JupiterAscending'', some of The Wachowskis folks from ''Film/CloudAtlas'', actors Doona Bae and Creator/JamesDArcy, have unspecified roles while ''Atlas'' cinematographer John Toll is taking roles as DP once again.
43	* Creator/EdgarWright, Creator/SimonPegg, Creator/NickFrost and Joe Cornish, Creator/DylanMoran, Creator/BillBailey, [[Series/TheMightyBoosh Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding]], [[Series/SnuffBox Matt Berry, Rich Fulcher]], [[Series/ManToManWithDeanLearner Richard Ayoade]] and [[Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace Matthew Holness]]. They often pop up in each other's various projects.
44	* Creator/TheCoenBrothers are a two-man posse on their own. They claim to divide the writing, directing and producing credits randomly between them for each film (the editing credit goes to an InventedIndividual because they were embarrassed at their names appearing so often), and people who've worked for them tend to describe them as TheDividual when it comes to artistic decisions.
45	** They usually draw from the same posse of actors, such as Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/FrancesMcDormand (Joel's wife), Creator/SteveBuscemi, Creator/PeterStormare, Creator/GeorgeClooney, Creator/JohnTurturro, Creator/JonPolito, Creator/RichardJenkins, Creator/JoshBrolin and Creator/BillyBobThornton. And again Creator/SamRaimi and Creator/BruceCampbell tends to show up in small parts. They also gave Creator/JeffBridges two starring roles.
46	** Carter Burwell and/or T Bone Burnett have done all their scores.
47	** Roger Deakins has done cinematography on 12 Coen films between 1991 and 2016. Before that it was Creator/BarrySonnenfeld for the first three films. Later films have since involved Bruno Delbonnel.
48	* Many movies directed by Creator/BlakeEdwards have soundtracks by Music/HenryMancini, and were edited by Ralph E. Winters. Actors frequently used in his works were his second wife Creator/JulieAndrews, Creator/PeterSellers (despite their tumultuous relationship), Graham Stark and Dick Crockett, the latter of whom also worked as his stunt co-ordinator. His main co-writers were Frank and Tom Waldman in the [=60s=] and [=70s=], and his son Geoffrey Edwards in the [=80s=]. Cinematography duties were handled by various individuals for much of his career, but he settled down to alternating between Harry Stradling Jr. and Dick Bush (the former when he was filming in the US, and the latter in the UK) later on.
49	* Creator/MontyPython members are known to appear in each others' movies, and in the works of Python-animator-turned-movie director Creator/TerryGilliam. Like ''Film/{{Jabberwocky}}'', ''Film/ErikTheViking'', ''Film/{{Brazil}}'', ''Film/TimeBandits'', ''Film/{{Yellowbeard}}'', ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'', ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'' and ''Film/TheWindInTheWillows''. This has caused some fans to assume that all of these movies are in fact Python productions, despite the fact that the troupe has considered itself to have been disbanded since the death of member Creator/GrahamChapman.
50	* Creator/ZhangYimou worked for a long time with acclaimed actress Creator/GongLi. Unfortunately, they broke up, and now he's adopted Ziyi Zhang (''Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon'') as a muse instead.
51	* Creator/JohnWoo used to work with Creator/ChowYunFat a lot back in his Hong Kong days. About the only big HeroicBloodshed movie he made in Hong Kong, that didn't feature him, was ''Film/BulletInTheHead''.
52	* Movies featuring Creator/JohnCusack will usually feature other Cusacks, as well as Jeremy Piven, a longtime friend.
53	** If either Cusack or Creator/TimRobbins is the lead, expect the other to make a cameo at least half the time.
54	* In the early Creator/GeorgeLucas days, it was rare that his films ''didn't'' include Creator/HarrisonFord. Ironically, Lucas wanted to avoid this trope and always tried to cast someone else until circumstances forced him to cast Ford. And if he needed a dwarf, he'd go straight to Creator/WarwickDavis.
55	* Creator/MelBrooks' movies were known for having Creator/DomDeLuise, Harvey Korman, Dick Van Patten, Creator/GeneWilder, and Creator/MadelineKahn, among others (for instance, Liam Dunn appeared in at least two of Brooks' movies). In ''Film/SilentMovie'', it goes to another level: Brooks plays a director, while two members of his production posse (Creator/DomDeLuise and Creator/MartyFeldman) play members of his ''character's'' production posse.
56	* Creator/JohnWaters regularly featured Creator/{{Divine\|Actor}}, Edith Massey, and Mink Stole in many of his works.
57	* Nowadays, if there's a movie directed by Creator/JJAbrams, there's secondarily Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman as writers and Creator/MichaelGiacchino as the score composer. He also tried giving major roles or cameos to Greg Grunberg and Simon Pegg.
58	* Creator/RonHoward often co-produces with Creator/BrianGrazer. Also, expect Ron's brother Creator/ClintHoward to show up at some point.
59	** His score composer is usually either Music/HansZimmer or Music/JamesHorner.
60	* Any movie directed by Creator/AkiraKurosawa in the '50s and '60s could be expected to feature some combination of Creator/ToshiroMifune, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Kato and Minoru Chiaki. (Tatsuya Nakadai took Mifune's place in Kurosawa's later films after Mifune and Kurosawa had a falling out in the mid '60s.) Part of this was the Creator/{{Toho}} studio system and Japan's relatively small pool of actors after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, but after a while Kurosawa started writing parts specifically for Mifune and Shimura.
