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* Creator/DavidFincher has worked with cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth on four films, starting with ''FightClub''. Camera operator Conrad Hall Jr. worked on both ''Film/Se7en'' and Fight Club before becoming cinematographer on ''Film/PanicRoom''; in a similar vein, gaffer(chief lighting technician) Claudio Miranda worked on ''The Game'' and Fight Club before being cinematographer on ''Film/TheCuriousCaseofBenjaminButton.'' Costume designer Michael Kaplan, production designer Arthur Max, editor James Haygood, and composer Music/HowardShore are also frequent Fincher collaborators, as are actors Creator/BradPitt, Creator/JaredLeto, Richmond Arquette, and Holt [=McCallany=].

* Creator/DavidFincher has worked with cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth on four films, starting with ''FightClub''. Camera operator Conrad Hall Jr. worked on both ''Seven'' and Fight Club before becoming cinematographer on ''Panic Room''; in a similar vein, gaffer(chief lighting technician) Claudio Miranda worked on ''The Game'' and Fight Club before being cinematographer on ''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.'' Costume designer Michael Kaplan, production designer Arthur Max, editor James Haygood, and composer Music/HowardShore are also frequent Fincher collaborators, as are actors Creator/BradPitt, Creator/JaredLeto, Richmond Arquette, and Holt McCalleny.

** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', which stars Creator/StephenAmell who previously had minor roles on ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' and ''Series/NineOhTwoOneOh'' as well as Creator/WillaHolland who had a recurring role on ''Series/GossipGirl'' and Creator/KatieCassidy who also had roles on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' and ''Gossip Girl''.

** Expect any permutation of Creator/RobSchneider, Creator/DavidSpade, Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/ChrisFarley, Creator/KevinNealon, Creator/KevinJames, and Nick Swardson (in more recent movies) to be somewhere among the cast members. Of his crew of actors, some are former ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]'' cast members from the early 1990's.

* Joe Iconis of ''Theatre/BeMoreChill'' fame often recruits the same cast and crew for his shows, and frequently involves these people in concerts and independent albums featuring his music under the name "Iconis & Family." Frequent members include Lauren Marcus (also his wife), George Salazar, Eric William Morris, and Jason [=SweetTooth=] Williams.

** Creator/BobStewart: Creator/BillCullen will always be involved in some way, either as a host or celebrity guest; if not him, then either Creator/DickClark, Jack Clark, or Geoff Edwards. Bob Cobert was usually the ThemeTune composer. If there are other celebrities involved, expect Markie Post, Joanne Worley, Nipsey Russell, Henry Polic II, Teresa Ganzel, Ilene Graff, Nathan Cook, etc. They were even termed by the [[http://www.usgameshows.net/x.php?show=TheLoveExperts&sort=0 Game Show Pilot Light]] as the ''Bob Stewart Repertory Company''.

** Genevieve Lemon and Karen Colston played the two female lead characters in Campion’s first film, ''Sweetie''. They would also appear in ''The Piano'' and ''Top of the Lake''.

* David Wain frequetly casts Creator/ElizabethBanks, Creator/PaulRudd, Creator/AmyPhoehler and The State alumi in his films.

* In the eighties-to-nineties, David Croft made three period sitcoms which all starred Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland and Sue Pollard: ''Series/HiDeHi'', ''Series/YouRangMLord'' (written with Jimmy Perry) and ''Oh, Dr Beeching!'' (written with Richard Spendlove). ''You Rang, M'Lord?'' also featured Michael Knowles and Donald Hewlitt from ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'' and Bill Pertwee from ''Series/DadsArmy'' (both also by Croft and Perry). Several of the actors had previously played one-off characters in Croft and Jeremy Lloyd's ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'', as did Gordon Kaye, who went on to star in Croft and Lloyd's ''Series/AlloAllo''.

* In the eighties-to-nineties, David Croft made three-period sitcoms which all starred Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland and Sue Pollard: ''Series/HiDeHi'', ''Series/YouRangMLord'' (written with Jimmy Perry) and ''Oh, Dr Beeching!'' (written with Richard Spendlove). ''You Rang, M'Lord?'' also featured Michael Knowles and Donald Hewlitt from ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'' and Bill Pertwee from ''Series/DadsArmy'' (both also by Croft and Perry). Several of the actors had previously played one-off characters in Croft and Jeremy Lloyd's ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'', as did Gordon Kaye, who went on to star in Croft and Lloyd's ''Series/AlloAllo''.

