directors need attention too we’re going
up guys yeah that’s perfect
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
director cameos in their own movies you
got to make some phone calls you got to
call some people well then do it for
this list we’re counting down the most
creative and memorable cameos where
directors step in front of the camera
for a few minutes max that means only
one scene or a string of scenes in one
sequence directors who play significant
roles and recurring characters like
Kevin Smith do not fit our criteria you
know there’s a million fine-looking
women in the world too they don’t all
bring in lasagna at work most I’m just
cheat on number 10 Peter Jackson the
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
franchises find Julie Jackson has made
short amusing cameos in all of his films
and those in the Lord of the Rings are
the best of the bunch in the Fellowship
of the Ring
Jackson can be seen eating a carrot and
eyeing the hobbits as they enter Bri in
the two towers
he throws a spear in the Battle of
Helm’s Deep finally in The Return of the
King he walks the ship’s deck as one of
the Corsairs of unbar listeners from the
coast
oh the trend continued in the Hobbit
trilogy as Jackson cemented himself as a
master of the Cameo that is where they
found it
number nine George Lucas Star Wars
Episode three Revenge of the Sith you
were the chosen one after the original
trilogy and two prequels the creator of
Star Wars finally popped up in his
galaxy far far away in the Opera House
scene from Revenge of the Sith
Lucas appears in the foreground of a
transitional shot his face is blue and
he’s wearing an outlandish outfit as he
portrays a lesser-known character named
baron papanoida Lucas’s real-life
daughter Katie Lucas also makes a
fitting cameo in the scene as the Barons
daughter there’s got to be in I am your
father joke in there somewhere
number 8 Todd Phillips old-school
Phillips has a knack for playing creepy
characters as he makes unsettling
hilarious appearances in many of his
films I’m sorry but you have the most
beautiful feet he plays the guy on the
bus with the foot fetish and road trip
the suspicious man in the elevator and
the hangover and Juliette Lewis’s creepy
roommate in due date nice perm n well
done well done on that perm oh thanks
bro it’s not a permits naturally it’s in
old school though where he makes the
most of his few seconds on screen after
Luke Wilson’s character makes a shocking
discovery about his girlfriend Phillips
comes a-knockin as the man late to the
party hello yeah sorry Tod there is no
such thing as showing up fashionably
late to a gangbang I’m here for the
gangbang number 7 Wes Craven scream
oh the legendary horror director of a
Nightmare on Elm Street The Hills Have
Eyes and The Last House on the Left
makes a self-referential cameo in this
meta horror movie while principal
Hembree played by Henry Winkler is
working in his office after school he
hears a knock on his door and goes to
investigate yes hello upon opening the
door
the only person out there is a janitor
who’s wearing a very familiar getup demo
shits you call me Kraven plays the
janitor and the uniform he’s wearing is
the iconic outfit of one Freddy Krueger
who Kraven created number six Terrence
Malick Badlands Terrence Malick aside
from being one of cinema’s greatest
directors is also a reclusive and
enigmatic person hi miss Carver hair he
doesn’t do interviews or make public
appearances only a handful of photos of
him exist online and he sometimes waits
20 years between movie releases really
yeah
I invite you inside except it’s
contagious no one starting up Demi the
actor who was supposed to play the man
at the door in this film did not show up
for shooting and that’s what makes this
spur-of-the-moment cameo that much more
interesting no of course not
it’s only he called last night aspect
come by and thus the only consensual
capture of Malick on film was born
what’s it well odd I’d like leave
message if that’s okay number five
Quentin Tarantino pulp fiction dorks
haha
they look like a couple of dorks it’s
all copy and cadavers I need you to tell
me how fucking good my coffee is okay
I’m gonna buys it I know how good it is
this appearance rides the line between
cameo and full-fledged role but since it
amounts to only a few minutes of screen
time we decided to include it but you
know what’s on my mind right now it
ain’t the coffee in my kitchen
it’s the dead Gert in my garage after
Vincent accidentally shoots Marvin in
the face he and jules take the
corpse filled car – Jimmy Dimmick played
by Tarantino you can pull it in here did
you notice a sign on the front of my
house as I didn’t for storage after they
arrived at his home they expect Jimmy to
hide the car on his property while they
figure out how to dispose of it did you
notice a sign in the front of my house
said did your storage know I didn’t you
know why you to see that sign cuz it
ain’t there cuz saw radedi say my
business that’s why but instead Jules
and Vincent are met with a now infamous
Tarantino monologue as his character
informs them of their severe error in
judgment you go Jimmy me Jules okay
don’t fucking Jimmy me number four
Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now
there is no mistake in Coppola in this
movie as Martin Sheen’s character is in
the throes of battle during the Vietnam
War he is shocked to find a director of
a TV crew yelling filming instructions
at him the director is of course Coppola
and the scene is extremely insightful
both because of his meta performance and
also because of the satire on the
entertainment value and exploitation of
war
coppola clearly had a point when he made
this film and his opinions are obvious
here
number three roman polanski chinatown
dam for shine shoe in this classic
neo-noir mystery Polanski picked one of
the coolest scenes to appear in and one
of the coolest characters to play all
did that kittycat hold it when private
investigator Jake Geddes played by Jack
Nicholson is snooping around the
reservoir he is confronted by Roman