61	** On the production, side he had Asakazu Nakai as his main cinematographer and Fumio Hayasaka as his composer.
62	* Don't be surprised if you see Creator/MichaelBiehn or Creator/BillPaxton turn up in a Creator/JamesCameron movie. Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger is not uncommon to star (at least before he became The Governator). You'll probably find Creator/LanceHenriksen or Jenette Goldstein in it and possibly Creator/SigourneyWeaver. The score is most likely either done by Brad Fiedel or Music/JamesHorner. Gale Anne Hurd (Cameron's then-partner) was producer on most of his earlier films.
63	** James Muro has been Steadicam operator on all of Cameron's films since ''Film/TheAbyss''.
64	* Creator/JohnCarpenter's famous collaboration with Creator/KurtRussell, in ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', ''Film/TheThing1982'' and ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''. He has also repeatedly worked with Creator/AdrienneBarbeau (and was also married to her at one point), Creator/KeithDavid and Creator/DonaldPleasence. In his early days he often collaborated with Creator/DebraHill as writer/producer, Creator/TommyLeeWallace as production designer/editor and Creator/NickCastle as a writer (he also played the original Michael Myers) and all his movies from ''Film/{{Halloween\|1978}}'' to ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' (minus ''Film/StarMan'' and ''Film/{{Christine}}'') were shot by Creator/DeanCundey and from then he's used Creator/GaryBKibbe on all except for ''MemoriesOfAnInvisibleMan''.
65	* If a movie is directed by Creator/ColinNutley, Creator/HelenaBergstrom (his wife) almost invariably plays the female lead.
66	* Creator/MartinScorsese and his go-to guys Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Creator/JoePesci, Creator/FrankVincent, and these days, Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. The editor of all of his movies since ''Film/RagingBull'' is Thelma Schoonmaker, while he has worked with cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto on all his films since ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'' (previously, his main cinematographers were Michael Ballhaus and Robert Richardson), and Robbie Robertson (of Music/TheBand) and Music/HowardShore are among his most frequent musical collaborators. Scorsese was also the last film director to work regularly with Creator/SaulBass.
67	** Additionally, Creator/PaulSchrader has written three of his films (''Film/TaxiDriver'', ''Film/TheLastTemptationOfChrist'' and ''Film/BringingOutTheDead'') and co-written a fourth (''Film/RagingBull''). Scorsese has also used Creator/BenKingsley, Gary Basaraba and Creator/WillemDafoe a few times.
68	* Creator/GuyRitchie and his frequent producer (and now a director himself) Creator/MatthewVaughn often use the same group of actors. Creator/DexterFletcher and Creator/JasonFlemyng have appeared in nearly every film either of them have done.
69	* Creator/GuillermoDelToro movies absolutely loves having Creator/RonPerlman and Creator/DougJones around, and his Spanish-language films all feature Federico Luppi, at least in a cameo. Other actors he seems to like working with include Creator/BurnGorman, Creator/JimBeaver, Creator/CliftonCollinsJr, Creator/DavidHewlett, Creator/RichardJenkins, Creator/TimBlakeNelson, and Creator/CateBlanchett. The cinematography is usually done by Guillermo Navarro and the scores are usually either Marco Beltrami or, more recently, Alexandre Desplat. Also, more times than not his films will feature a cameo by Santiago Segura.
70	* Music/RobZombie often uses the same actors in many of his films; usually the actors from one film will show up in the next. His wife, Sheri Moon, is in everything he's done.
71	* Three well-known ones in Hong Kong cinema:
72	** Back in the '70s and '80s, there was the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom_Mob Venom Mob]]", an ensemble of MartialArtsMovie stars who all first worked together on ''Film/FiveDeadlyVenoms'' - Kuo Chui (aka Philip Kwok), Lu Feng, Chiang Sheng, Sun Chien, Lo Mang, and Wei Pai. They would usually do their own fight choreography as well. Most of their movies were produced by the Creator/ShawBrothers and usually directed by Chang Cheh (sometimes considered a Venom himself).
73	** The "Seven Little Fortunes", a subset of which are the "Three Brothers" - Creator/JackieChan, Creator/SammoHung (''Martial Law''), and Yuen Biao, and Corey Yuen (martial arts director for ''Film/TheOne'', ''Film/KissOfTheDragon'', ''Film/Cradle2TheGrave'', ''Film/RomeoMustDie'' and others), Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu (''Film/KungFuHustle'') which started out as a Chinese opera troupe but gradually moved on to movies in the 70s, essentially ''defining'' Hong Kong action cinema. (Contrary to popular belief, Yuen Wo Ping [fight director of Film/CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon, Franchise/TheMatrix, and Film/KillBill ] was not a member of the Seven Little Fortunes. Yuen is his real surname; the Seven Little Fortunes just adopted it in honor of their teacher whose surname is Yuen.)
74	** They have a SpiritualSuccessor in a new "Brat Pack" of sorts, a stable of young talents including Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Stephen Fung, Nicholas Tse, Cecilia Chung, Joey Yung, Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi (the last two even record albums under the name ''Twins''). Sadly, some of these kids are better known nowadays for Edison's scandal, wherein the people repairing his laptop went the extra mile to upload his PornStash on the internet - which included nude pics of some of the ladies. Of particular note, Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Chung even got married but later divorced. Charlene Choi got into a minor scandal herself when she revealed that she was married to actor/singer Ronald Cheng (who was 10 years her senior); by the time of the revelation in 2010, the couple had already divorced. On a happier note, Stephen Fung eventually married Creator/ShuQi.
