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* Lewis Milestone's hand as Paul's at the famous ending scene of ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront''.

* Mark VII Productions, creators of several PoliceProcedural shows including ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' and ''Series/AdamTwelve'', had a VanityPlate of the "VII" being set into stone by the use of a sledge hammer striking a chisel. The hands holding the hammer and chisel are Jack Webb's.

* ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' pulls this off with a FakeShemp performance capture: Creator/IvanReitman, director of ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' and father of this film's director Creator/JasonReitman, is the on-set body stand-in for [[spoiler:Egon's ghost during the climatic BackupFromOtherworld]], a job otherwise done by Creator/BobGunton in the rest of the film.

* ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' pulls this off with a FakeShemp performance capture: Creator/IvanReitman, director of ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' and father of this film's director Creator/JasonReitman, plays the on-set body stand-in for [[spoiler:Egon's ghost during the climatic BackupFromOtherworld]], a part otherwise performed by Creator/BobGunton in the rest of the film.

* Director Kazuya Tsurumaki's hand (rotoscoped and digitally altered) as the giant hand in ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''.

* In a unique example, the SynchroVox lips of the pirate that appears in the opening credits of WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants belong to series creator Stephen Hillenberg.

* Director Rian Johnson's hand in the scene in ''Film/{{Looper}}'' when the older version of Seth [[spoiler: starts losing his fingers, nose and other extremeties as the younger version is being tortured]].

* Director Creator/ZackSnyder's hands as Rorschach's hands when he's picking up Nite-Owl's blades in ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''.

* Producer Creator/StevenSpielberg's hands during the infamous face-tearing-off scene in ''Film/{{Poltergeist}}''.

* Mark VII Productions created several PoliceProcedural shows including ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' and ''Series/AdamTwelve'', has a trademark video of the "VII" being set into stone by the use of a sledge hammer striking a chisel. The hands holding the hammer and chisel are Jack Webb's.

-->-- Creator/DianeKruger on [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Quentin Tarantino's]] Insert Cameo in ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''

* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: Return of the King'':

This may be an attractive alternative to [[TheCameo an ordinary cameo]] for three reasons. First, it is unobtrusive and therefore does not risk breaking a tense or dramatic mood. Second, it symbolizes the creator's deep involvement in the project by portraying him or her almost literally as a "guiding hand." Third, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking it makes a neat trivia question]].

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* Series creator Bruce Geller's hand, striking the match during the opening credits of the original ''Series/MissionImpossible''.
** In the 80's revival it was Peter Graves' hand.
* {{Showrunner}} Damon Lindelof's hand as Locke's, turning on the lights at the Pearl Station in the ''Series/{{Lost}}'' episode "?".
* Series creator Agnes Nixon's hand opening the photo album in the old opening titles to ''Series/AllMyChildren''.

** At the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords Last of the Time Lords]]", [[spoiler: the hand that picks up the Master's ring belongs to one of the producers.]]
* Series creator Alan Spencer's hands, stealing newspapers out of a vending machine in the pilot episode of ''Series/SledgeHammer''.

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* Carol Reed's hands as Harry Lime's, grasping through the sewer grate in ''Film/TheThirdMan''.

** when Shelob drags paralyzed Frodo away, Sam's sword-wielding hand that enters the frame gunslinger-style is actually [[Creator/PeterJackson Peter Jackson's]].

** The hand of the stagehand that appears on Sutekh's throne in "Pyramids of Mars" is an [[{{Blooper}} incompetent example]].
** At the end of the episode "Last of the Time Lords", [[spoiler: the hand that picks up the Master's ring belongs to one of the producers.]]

* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: Return of the King'', when Shelob drags paralyzed Frodo away, Sam's sword-wielding hand that enters the frame gunslinger-style is actually [[Creator/PeterJackson Peter Jackson's]].

* Director Creator/MartinCampbell's hand as Alec Trevelyan's in ''Film/GoldenEye'', when Trevelyan reaches into the Canadian Admiral's jacket pocket to steal his identification card while the Admiral goes {{out with a bang}} at the hands (or [[MurderousThighs thighs]], rather) of Xenia Onatopp.

* Director Terence Young's hand as James Bond's [[TitleDrop writing the title phrase on a photograph]] in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''.

->''"Well, the funny anecdote about that is it’s actually Quentin who is strangling me ... He’s like, 'You know, [[Creator/ChristophWaltz Christoph]] is just an actor, and he’s probably going to squeeze too hard or not enough, and I just know exactly what I want, so I think I should do it.'"''

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** More esoterically, he banged the gong which is heard as Aragorn enters Edoras and sees that Éowyn has disappeared.

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* In a unique example, the SynchroVox lips of the pirate that appears in the opening credits of WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants belong to series creator Stephen Hillenberg.

* Director Creator/MartinCampbell's hand as Alec Trevelyan's in ''Film/GoldenEye'', when Trevelyan reaches into the Canadian Admiral's jacket pocket to steal his identification card while the Admiral [[GoOutWithABang goes out with a bang]] at the hands (or [[MurderousThighs thighs]], rather) of Xenia Onatopp.

* At the end of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''Last of the Time Lords'', [[spoiler: the hand that picks up the Master's ring belongs to one of the producers.]]

->''"Well, the funny anecdote about that is it’s actually Quentin who is strangling me ... He’s like, "You know, [[Creator/ChristophWaltz Christoph]] is just an actor, and he’s probably going to squeeze too hard or not enough, and I just know exactly what I want, so I think I should do it.'"''