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15 iconic director-screenwriter partnerships


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15 iconic director-screenwriter partnerships

Joel Coen and Ethan Cohen attend a premiere



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Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh

Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson at a screening



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Danny Boyle and Alex Garland

Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle pose for a portrait.



Toho Company

Akira Kurosawa and Hideo Oguni

Takashi Shimura in a scene from ‘Ikiru’



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Lana and Lilly Wachowski

Lana and Lilly Wachowski at event



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Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader

Robert De Niro, Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese attend a screening



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Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody

Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody speak at a screening at Sundance Film Festival



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Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond

Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond on film set



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Joel and Ethan Coen

Joel Coen and Ethan Cohen attend a premiere



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Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz

Krzysztof Piesiewicz at ‘Dekalog’ event



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Frank Capra and Robert Riskin

Director Frank Capra on film set behind camera



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Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli

Federico Fellini directing from camera



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Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson, Tilda Swinton, and Adrien Brody at Cannes



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Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo Arriaga

Guillermo Arriaga Jordan, Naomi Watts and Alejandro Gonzalez at screening



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Ang Lee and James Schamus

Ang Lee and James Schamus participate in a Q&A



Produzioni De Sica (PDS)

Vittorio De Sica and Cesare Zavattini

Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in a scene from ‘Bicycle Thieves’


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