75	* Creator/EdWood and his posse: Dolores Fuller, Tor Johnson, Creator/BelaLugosi, The Amazing Criswell, Bunny Breckinridge, Paul Marko, and Conrad Brooks.
76	* Creator/KennethBranagh films are likely to feature appearances by Creator/BrianBlessed, Creator/RichardBriers, Geraldine [=MacEwan=], Michael Maloney, Gerard Horan, Jimmy Yuill, and sometimes Creator/DerekJacobi. Before Branagh and Creator/EmmaThompson divorced in 1995, she also played major roles in most of his films. Patrick Doyle usually does the music.
77	** For ''Film/{{Cinderella 2015}}'', Sir Creator/DerekJacobi, Creator/StellanSkarsgard and Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter return to film with Branagh, and Patrick Doyle returns to provide the score.
78	* Creator/SpikeLee has a particularly large one. Members of it include his sister, and are all listed on his page on Website/TheOtherWiki. He also reuses crew members, such as cinematographer Ernest Dickerson.
79	* The work of the "Black Pack" from the late '80s and mid '90s (Creator/EddieMurphy, Robert Townsend, Creator/ArsenioHall, Paul Mooney and Creator/KeenenIvoryWayans).
80	* All of Creator/DavidCronenberg's films since ''Film/TheBrood'' (except for ''Film/TheDeadZone'') are scored by Music/HowardShore and he has worked with cinematographer Peter Suschitzky on all of his films since ''Film/DeadRingers'' (before that, his go to guy was Mark Irwin). Robert Silverman often shows up in a smaller role, especially in his earlier films. Creator/ViggoMortensen, Creator/RobertPattinson, and Creator/JeremyIrons are also frequent collaborators with him. Carol Spier started off as art director on three of his early films, then became production designer from ''Film/TheDeadZone'' on. His sister Denise has been his costume designer since ''Film/TheFly1986''.
81	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' alumni tend to work together a lot, usually members of the same cast. However it has been cross-generational as well.
82	** Creator/BillMurray, and Creator/ChevyChase in ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}''. (The only time they've been in the same thing outside of ''SNL''.)
83	** Murray and Creator/DanAykroyd in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' which was also originally to star Creator/JohnBelushi and Creator/EddieMurphy as well.
84	** Aykroyd and Murphy in ''Film/TradingPlaces''.
85	** Belushi and Aykroyd in ''Film/NineteenFortyOne1979'', ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' and ''Film/{{Neighbours}}''.
86	** Aykroyd and Chase in ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'', ''Film/CaddyshackII'', ''Film/NothingButTrouble'' and the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS8E3SpiesReminiscentOfUs Spies Reminiscent of Us]]".
87	** Murphy and Creator/MikeMyers in ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}''.
88	** Creator/TinaFey and Creator/AmyPoehler turn up together a lot.
89	*** Their respective {{Sitcom}}s, ''Series/ThirtyRock'' and ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', have featured their former ''[=SNL=]'' colleagues as {{Special Guest}}s. Will Forte and Fred Armisen have appeared on both shows. Ironically, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have not themselves appeared on each other's shows.
90	*** While Fey has not appeared on ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', Amy Poehler has since appeared on a live episode of ''Series/ThirtyRock'' as a young Liz Lemon.
91	** Creator/DennisMiller has also been known to collaborate with his ''SNL'' co-stars. [=MacDonald=] appeared frequently on ''Dennis Miller Live'' and his current radio show.
92	* Creator/ChristopherNolan has a noticeable tendency to cast the same actors in different films. Creator/MichaelCaine has appeared in his last 5 films. Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/CillianMurphy, and Creator/KenWatanabe have also had recurring roles. Creator/TomHardy, Creator/MarionCotillard, and Creator/JosephGordonLevitt appear to be the newest members; after ''Film/{{Inception}}'', all three have roles in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises.'' In ''Film/{{Dunkirk}}'', Creator/TomHardy and Creator/CillianMurphy appear again. As does Creator/MichaelCaine in a voice cameo. Creator/AnneHathaway appears in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' and ''Film/{{Interstellar}}''.
93	** He does screenwriting with his brother Jonathan, his wife Emma Thomas will usually be producing, Wally Pfister will be doing cinematography (and after Pfister shifting to direction, this post is taken up by Hoyte van Hoytema), Nathan Crowley handles production design, Lee Smith will be editing, either David Julyan or Music/HansZimmer will be writing the score, and Chris Corbould will be on special effects.
94	* Whenever Creator/TonyScott made a movie, Creator/DenzelWashington wouldn't be far behind. See ''Film/CrimsonTide'', ''Film/ManOnFire'', ''Film/DejaVu2006'', ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'', and Scott's final film ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}''. (All but the first also had music by Harry Gregson-Williams.) Denzel also starred in ''Film/AmericanGangster'', made by Tony's brother Creator/RidleyScott.
95	* Creator/GarryMarshall (''Film/PrettyWoman'', ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'') always included a role for Creator/HectorElizondo.
96	* Ever since ''Film/{{Gladiator}}'', Creator/RidleyScott and Creator/RussellCrowe frequently reunite. In addition to Crowe, Scott has also worked with Costume designer Janty Yates, production designer Arthur Max, editors Pietro Scalia and Doby Dorn and cinematographer John Mathieson (though, post-''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', Scott has been working with Dariusz Wolski on projects like ''Film/TheCounselor'' and ''Film/ExodusGodsAndKings''). Common composers for him also include Music/JerryGoldsmith, Music/HansZimmer and Marc Streitenfeld.
