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Fritz Lang
as 1927 in Best Director of Every Year

George Lucas
as Director in The Dark Knight Trilogy (1975-1982)

Sean Connery
as Dr. John Cawley in Shutter Island (1980)

John Gielgud
as Professor X in James Cameron X-men (1995)
Milton Sills
as Rogue in Marvel Young Avengers (2024)

Richard Burton
as Royal Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums (1981)

Sidney Poitier
as Major Marquis Warren in The Hateful Eight (1970)

Francis Ford Coppola
as Director in Casablanca (1972)

Francis Ford Coppola
as Director in Casablanca (1985)
Peter Jackson
as New Zealand in Greatest Director from Every Country
Theo Angelopoulos
as Greece in Greatest Director from Every Country

Pedro Almodóvar
as Spain in Greatest Director from Every Country
Thomas Vinterberg
as Denmark in Greatest Director from Every Country
Richard Harris
as Professor X in James Cameron Uncanny X-Men (1994)
Bruce Campbell
as Deadpool in James Cameron Uncanny X-Men (1994)

Grace Kelly
as Susan Morrow in Nocturnal Animals (1950s)

Clint Eastwood
as Director in High Noon (1987)
Dustin Hoffman
as Mike Shiner in Birdman (1986)
John Schlesinger
as 1969 in Best Director of Every Year

Christopher Nolan
as 2006 in Best Director of Every Year