History Main / ProductionPosse

* KoichiMashimo frequently works with favorite seiyus MiyuIrino, Creator/AyaHisakawa, MaayaSakamoto among others. Musically he frequents the group AliProject, and YukiKajiura. Also has his favorite screenwriters. In addition he always goes to the same studio for the art direction and in-betweening and completion work of his anime.

* ChristopherNolan has a noticable tendency to cast the same actors in different films. MichaelCaine has appeared in his last 4 films. ChristianBale, CillianMurphy, and KenWatanabe have also had recurring roles. TomHardy, MarionCotillard, and JosephGordonLevitt appear to be the newest members; after ''{{Inception}}'', all three have roles in ''The Dark Knight Rises.''

!!Examples:

* Don't be surprised if you see MichaelBiehn or BillPaxton turn up in a JamesCameron movie. Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger is not uncommon to star (at least before he became The Governator). You'll probably find LanceHenriksen in it or possibly Creator/SigourneyWeaver. The score is most likely either done by Brad Fiedel or JamesHorner.

* SimonPegg is actually a member of another posse, which includes MarkHeap, KevinEldon, JuliaDavis, AmeliaBullmore and RebeccaFront. ChrisMorris is often leading charge. They've appeared in a number of works including ''BigTrain'', ''{{Series/Jam}}'', ''Series/ImAlanPartridge'', ''LookAroundYou'', ''{{Series/Spaced}}'', ''BrassEye'' and ''Series/NightyNight''. Don't be surprised to see other familiar British comedy faces, such as CatherineTate and members of ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' popping up.

* Creator/{{Filmation}} productions often noticably featured characters voiced by Lou Schiemer, one of the company's co-founders, although he was usually either uncredited, or went by the name "Erik Gunden".[[hottip:*:FatAlbert fans will know him as the voice of Dumb Donald; MastersOfTheUniverse fans will know him as King Randor, Orko, and others.]] Other regulars included Lou's daughter Erika Schiemer, Jane Webb, John Erwin, Melendy Britt, Linda Gary, and the late George [=DiCenzo=][[hottip:*:Perhaps better known as Sam Baines in Film/BackToTheFuture]].

* Along with FrankCapra and JohnFord, the classic Hollywood director who had the most identifiable stock company was Creator/PrestonSturges. Such actors as Eric Blore, Al Bridge, Jimmy Conlin, Robert Grieg, Raymond Washburn, and most famously of all, William Demarest, appeared in most if not all of the movies Sturges directed for Paramount. He also directed Joel McRea in three films and Eddie Bracken in two.

* Lucky [=McKee=] usually seems to have Angela Bettis as one of his actors (and when Bettis made her directorial debut, McKee was the lead actor).

* Lucky McKee usually seems to have Angela Bettis as one of his actors (and when Bettis made her directorial debut, McKee was the lead actor).

** Crossover between ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''Series/{{Angel}}'' was to be expected, since they exist in the same universe. But after ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' was cancelled, no fewer than four of the main cast (Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Gina Torres and Summer Glau) were given bit-parts in ''Buffy'' or ''Angel''.
*** Summer Glau was on ''Angel'' first, and then cast on ''Firefly''.

* Ever since he took up filmmaking, BobcatGoldthwait's had one of these. He's stated in interviews he mostly casts "his friends." This includes With the exception of RobinWilliams, most of them are only slightly famous. This includes Geoff Pierson, TomKenny, Jill Talley, [[TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Toby]] [[KingOfTheHill Huss]], author Dan Spencer, Morgan Murphy, Joel Murray, Tony V, Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson among others. Some are people he's worked with when he was acting in movies and television (Murray from ''OneCrazySummer'', Pierson from ''UnhappilyEverAfter'').

* Ever since he took up filmmaking, BobcatGoldthwait's had one of these. He's stated in interviews he mostly casts "his friends." This includes With the exception of RobinWilliams, most of them are only slightly famous. This includes Geoff Pierson, TomKenny, Jill Talley, [[TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete Toby]] [[KingOfTheHill Huss]], author Dan Spencer, Morgan Murphy, Joel Murray, Tony V, Alexie Gilmore and Bryce Johnson among others. Some are people he's worked with when he was acting in movies and television (Murray from ''OneCrazySumer'', Pierson from ''UnhappilyEverAfter'').

** GenndyTartakovsky (who co-voice directed the first few seasons of ''Powerpuff'' with Craig, as he usually voice directs his shows) tends to use VoiceActors alot as well. He's worked with some of the above VAs on [[{{Sym-Bionic Titan}} shows]] [[SamuraiJack of]] [[DextersLaboratory his]] [[StarWarsCloneWars own]] (such as Strong, [=LaMarr=], Kane, Kenny and [=DeLisle=]). He's also worked with CoreyBurton, Richard [=McGonagle=], KevinMichaelRichardson, JeffBennett, RobPaulsen and JamesArnoldTaylor on two or more projects. While he often works with voice actors, he doesn't only cast them, having worked with on-camera actors and comedians (Mako, Tim Russ, Brian Posehn) in a few of his projects.

** Creator/AdamSandler, Creator/DavidSpade, ChrisFarley, Creator/ChrisRock, RobSchnieder and KevinNealon, in any combination, can be found in a lot of films.