97	* If Creator/RobertAltman's directed a movie, Shelley Duvall, Creator/LilyTomlin and/or Creator/DianeLane can't be too far behind. Creator/ElliottGould appears often as well.
98	* Ditto Hal Needham (''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'') and Creator/BurtReynolds, Creator/DomDeLuise and/or Jerry Reed.
99	* BBS Productions in the late 60s and early 70s. For every film made by the company (with the exception of ''Film/TheLastPictureShow''), the producer, director, writer and lead actor jobs were always filled by some combination of Creator/BobRafelson, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/DennisHopper and Creator/HenryJaglom.
100	* Creator/IngmarBergman frequently worked with the "repertory company" of Creator/MaxVonSydow, Creator/BibiAndersson, Creator/HarrietAndersson, Creator/GunnelLindblom, Creator/IngridThulin, Creator/LivUllmann, Creator/GunnarBjornstrand, Creator/ErlandJosephson and others, and almost always worked with cinematographer Creator/SvenNykvist.
101	* Creator/RainerWernerFassbinder frequently worked with the same actors and production crew. Most of the ''Neuer Deutscher Film'' directors did it too.
102	* Every Creator/MatthewVaughn movie is produced and possibly co-written by Jane Goldman, probably has Dexter Fletcher and Creator/JasonFlemyng, and until ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', a score by Ilan Eshkeri. There's a huge list of regular collaborators (including Creator/GuyRitchie and Creator/BradPitt) at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Vaughn#Frequent_collaborators the other wiki]]
103	* Director Creator/JamesMangold almost always has Cathy Konrad as producer, Phedon Papamichael as cinematographer and Arianne Phillips as costume designer. But he never used the same composer twice until ''Film/TheWolverine'' (which reunites him with Marco Beltrami after ''[[Film/ThreeTenToYuma2007 3:10 to Yuma]]'').
104	* In the early 1990s, it wasn't uncommon to see a Creator/RogerCorman production with Phedon Papamichael, Creator/JanuszKaminski, Mauro Fiore and Wally Pfister all in the camera crew (usually with Papamichael as the main cinematographer). All four have gone on to respectable careers in the cinematography field.
105	* Lucky [=McKee=] usually seems to have Angela Bettis as one of his actors (and when Bettis made her directorial debut, [=McKee=] was the lead actor).
106	* Creator/JustinLin almost always has Creator/SungKang in one of his films (this would likely explain why Kang is the only actor from ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift'' to appear in future installments).
107	* Virtually every movie that Creator/DavidLean ever directed featured Creator/AlecGuinness in a key secondary role (Herbert Pocket in ''Film/{{Great Expectations\|1946}}'', Fagin in ''Literature/OliverTwist'', Emir Feisal in ''Film/LawrenceOfArabia'' and quite a few others), with Guinness only starring in ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai''. The two men had a falling out eventually and the next movie Lean made, in which he deliberately did not cast Guinness, was his first critical and financial failure since he began working with Guinness, and so for the rest of Lean's life Guinness always had a role in Lean's films, albeit increasingly smaller ones. The two men never became friends again but Lean still considered Guinness his 'good luck charm.'
108	** With five Lean films to his credit, Creator/JohnMills rivals Guinness as Lean's go-to actor. But Lean's earlier films generally feature many recurring actors: Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh (Mrs. Creator/DavidLean for a time), Robert Newton, Creator/StanleyHolloway, Francis L. Sullivan, Joyce Carrey, Creator/TrevorHoward. Ann Todd also did three films with Lean during their brief marriage.
109	* Quite a few movies that Creator/TylerPerry directs and/or produces will have himself in a lead role, and also will have Tasha Smith, David Mann and Tamela Mann (the latter two are husband and wife).
110	* Before he left the ChurchOfHappyology in 2010, Paul Haggis usually had Michael Peña as one of his actors and Mark Isham as his composer (the latter two are active members).
111	* Along with Creator/FrankCapra and Creator/JohnFord, the classic Hollywood director who had the most identifiable stock company was Creator/PrestonSturges. Such actors as Eric Blore, Al Bridge, Jimmy Conlin, Robert Grieg, Raymond Washburn, and most famously of all, William Demarest, appeared in most if not all of the movies Sturges directed for Paramount. He also directed Joel [=McRea=] in three films and Creator/EddieBracken in two.
112	* Creator/GuyRitchie's ''[[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 Sherlock Holmes]]'' movies are an attempt to enforce this trope. Around the time ''[[Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows Game of Shadows]]'' came out, interviews with the director and the cast had them quoted saying they wanted to keep largely the same cast and crew for each movie in the series.
113	* Creator/JoeWright has directed Creator/KeiraKnightley in 3 out the 6 films he's made (''Film/PrideAndPrejudice2005'', ''Film/{{Atonement}}'' and ''Film/AnnaKarenina'') and in a commercial for Chanel's 'Coco Mademoiselle' perfume. Behind the scenes, Dario_Marianelli has done the soundtrack for 4 out of 6 (''Pride and Prejudice'', ''Film/TheSoloist'', ''Atonement'' and ''Anna Karenina''); Jacqueline Durran was costume designer on the same 4; Seamus [=McGarvey=] was cinematographer for ''Atonement'', ''The Soloist'', ''Anna Karenina'' and ''Film/{{Pan}}'' and Sarah Greenwood was production designer on all six.
