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Cameos (in films of others) Part 2 |
(alphabetical, by film title) Part 1 | Part 2 Greatest Film Director Cameos (in films of others) (chronological, by film title) Part 1 | Part 2 |
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| Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981) | BIT PART: Robert Altman as a hotel manager | |
| Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and
the Temple of Doom (1984) and Hook (1991) |
BIT PART: George Lucas as a Missionary BIT PART: George Lucas as a Man Kissing on a Bridge |
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| John Landis' Into the Night (1985) | CAMEOS: David Cronenberg as Group Supervisor, John Landis as Savak, Paul Mazursky as Bud Herman, Roger Vadim as Monsieur Melville, Lawrence Kasdan as Detective # 2, Jonathan Demme as Federal Agent, Amy Heckerling as Ship's Waitress | |
| John Landis' Spies Like Us (1985) | CAMEOS: Joel Coen, Martin Brest and Sam Raimi as drive-in security guards, Frank Oz as a Test Monitor, Terry Gilliam as Dr. Imhaus (pictured), Costa-Gavras as Tadzhik Highway Patrol, and Michael Apted as Ace Tomato Agent |
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| Jonathan Demme's Something Wild (1986) |
CAMEO: John Sayles as a Motorcycle Cop CAMEO: John Waters as a Used Gar Guy (pictured) |
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| James L. Brooks' Broadcast News (1987) | SUPPORTING: Albert Brooks as nerdy reporter Aaron Altman smitten with news producer Jane Craig (Oscar-nominated Holly Hunter) |
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| Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (1990) | SUPPORTING: Martin Scorsese in a fifth dream sequence as Vincent Van Gogh in a painting titled The Crows |
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| The Coen Brothers' Miller's Crossing
(1990) and The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) |
CAMEO: Sam Raimi as a Snickering Gunman CAMEO: Sam Raimi as Hudsucker Brainstormer (pictured) |
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| Clive Barker's Nightbreed (1990) | SUPPORTING: David Cronenberg as sinister therapist Dr. Decker |
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| Paul Mazursky's Scenes From a Mall (1990) | LEAD: Woody Allen as Nick Fifer |
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| Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1992) |
SUPPORTING: Sydney Pollack as upper middle-class husband Jack |
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| John Landis' Innocent Blood (1992) |
Landis had multiple directors appear in this film: CAMEOS: Dario Argento as a creepy Paramedic, Frank Oz as a Medical Examiner or Pathologist, Michael Ritchie as a Night Watchman, and Sam Raimi as a Roma Meats Man or Butcher |
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| John Landis' Beverly Hills Cop 3: (1994) | CAMEOS: George Lucas as a Disappointed Man in an Amusement Park, Martha Coolidge as a Security Woman, Joe Dante as a Jailer, Arthur Hiller as a Bar Patron, Barbet Schroeder as a Man in Porsche, and John Singleton as a Fireman |  George Lucas |
| Steve James' Hoop Dreams (1994) | CAMEO: Spike Lee as Himself | |
| Giuseppe Tornatore's A Pure Formality (1994) | SUPPORTING: Roman Polanski as Gerard Depardieu's interrogator - the Inspector |
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| Robert Redford's Quiz Show (1994) |
BIT PART: Barry Levinson as Dave Garroway CAMEO: Martin Scorsese as Martin Rittenhome (pictured) |
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| Rory Kelly's Sleep With Me (1994) | BIT PART: Quentin Tarantino as Sid, and his famous lengthy dialogue with Duane (Todd Field) about the homosexual context behind Top Gun (1986) | 
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| Ron Howard's Apollo 13 (1995) | CAMEO: Roger Corman as Congressman | |
| Gus Van Sant's To Die For (1995) | CAMEO: David Cronenberg as the Man at the Lake who accosted Suzanne Stone Maretto (Nicole Kidman) in her car. |
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| Robert Rodriguez' From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) |
SUPPORTING: Quentin Tarantino as deranged criminal Richard Gecko SUPPORTING: George Clooney as brother Seth |
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| James L. Brooks' As Good As It Gets (1997) | CAMEO: Lawrence Kasdan as Dr. Green | |
| Don McKellar's Last Night (1998) | SUPPORTING: David Cronenberg as Duncan, husband of Sandra (Sandra Oh) and devoted gas company employee |
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| Vincent Ward's What Dreams May Come (1998) | BIT PART: German director Werner Herzog as a Face - one of many faces in the Sea of Faces in Hell, claiming to be deceased Dr. Chris Nielsen's (Robin Williams) father |
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| Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999) | SUPPORTING: Sydney Pollack as host socialite Victor Ziegler whose naked lady for the party's evening, Mandy (Julienne Davis) experienced an accidental overdose |
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| Albert Brooks' The Muse (1999) | BIT PART: Director Martin Scorsese playing Himself as a manic client of the Muse (Sharon Stone) | |
| Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown (1999) | BIT PART: John Waters as resort manager Mr. Haynes. | 
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| David O. Russell's Three Kings (1999) | SUPPORTING: Spike Jonze as Gulf War private Conrad Vig |
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| Wes Craven's Scream 3 (2000) | CAMEOS: Roger Corman as a Studio Executive, and Kevin Smith as Silent Bob | |
| Woody Allen's Small Time Crooks (2000) | SUPPORTING: Elaine May as dimwitted Mae Sloane |
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| Patrice Leconte's The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000, Fr.) | LEAD: Emir Kusturica as condemned man Neel |
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| Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending (2001) | CAMEO: Mark Rydell as obsequious agent Al Hack |
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| Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) | CAMEO: Steven Spielberg hugging David Aames (Tom Cruise) at his birthday party, and telling him "Happy Birthday, you son of a bitch." | 
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| Richard Linklater's Waking Life (2001) | CAMEO: Steven Soderbergh (as Himself) telling a story about directors Louis Malle and Billy Wilder during a TV interview |
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| Spike Jonze's Adaptation (2002) | BIT PART: Curtis Hanson as Susan Orlean's (Meryl Streep) husband | |
| Jay Roach's Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) | CAMEOS: Steven Spielberg (as Himself) and Danny DeVito (as Mini-Me) |  
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| Roger Michell's Changing Lanes (2002) | BIT PART: Sydney Pollack as Stephen Delano, Gavin Banek's (Ben Affleck) no-nonsense boss |
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| Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal (2002) | CAMEO: David Fincher (back to camera) as Film Director, directing Brad Pitt (playing Himself) in a fictional cop action film Rendezvous |
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| Jeff Tremaine's Jackass: The Movie (2002) | CAMEO: Spike Jonze as Himself | |
| James Isaac's Friday the 13th, Jason X (2001) | SUPPORTING: David Cronenberg played the role of Dr. Wimmer, a scientist in charge of the Crystal Lake research project, who died when reanimated Jason Voorhees threw a spear into his midsection. |
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| Steven Spielberg's Minority Report (2002) | CAMEO: Cameron Crowe as Bus Passenger | |
| Stuart Baird's Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) | CAMEO: Bryan Singer as a Bridge Officer Branson |
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| Don Mancini's Seed of Chucky (2004) | CAMEO: John Waters as paparazzo and sleazy tabloid reporter Pete Peters who was killed with acid poured on his head |
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