Directors on the Sets of My Favourite Films

I was bored, so I thought I'd whip up a quick pictorial post. I abandoned the task of maintaining a definitive 'top 10 favourite films' list a while ago. With the amount of movies I watch, it's hard to narrow down my favourites, let alone order them. So here are some pictures from the sets of 20 of my absolute favourite films, in no particular order. Every picture contains the director of that film, with at least one actor in the frame, too.

Sam Mendes with Annette Bening and Kevin Spacey on the set of American Beauty (1999)

 

Stanley Kubrick posing with daughter Vivian, with Jack Nicholson in front (The Shining, 1980)

 

Alfred Hitchcock with James Stewart on the set of Rear Window (1954) 

 

John Hughes with Anthony Michael Hall and Molly Ringwald on the set of The Breakfast Club (1985)

 

Roman Polanski with Mia Farrow and developer Robert Evans on the set of Rosemary's Baby (1968) 

 

 Alexander Payne with Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church on the set of Sideways (2004)


William Friedkin with Linda Blair on the set of The Exorcist (1973)


David Lynch with Naomi Watts on the set of Mulholland Dr. (2001)


Sofia Coppola with Bill Murray on the set of Lost in Translation (2003)


Stanley Kubrick with Tom Cruise and Sydney Pollack on the set of Eyes Wide Shut (1999)


Gus Van Sant with Minnie Driver and Matt Damon on the set of Good Will Hunting (1997)


Alfred Hitchcock with Anthony Perkins on the set of Psycho (1960)


Terry Zwigoff with Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi on the set of Ghost World (2001)


Wes Craven with Drew Barrymore on the set of Scream (1996)


Woody Allen with Scarlett Johansson on the set of Match Point (2005)


Paul Thomas Anderson with Heather Graham on the set of Boogie Nights (1997)


Michael Cimino with Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep on the set of The Deer Hunter (1978)


Cameron Crowe with Billy Crudup and Patrick Fugit on the set of Almost Famous (2000)


François Truffaut with Jean-Pierre Léaud on the set of The 400 Blows (1959)

Barry Levinson with Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman on the set of Rain Man (1988)