114	* Creator/JoeDante films all notably had an appearance by actor Creator/DickMiller, with Creator/KevinMcCarthyActor and Creator/RobertPicardo appearing in several as well. Music/JerryGoldsmith scored every single Dante film from 1983 onwards up until his death.
115	* Music/JerryGoldsmith
116	** He had a very fruitful collaboration with director Franklin J. Schaffner (they worked together on 7 films, including ''Film/TheStripper'', ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', ''Film/{{Patton}}'', ''Film/{{Papillon}}'', ''Film/IslandsInTheStream'', ''Literature/TheBoysfromBrazil'' and ''Film/{{Lionheart\|1987}}''.) Schaffner also twice-worked with actors Creator/CharltonHeston and Creator/MauriceEvans (''Film/{{The War Lord\|1965}}''; ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968''), Creator/GeorgeCScott (''Film/{{Patton}}''; ''Islands in the Stream'') and Creator/LaurenceOlivier (''Film/NicholasAndAlexandra''; ''Literature/TheBoysfromBrazil'') respectively. He also worked with cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp and film editor Robert Swink on 5 of his films separately, and Stanley O'Toole helped produced 3 of his films.
117	** He also worked with the talented filmmaker Creator/MichaelCrichton for whom Goldsmith also had a beautiful collaboration with. They first worked together in ''Film/{{Coma}}'' and then worked together on such films as ''Film/{{The Great Train Robbery\|1978}}'', ''Film/{{Runaway}}'' and ''Film/The13thWarrior'' (whom Crichton rejected Graeme Revell's score and chose Goldsmith). Goldsmith also scored ''Literature/{{Congo}}'' which Crichton did not direct but which was based on his best-selling novel. One of Goldsmith's last scores was for an adaptation of Crichton's novel, ''Literature/{{Timeline}}'' which saw Goldsmith reunited with his Oscar-winning scored film ''Film/TheOmen1976'' director Creator/RichardDonner but his failing health prevented him from finishing the score and instead was sadly replaced by Music/BrianTyler.
118	* Creator/SamPeckinpah had a "stock company" to rival Creator/JohnFord: Creator/WarrenOates, Creator/BenJohnson, Creator/JamesCoburn, Creator/KrisKristofferson, Creator/StrotherMartin, Creator/LQJones, Creator/RGArmstrong, Creator/JohnDavisChandler, Creator/DavidWarner, Creator/SlimPickens, Creator/CassieYates, Creator/AuroraClavell to name the most frequently occurring. He also frequently worked with cinematographer Creator/LucienBallard and composer Music/JerryFielding.
119	* Creator/DavidORussell has begun to form a production posse so far consisting of Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/JenniferLawrence, Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/AmyAdams, Bradley Cooper and Creator/RobertDeNiro.
120	-->'''[[http://dlisted.com/2016/01/20/oscar-bait-alert-jennifer-lawrence-is-going-to-play-fidel-castros-piece-in-a-movie/ Michael K.]]''': [on Fidel Castro biopic] A director hasn’t signed on yet, but, bitch, please, a dried turnip could tell you who’s going to direct this. It’s going to be David O. Russell. Bradley Cooper is going to play Fidel Castro, Robert [=DeNiro=] is going play the Venezuelan dictator and Marky Mark is going to play JFK.
121	* Any time Creator/BobHope and Creator/BingCrosby would [[Film/RoadTo hit the Road]], Dorothy Lamour would invariably be along for the ride. Subsequent Bob Hope movies tended to feature Bing Crosby in a cameo, sometimes stealing the girl away from Bob at the last minute. Jerry Colonna appeared in some of the ''Film/RoadTo'' movies, as well as some other Bob Hope projects. Lampshaded in the theme from ''Film/RoadToMorocco'':
122	-->Where they're going, why we're going, how can we be sure?\
123	I'll lay you eight to five that we'll meet Dorothy Lamour.
124	* Ever since he took up filmmaking, Creator/BobcatGoldthwait's had one of these. He's stated in interviews he mostly casts his friends. With the exception of Creator/RobinWilliams, most of them are only slightly famous. This includes Geoff Pierson, Creator/TomKenny, Jill Talley, [[Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Toby]] [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Huss]], author Dan Spencer, Morgan Murphy, Joel Murray, Tony V, Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson among others. Some are people he's worked with when he was acting in movies and television (Murray from ''Film/OneCrazySummer'', Pierson from ''Series/UnhappilyEverAfter'').
125	* Black British director Creator/SteveMcQueenDirector has directed three films so far. All of them starred Creator/MichaelFassbender and were edited by Joe Walker. The cinematographer for all three was Sean Bobbit.
126	* Director Jeff Nichols has worked with Creator/MichaelShannon in all of his films. Also actor Ray [=McKinnon=] appears in his last two fims.
127	* Director Ryuhei Kitamura has worked together with actors Tak Sakaguchi and Hideo Sakaki in four movies, ''Film/{{Versus}}'', ''Alive'', ''Aragami'', and ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''.
128	* Four movies directed by Creator/JohnLandis have a bit part for singer-songwriter Stephen "Charming Guy" Bishop, though ''Film/AnimalHouse'' is the only one with any sort of musical contribution by him.
129	* Creator/BryanSinger has both cinematographer Newton Thomas Siegel and editorcomposer John Ottman (though Ottman was forced out of ''Film/XMen1'' for scheduling conflicts), while writers Dan Harris and Michael Dougherty helped him in both the ''X-Men'' sequels and ''Film/SupermanReturns''.