* SpikeLee has a particularly large one. Members of it include his sister, and are all listed on his page on TheOtherWiki. He also reuses crew members, such as cinematographer Ernest Dickerson.
* The work of the "Black Pack" from the late 80's and mid 90's (Eddie Murphy, Robert Townsend, Arsenio Hall, Paul Mooney and Keenen Ivory Wayans).
* All of DavidCronenberg's films since ''TheBrood'' (except for ''Film/TheDeadZone'') are scored by Howard Shore and he has worked with cinematographer Peter Suschitzky on all of his films since Dead Ringers (before that, his go to guy was Mark Irwin). Robert Silverman often shows up in a smaller role. Viggo Mortensen and Jeremy Irons are also frequent collaborators with him.

** Likewise, ''Leverage'' had several episodes directed by Jonathan Frakes, and Star Trek alums in recurring or guest roles include Jeri Ryan, Wil Wheaton, Brent Spinder, Armin Shimerman and John Billingsley.

** Usually draw from the same posse of actors, such as JohnGoodman, [=Frances McDormad=] (Joel's wife), SteveBuscemi, Creator/PeterStormare, GeorgeClooney, JohnTurturro, Jon Polito and BillyBobThornton. And again Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell tends to show up in small parts. They also gave JeffBridges two starring roles.

* All of DavidCronenberg's films since ''TheBrood'' (except for ''TheDeadZone'') are scored by Howard Shore and he has worked with cinematographer Peter Suschitzky on all of his films since Dead Ringers (before that, his go to guy was Mark Irwin). Robert Silverman often shows up in a smaller role. Viggo Mortensen and Jeremy Irons are also frequent collaborators with him.

-->--''Series/LifesTooShort'', '''Episode 2'''

*** In his early days he often collaborated with Debra Hill as writer/producer, Tommy Lee Wallace as production designer/editor and Nick Castle as a writer (he also played the original Michael Myers) and all his movies from ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' to ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' (minus ''Film/StarMan'' and ''{{Christine}}'') were shot by Dean Cundey and from then he's used Gary B. Kibbe on all except for ''MemoriesOfAnInvisibleMan''.

* SimonPegg is actually a member of another posse, which includes MarkHeap, KevinEldon, JuliaDavis, AmeliaBullmore and RebeccaFront. ChrisMorris is often leading charge. They've appeared in a number of works including ''BigTrain'', ''{{Series/Jam}}'', ''Series/ImAlanPartridge'', ''LookAroundYou'', ''{{Series/Spaced}}'', ''BrassEye'' and ''NightyNight''. Don't be surprised to see other familiar British comedy faces, such as CatherineTate and members of ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' popping up.

* Garry Marshall (''PrettyWoman'', ''ThePrincessDiaries'') always includes a role for Hector Elizondo.

* BBS Productions in the late 60s and early 70s. For every film made by the company (with the exception of ''The Last Picture Show''), the producer, director, writer and lead actor jobs were always filled by some combination of BobRafelson, JackNicholson, DennisHopper and HenryJaglom.

** Expect any permutation of Rob Schneider, David Spade, Creator/ChrisRock Kevin James, and Nick Swardson (in more recent movies) to be somewhere among the cast members. Of his crew of actors, some are former ''[[SaturdayNightLive SNL]]'' cast members from the early 1990's.

** Creator/AdamSandler, DavidSpade, ChrisFarley, Creator/ChrisRock, RobSchnieder and KevinNealon, in any combination, can be found in a lot of films.

* Any movie directed by Creator/AkiraKurosawa in the '50s and '60s could be expected to feature some combination of ToshiroMifune, Takashi Shimura, and Minoru Chiaki. (Tatsuya Nakadai took Mifune's place in Kurosawa's later films, after Mifune and Kurosawa had a falling out in the mid '60s.) Part of this was the Toho studio system and Japan's relatively small pool of actors after WorldWarII, but after a while Kurosawa started writing parts specifically for Mifune and Shimura.

* Creator/DavidORussell has begun to form a production posse so far consisting of Creator/JenniferLawrence, ChristianBale,Bradley Cooper and RobertDeNiro.

* See something made by SamRaimi?

** Keep your eyes peeled for BruceCampbell and Sam's own Oldsmobile Delta 88. TedRaimi will usually have a cameo. Older brother Ivan used to co-write a lot of his screenplays as well. He's also cast LucyLawless in three different series now: ''Hercules'' and ''Xena'' (as Xena) and ''Spartacus; Blood and Sand''. She also cameos in ''Film/SpiderMan''.

* Along with some of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' examples mentioned above, GregWeisman often tends to bring back some of the actors from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' in bit or main characters as well as reusing actors he started working with after ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''. This includes Thom Adcox-Hernandez, JeffBennett, EdwardAsner, Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, CreeSummer, VanessaMarshall, Bill Fagerbakke, ClancyBrown, SteveBlum, and KeithDavid, among others.

*** Sandler's Happy Madison production company is behind Spade's ''Series/RulesOfEngagement'', though Sandler has no credited involvement. In a WhatCouldHaveBeen, a Sandler-executive produced pilot starring NormMacDonald and JonLovitz was also produced.