* Many cartoons made by Creator/NerdCorpsEntertainment have Creator/TabithaStGermain, Creator/LeeTockar and Creator/SamuelVincent in the cast.

* Director Jeff Nichols always work with actor Creator/MichaelShannon. Also actor Ray [=McKinnon=] appears in his last two fims.

* Indie director Tom [=DiCillo=] gave Creator/CatherineKeener her first starring role in ''Film/JohnnySuede'' and then gave her prominent roles in his next three films. He also has cast Steven Buscemi and Dermot Mulroney in multiple films.

* Writer Michael Gallagher has frequently collaborated with artist David Manak, most notably on early issues of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' and the ''Series/Alf'' comic. The two also handled ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'' installments in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' for a short time.
* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' has several examples:
** Senior editors Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola frequently write gags together.
** Michael Gallagher (the same one who formerly wrote for ''Sonic the Hedgehog'') often writes one-page gags that are illustrated by Tom Bunk.

** For most of the magazine's history, nearly all of the movie and TV show parodies were illustrated by Mort Drucker or Angelo Torres (plus a handful from Jack Davis), with writing usually handled by Larry Siegel, Lou Silverstone, Dick [=DeBartolo=], Arnie Kogen, or Stan Hart. Over time, newer writers began to take over; as of TheNewTens, writing duties usually go to [=DeBartolo=], Kogen, Desmond Devlin, or David Shayne, while Tom Richmond, Hermann Mejia, and Tom Bunk have become the main illustrators.

* Every release by CountryMusic record label Big Loud has been produced by Joey Moi, who co-owns the label. Many of their releases are penned by their roster of songwriters: Craig Wiseman (the label's other owner), Chris Tompkins, Rodney Clawson, Matt Dragstrem, Brad and Brett Warren (who formerly recorded as the Warren Brothers), and Sarah Buxton (who sometimes provides backing vocals as well).

* Whenever Creator/TonyScott made a movie, Creator/DenzelWashington wouldn't be far behind. See ''Film/CrimsonTide'', ''Film/ManOnFire'', ''Film/DejaVu'', ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'', and Scott's final film ''Film/{{Unstoppable}}''. (All but the first also had music by Harry Gregson-Williams.) Denzel also starred in ''Film/AmericanGangster'', made by Tony's brother Creator/RidleyScott.

* Excluding a rotating cast of underwear models, David [=DeCoteau=] mainly uses former teen and child actors from the 60's and 70's and the occasional actor from some of his earlier works. These include [[Series/SigmundAndTheSeaMonsters Johnny Whitaker]], [[Film/{{Meatballs}} Kristine DeBell]], [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Jason Faunt]], and Creator/EricRoberts.

** His original gang included Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/JasonLee, himself, his wife Jennifer Schwalbach, Jason Mewes, Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson, with Creator/JoeyLaurenAdams and Ethan Suplee to a lesser extent. Most of his movies took place on [[Film/TheViewAskewniverse the same universe]], which meant there were some actors playing multiple characters. Additionally, most of his movies featured crew members Scott Mosier (producer) and Dave Klein (director of photography).

* Creator/WadjetEyeGames tend to use a core group of the same voice actors in their games, most prominently Creator/AbeGoldfarb, Shelly Shenoy, Francisco Gonzalez, and Creator/MikePollock. The company head, David Gilbert, will also usually appear as the voice of a minor character.

** And to keep the pattern going, Whedon's feature film ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' stars Amy Acker (again) and Fran Kranz (from Dollhouse) and features Creator/TomLenk (from ''Buffy''), while Alexis Denisof (again) and Creator/EnverGjokaj (from Dollhouse) show up in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''. Creator/JeremyRenner (Hawkeye in ''Avengers'') previously had a bit part in ''Angel'', and Chris Hemsworth (Thor in ''Avengers'') was one of the leads in ''Cabin''.

* Creator/SethMacFarlane likes to bring in Creator/AmandaSeyfried, Creator/GiovanniRibsi, Creator/LiamNeeson and others in his shows and films.

* Movista, the producers of the ''Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}}'' and ''Theater/IdentityV'' stage play series, tend to cast a lot of the same actors. While the general 2.5D sphere tends to have a few famous names who appear in a lot of work, mostly Touken Ranbu cast members, Movista's group is separate from this. Hirai Yuki and Chiba Mizuki have had lead roles in almost all of Movista's series, and Chiba sings the theme songs even for plays he isn't in (Tsukipro's ''Machine Elements'' steampunk AU). Particularly noteworthy was their original series, 'Kuro to Shiro', where out of 16 cast members, 7 were in both Tsukipro and Identity V, and only one was in neither. The same choreographer, J.U.N., has also worked on both Identity V and Tsukipro's SQS series.