130	* When Creator/BryanSinger left the production of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' he took his posse to ''Film/SupermanReturns'', but Creator/BrettRatner brought two of his own collaborators to replace them - cinematographer Dante Spinotti and editor Mark Helfrich - and also actor Ken Leung as a spiked mutant.
131	* Excluding a rotating cast of underwear models, Creator/DavidDecoteau mainly uses former teen and child actors from the 60's and 70's and the occasional actor from some of his earlier works. These include [[Series/SigmundAndTheSeaMonsters Johnny Whitaker]], [[Film/{{Meatballs}} Kristine DeBell]], [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Jason Faunt]], and Creator/EricRoberts.
132	* Director Creator/RobertWise and producer Saul Chaplin collaborated on three movie musicals during TheSixties. People who worked with the duo on a movie musical two times each include musical director Irwin Kostal, screenwriter Ernest Lehman (who wrote four Wise-directed pictures in total), and actress Creator/JulieAndrews (whose association with Kostal dated back to the 1962 Carnegie Hall TV special she did with Creator/CarolBurnett).
133	* Quite a few Creator/PureFlixEntertainment productions tend to have many of the same personnel; usually co-founder David A.R. White (often alongside wife [[RealLifeRelative Andrea Logan White]]) alongside one of the following: Creator/EricRoberts; Creator/StaciKeanan, [[Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys Kevin]] [[Film/GodsNotDead Sorbo]]; Bruce Marchiano (if there is an appearance of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}); Wrestling/{{Sting}} and/or Robert Miano.
134	* Prolific British director Creator/MichaelWinner had several professional partnerships:
135	** He made six movies starring Creator/OliverReed.
136	** He made six movies starring Creator/CharlesBronson, including ''Film/DeathWish''. Bronson was once angered when a critic dismissed ''Film/TheStoneKiller'' as "just another Michael Winner-Charles Bronson picture".
137	* Outside of the ''Film/CarryOn'' movies, recurring actors that appear in it often show up in any media that was produced by Creator/PeterRogers and directed by Creator/GeraldThomas. For example, ''Carry On'' leading man Creator/SidJames starred in ''Series/BlessThisHouse'' in TheSeventies, and when the film of the series (''Film/BlessThisHouse'') was released, it was produced by Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas and had ''Carry On'' regulars Creator/PeterButterworth and Creator/TerryScott as Sid's friend and Sid's new next-door neighbour.
138	* The Film/JamesBond films had plenty of it. Cast-wise, Creator/DesmondLlewelyn played Q alongside every 007 until Brosnan, Creator/LoisMaxwell was Moneypenny for 14 movies, and M had just four actors in 23 movies (he's absent from ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' as Bernard Lee had died). In the first 16 movies, only 6 directors worked (and the one who helmed [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService only one movie]] had been editor in the previous 5; not to mention the editor of ''that'' movie cutting two others before helming all 1980s Bonds), Maurice Binder did the credits for all but 2 (and those were by the same guy), Richard Maibaum wrote 13 movies, Music/JohnBarry orchestrated the music in ''Film/DrNo'' and composed the scores of 11 others, Creator/KenAdam designed 6 movies and Syd Cain 4 (with the latter even returning for ''Film/GoldenEye''), stuntman Bob Simmons - who was famously the first BondGunBarrel - was in 9 movies, stuntman and stunt coordinator Creator/RemyJulienne worked on six films; cameraman/cinematographer Alec Mills was in 9... while ''[=GoldenEye=]'' marked a paradigm shift - for starters, only Creator/MartinCampbell and Creator/SamMendes did multiple movies - it introduced a roulette of writers (Bruce Feirstein wrote that and the two follow-ups, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade worked in all since ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', Paul Haggis and John Logan had two credits apiece in the Creator/DanielCraig era), and Binder protége Daniel Kleinman, who did the credits for all but ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''. Also, David Arnold wrote the music for all movies between ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' and ''Quantum of Solace''.
139	* Creator/SamMendes has collaborated with composer Music/ThomasNewman in every single film he's directed (except ''Film/AwayWeGo'') and he has worked with Creator/DanielCraig not only in the ''Film/JamesBond'' films (''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' & ''Film/{{Spectre}}''), but they first worked together in ''Film/RoadToPerdition''. Mendes had worked with veteran cinematographer Conrad L. Hall in ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' & ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (which proved to be Hall's last projects). Mendes has also twice worked with Creator/ChrisCooper, Creator/AllisonJanney, Creator/JohnKrasinski, Creator/NaomieHarris, Creator/RalphFiennes, & editor Tariq Anwar (father of Creator/GabrielleAnwar); while he worked with cinematographer Roger Deakins on three of his films.
140	* Every Creator/JamesGunn-directed movie so far features Creator/NathanFillion, Creator/MichaelRooker, and Creator/GreggHenry in the cast, and Tyler Bates composing the score. His brother Creator/SeanGunn also joined this posse, starting with ''Film/{{Super}}''. Other recurring collaborators include Creator/LindaCardellini, Stephen Blackehart, Steve Agee, Creator/JenniferHolland (Gunn's wife), and Creator/MikaelaHoover.
141	* Creator/MichaelBJordan plays a role in every movie Creator/RyanCoogler directs. Behind the camera, Coogler has also worked with the same composer (Ludwig Göransson) and production designer (Hannah Beachler) on all three of his movies.
142	* After ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', many of the cast members would write and star in their own movies. Frank John Hughes and Creator/RossMcCall are screenwriters themselves - and the films will usually feature Rick Gomez, Creator/JamesMadio, Creator/RichardSpeightJr and occasionally Ron Livingston.
