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.

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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

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Vittorio De Sica and Cesare Zavattini
Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola in a scene from ‘Bicycle Thieves’