** He had a very fruitful collaboration with director Franklin J. Schaffner (they worked together on 7 films, including ''Film/TheStripper'', ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', ''Film/{{Patton}}'', ''Film/{{Papillon}}'', ''Film/IslandsInTheStream'', ''Film/TheBoysfromBrazil'' and ''Film/{{Lionheart|1987}}''.) Schaffner also twice-worked with actors Creator/CharltonHeston and Creator/MauriceEvans(''Film/TheWarLord''; ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968''), George C. Scott (''Film/{{Patton}}''; ''Islands in the Stream'') and Laurence Olivier (''Film/NicholasAndAlexandra''; ''Film/TheBoysfromBrazil'') respectively. He also worked with cinematographer Fred J. Koenekamp and film editor Robert Swink on 5 of his films separately, and Stanley O'Toole helped produced 3 of his films.

* The Film/JamesBond films had plenty of it. Cast-wise, Creator/DesmondLlewelyn played Q alongside every 007 until Brosnan, Creator/LoisMaxwell was Moneypenny for 14 movies, and M had just four actors in 23 movies (he's absent from ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' as Bernard Lee had died). In the first 16 movies, only 6 directors worked (and the one who helmed [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService only one movie]] had been editor in the previous 5; not to mention the editor of ''that'' movie cutting two others before helming all 1980s Bonds), Maurice Binder did the credits for all but 2 (and those were by the same guy), Richard Maibaum wrote 13 movies, Music/JohnBarry orchestrated the music in ''Film/DrNo'' and composed the scores of 11 others, Creator/KenAdam designed 6 movies and Syd Cain 4 (with the latter even returning for ''Film/GoldenEye''), stuntman Bob Simmons - who was famously the first BondGunBarrel - was in 9 movies, cameraman/cinematographer Alec Mills was in 9... while ''[=GoldenEye=]'' marked a paradigm shift - for starters, only Creator/MartinCampbell and Creator/SamMendes did multiple movies - it introduced a roulette of writers (Bruce Feirstein wrote that and the two follow-ups, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade worked in all since ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', Paul Haggis and John Logan had two credits apiece in the Creator/DanielCraig era), and Binder protége Daniel Kleinman, who did the credits for all but ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''. Also, David Arnold wrote the music for all movies between ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'' and ''Quantum of Solace''.
* Sam Mendes has collaborated with composer Music/ThomasNewman in every single film he's directed (except ''Film/AwayWeGo'') and he has worked with Creator/DanielCraig not only in the ''Film/JamesBond'' films (''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' & ''Film/{{Spectre}}''), but they first worked together in ''Film/RoadToPerdition''. Mendes had worked with veteran cinematographer Conrad L. Hall in ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' & ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (which proved to be Hall's last projects). Mendes has also twice worked with Creator/ChrisCooper, Creator/AllisonJanney, Creator/JohnKrasinski, Creator/NaomieHarris, Creator/RalphFiennes, & editor Tariq Anwar (father of Creator/GabrielleAnwar); while he worked with cinematographer Roger Deakins on three of his films.

* Creator/WesAnderson films: Creator/OwenWilson and Creator/LukeWilson, Creator/JasonSchwartzman, Creator/AnjelicaHuston, Creator/BillMurray and Indian actor Kumar Pallana, who has been in all of Anderson's films except ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''. Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/WillemDafoe, and Creator/JeffGoldblum have made frequent appearances as well, and Creator/TildaSwinton and Bob Balaban seem to be the most recent initiates. He also usually has Robert Yeoman as cinematographer, Milena Canonero as costume designer (since ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou''), and Adam Stockhausen as production designer. Music/MarkMothersbaugh was his main composer for his early films, a role which Creator/AlexandreDesplat has since filled for Anderson on all his films starting with ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox''.

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* Creator/CartoonSaloon's "Irish Folklore trilogy" movies (''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfKells'', ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Wolfwalkers}}'') are all directed or co-directed by Tomm Moore and produced by Paul Young, and the music for all three films is provided by composer Bruno Coulais and Irish band Kila. Creator/BrendanGleeson also voices prominent roles in both ''The Secret of Kells'' and ''Song of the Sea''.