143	* A variation with Creator/ShaileneWoodley. While only an actress, she does frequently convince her friends to star in films with her. For example she became good friends with Creator/MilesTeller in ''Film/TheSpectacularNow'' and convinced him to star with her in the ''{{Literature/Divergent}}'' film franchise. She recommended her ''Divergent'' co-star Ansel Elgort for the lead in her next film ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars'' too.
144	* Dito Montiel has collaborated with Creator/ChanningTatum on three films - ''Fighting'', ''The Son of No One'' and ''Film/AGuideToRecognizingYourSaints''.
145	* Sean S. Cunningham, the producer-director most famous for creating ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'', tended to come back to working with the same crew members pretty often: writer Victor Miller, composer Harry Manfredini, actor Ronn Carroll, and Steve Miner in a variety of roles (director, producer, writer, or a combination of the above, depending on the movie). He also worked a lot with Creator/WesCraven in his younger years.
146	* Watch any Creator/ClintEastwood film from the '70s or '80s and there's a good chance Creator/GeoffreyLewis or Creator/SondraLocke (Eastwood's then long-term partner) will show up. Other Eastwood stalwarts from that era included William O'Connell, Dan Vadis, John Quade, Bill [=McKinney=] and Woodrow Parfrey. Albert Popwell featured in five Eastwood films, including four of the ''Film/DirtyHarry'' movies (playing a [[CastingGag different character]] each time). Eastwood appeared in three films with another of his partners, Frances Fisher. Buddy van Horn, Eastwood's stunt double and stunt co-ordinator for forty years, directed three films which starred Eastwood. More recently, Clint's go-to actors have included Creator/MorganFreeman and Creator/LauraLinney. On the other side of the camera, Tom Stern has been cinematographer on almost all of Eastwood's films for the past 15 years, while producer Robert Lorenz and editor Joel Cox are also long-time collaborators.
147	* Creator/ClintEastwood as an actor is a part of Creator/SergioLeone and Creator/DonSiegel's posses, appearing in three films directed by Leone and five directed by Siegel. Siegel in turn had a cameo role in the Eastwood-directed ''Film/PlayMistyForMe''.
148	* Creator/PaulVerhoeven: In his English language films, expect to see any of Creator/MichaelIronside, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/RonnyCox, Marshall Bell and Creator/DeanNorris. Meanwhile in his Dutch films Creator/RutgerHauer was his go-to star for many years. Creator/JeroenKrabbe and Dolf De Vries are also regulars.
149	* Derrick J Wyatt and Marty Isenberg occasionally form a very nerdy and [[PanderingToTheBase pander]]-heavy duo.
150	* Creator/DavidLynch has a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_frequent_David_Lynch_collaborators large list of frequent collaborators]] across his films, most notably lead actors Creator/KyleMacLachlan and Creator/LauraDern as well as Lynch's personal friend Jack Nance up until Nance's death in 1996. Among his behind-the-scenes collaborators, Angelo Badalamenti has scored virtually all of his projects since ''Film/BlueVelvet''.
151	* Owing to the remote location of New Zealand, Creator/PeterJackson had to assemble a Production Posse of his own just to get any of his ambitious films made.
152	** Nearly the entire crew of his first feature, ''Film/BadTaste'', form the nucleus of Jackson's later collaborative team, such as Jamie Selkirk (Editor), Costa Botes (Documentarian), and Fran Walsh (Co-writer & Jackson's wife).
153	** With ''Film/MeetTheFeebles'', the posse expanded by creating a professional visual effects department, Weta Workshop, eventually led by Production Designer Richard Taylor. Stephen Sinclair co-writes this one with Jackson, and the two would go on to share a writing credit for ''Film/{{Braindead}}'' and ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]''.
154	** Kiwi actor Jed Brophy first appeared in Jackson's ''Film/{{Braindead}}'' aka ''Dead Alive'' in 1992, and would appear as a minor character in every movie of Jackson's afterwards until being promoted to a starring role as Nori the Dwarf in [[Film/TheHobbit The ''Hobbit'' Trilogy]]. Storyboard Artist Christian Rivers becomes a protege of Jackson's, eventually going on to direct [[Film/MortalEngines feature films of his own which Jackson produced]].
155	** ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures'' brought in production designer Grant Major, producer/director Carolynne Cunningham, & costumer Ngila Dickson.
156	** ''Film/TheFrighteners'' necessitated a lot of advanced computer hardware, and therefore Weta Digital spun-off from the Workshop and would be essential in creating Jackson's later blockbusters. Art Director Dan Hennah and production manager Rick Porras join the posse and would work on Jackson's next big project.
157	** ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' brought in Stephen Sinclair's partner, Phillipa Boyens, as co-writer on all three films. Creator/AndySerkis and Jackson would go on to collaborate in several other Mo-Cap and Performance Capture Projects in the future, most notably ''Film/KingKong2005''. Cinematographer Andrew Lesnie would film every single one of Jackson's future feature films until his death in 2015 right after the ''Hobbit'' wrapped.
158	* Creator/AlfredHitchcock frequently worked with actors multiple times, most notably Creator/CaryGrant (4 times), Creator/JamesStewart (4 times), Creator/GraceKelly (3 times), and Creator/IngridBergman (3 times). In addition, Music/BernardHermann was the composer for 8 of his films (and was the sound consultant for a 9th), Robert Burks was the cinematographer for 12, George Tomasini was the editor for 9, and Edith Head was the costume designer for 7. Ben Hecht also worked as a writer on 7 of Hitchcock's films in some capacity.
159	* All of Creator/PedroAlmodovar's films since 1986 have been produced by his brother Agustín, along with Esther García. José Salcedo edited all his films between 1980 and his 2017 death, and his regular composer since ''La Flor de Mi Secreto'' has been Alberto Iglesias (Bernardo Bonezzi was his go-to guy for his earlier films). In front of the camera, expect to see any of Creator/AntonioBanderas, Creator/PenelopeCruz, Chus Lampreave, Carmen Maura, Cecilia Roth, and Rossy de Palma.
160	* Actor, martial artist, and stuntman Marko Zaror has starred in four films (Kiltro, Mirageman, Mandrill, and Redentor) by Chilean director [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1104993/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Ernesto Díaz Espinoza]] all of which are action / superhero films with numerous well-choreographed fight scenes.
161	* Indie director Tom [=DiCillo=] gave Creator/CatherineKeener her first starring role in ''Film/JohnnySuede'' and then gave her prominent roles in his next three films. He also has cast Creator/SteveBuscemi and Creator/DermotMulroney in multiple films.
162	* Creator/DavidFincher has worked with cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth on four films, starting with ''FightClub''. Camera operator Conrad Hall Jr. worked on both ''Film/Se7en'' and Fight Club before becoming cinematographer on ''Film/PanicRoom''; in a similar vein, gaffer(chief lighting technician) Claudio Miranda worked on ''The Game'' and Fight Club before being cinematographer on ''Film/TheCuriousCaseofBenjaminButton.'' Costume designer Michael Kaplan, production designer Arthur Max, editor James Haygood, and composer Music/HowardShore are also frequent Fincher collaborators, as are actors Creator/BradPitt, Creator/JaredLeto, Creator/RichmondArquette, and Holt [=McCallany=].
163	* Creator/StevenSpielberg has worked with cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, editor Michael Khan, and composer Music/JohnWilliams on virtually all his films since the early 1990s.
164	* Creator/RobertZemeckis has made at least four films with cinematographer Don Burgess and composer Music/AlanSilvestri.
165	* Creator/MichaelMann and cinematographer Dante Spinotti have made five movies together and camera operator Gary Jay has worked with both men on most pictures they have made--both jointly ''and'' separately.
166	* Creator/OliverStone worked with cinematographer Robert Richardson on virtually all of his directorial projects up until ''Film/UTurn''. The two men frequently had Victor Kempster as production designer. However, the trio has not collaborated on a film since the late 1990s. Stone has also worked with most of his editors more than once.
167	* Robert Richardson--who as noted in some of the above entries has been the go-to cinematographer for such directors as Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese, and Quentin Tarantino--has a production posse of his own: he has worked with gaffer Ian Kincaid, assistant cameraman/focus puller Gregory Tavenner, and key grip Chris Centrella on nearly all his movies since the mid-1990s.
168	* Władysław Pasikowski, a Polish director predominately associated with action flicks from the 90s, is notorious for continuously hiring the same male actors for his projects, and his posse just kept growing over the years. It is easy to claim that anyone who was someone in the Polish film industry in the 90s and early 00s was part of his posse. On top of that, many of the actors he kept working with either got StarMakingRole or CareerResurrection (some ''both'') thanks to their collaboration with him. Pasikowski even actively weaponized his posse to get one of his movies, ''Film/DemonsOfWar'', made really cheaply by simply calling his regulars and asking if they would work for pocket change just to make the movie happen. And so, despite having NoBudget, he managed to have an AllStarCast just by calling old favours. The most notorious member of his posse is probably [[Film/BlindChance Bogusław Linda]], who went from a respected drama actor to someone associated almost entirely with playing {{Memetic Badass}}es, working in ''eight'' movies by Pasikowski. The posse even extended to the ''Glina'' ("Cop") TV series, where his regulars played bit characters and VillainOfTheWeek. More importantly, the leads of the series joined the posse, playing regular roles in Pasikowski's movies from there on.
169	** It is worth to note that his posse isn't limited just to the actors, as he keeps working with the same people on the technical side of things, too. And almost all of his works are scored by Michał Lorenc, an established Polish movie composer.
170	* Creator/PeterRogersAndGeraldThomas reused several actors from their ''Film/CarryOnSeries'' in their other comedy films, notably Creator/JoanSims (five times); Creator/JoanHickson, Creator/SidJames, and Creator/LesliePhillips (four times); Creator/EsmaCannon, Creator/CyrilChamberlain, Creator/VictorMaddern, and Creator/LancePercival (three times); and Creator/EricBarker, Creator/JimDale, Creator/EdDevereaux, {{Creator/Lucy Griffiths\|1919}}, Creator/JillIreland, {{Creator/David Lodge\|BritishActor}}, Creator/MichaelNightingale, Creator/MarianneStone, Creator/KennethWilliams (two times).
171	* French director Maurice Pialat made several films with Creator/GerardDepardieu and Creator/SandrineBonnaire (not always with the two of them).
172	* When ''Series/HancocksHalfHour'' star Creator/TonyHancock starred in ''Film/TheRebel'' and ''Film/ThePunchAndJudyMan'', he was joined by a few who had also been in ''Half Hour'', including Creator/JohnLeMesurier, Creator/HughLloyd, Mario Fabrizi, and Creator/HattieJacques. However, Hancock forbade Creator/SidJames from being cast due to fears he would only be seen as a double-act.

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