Polanski’s character who a costs him for
sticking his nose where it doesn’t
belong there very nosy fellow kittycat
huh you know what happens to nosy fellas
huh no when I guess huh no okay they
lose their noses the intimidation tactic
that the crook uses is sadistically
appropriate and foreshadows the
corruption and cruelty that is prominent
in the film next time you lose the whole
thing cut it off and feed it to my
goldfish number two Martin Scorsese taxi
driver see the woman in the window
do you see at the woman in the window
taxi driver is considered one of the
greatest movies in history and
established Scorsese as the best
director of the new Hollywood era don’t
you say that one cuz that’s my wife
that’s not my apartment it’s fitting
that in this dark and twisted drama
Scorsese plays one of the darkest and
most twisted characters not my father no
others dick huh I mean you wouldn’t over
Thursday I’m just saying but you know is
there huh instead when Travis Bickel
who’s played by Robert De Niro picks up
Scorsese and his taxi he has no idea
what he’s in for
and I’m gonna kill her it’s nothing else
I just my Immaculate Scorsese takes him
to an unexpected place and harangues him
with a supremely unsettling monologue I
let it kill her I’m gonna kill her with
a 44 magnum pistol I have a 44 magnum
pistol I’ll kill him with that gun
I Jeff see Jessie what a 44 Magnum
pistol doodle on its face I mean destroy
it just blow right apart this might be
the best acting that a director has ever
done almost making the insane Bickle
look relatively normal by comparison I
know I know you must think that you know
you must think I’m pretty sick or
something you know must think I’m pretty
sick right you miss think I’m pretty
sick yeah before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions give us a push you can push it
up come on that’s it
come on wait wait no do it Oh
get that help I’ll move it and I want it
now after that removing the hovel
I guess this this is the end of the
world I’m screwed right people who kill
reverends wives aren’t exactly uh sure
to the funded line in heaven no spots no
clots no tumors no lesions hmm no
aneurysms least none that I can see mr.
cars of course if you want a cat scanner
on MRI are gonna have to go into
Pittsburgh number one Alfred Hitchcock
almost all of his movies
he made the cameo appearance and art in
almost 50 years of filmmaking
Hitchcock appeared in 39 of his 52
movies these cameos range from fleeting
glimpses in the background of scenes to
unmistakable close-ups on his face some
of the more notable sightings are him
sitting beside Cary Grant on the bus in
to catch a thief walking two dogs in the
birds and in the newspaper ad in
lifeboat there’s a piece in here about
some people that were drifted a lifeboat
for 80 days because of the cleverness of
his pop ups and the popularity of his
movies the Hitchcock cameo has been
cemented in popular culture
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite director cameo how did you evah
see would have continued to women’s
Blissett not you should see that you
should see what a 44 magnum gonna do a
woman suppose you should see for more
easy to spot top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
Jimmy
uh-huh do me a favor will you put this
mutt some coffee back there would you
make me a cup
up guys yeah that’s perfect
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
director cameos in their own movies you
got to make some phone calls you got to
call some people well then do it for
this list we’re counting down the most
creative and memorable cameos where
directors step in front of the camera
for a few minutes max that means only
one scene or a string of scenes in one
sequence directors who play significant
roles and recurring characters like
Kevin Smith do not fit our criteria you
know there’s a million fine-looking
women in the world too they don’t all
bring in lasagna at work most I’m just
cheat on number 10 Peter Jackson the
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
franchises find Julie Jackson has made
short amusing cameos in all of his films
and those in the Lord of the Rings are
the best of the bunch in the Fellowship
of the Ring
Jackson can be seen eating a carrot and
eyeing the hobbits as they enter Bri in
the two towers
he throws a spear in the Battle of
Helm’s Deep finally in The Return of the
King he walks the ship’s deck as one of
the Corsairs of unbar listeners from the
coast
oh the trend continued in the Hobbit
trilogy as Jackson cemented himself as a
master of the Cameo that is where they
found it
number nine George Lucas Star Wars
Episode three Revenge of the Sith you
were the chosen one after the original
trilogy and two prequels the creator of
Star Wars finally popped up in his
galaxy far far away in the Opera House
scene from Revenge of the Sith
Lucas appears in the foreground of a
transitional shot his face is blue and
he’s wearing an outlandish outfit as he
portrays a lesser-known character named
baron papanoida Lucas’s real-life
daughter Katie Lucas also makes a
fitting cameo in the scene as the Barons
daughter there’s got to be in I am your
father joke in there somewhere
number 8 Todd Phillips old-school
Phillips has a knack for playing creepy
characters as he makes unsettling
hilarious appearances in many of his
films I’m sorry but you have the most
beautiful feet he plays the guy on the
bus with the foot fetish and road trip
the suspicious man in the elevator and
the hangover and Juliette Lewis’s creepy
roommate in due date nice perm n well
done well done on that perm oh thanks
bro it’s not a permits naturally it’s in
old school though where he makes the
most of his few seconds on screen after
Luke Wilson’s character makes a shocking
discovery about his girlfriend Phillips
comes a-knockin as the man late to the
party hello yeah sorry Tod there is no
such thing as showing up fashionably
late to a gangbang I’m here for the
gangbang number 7 Wes Craven scream
oh the legendary horror director of a
Nightmare on Elm Street The Hills Have
Eyes and The Last House on the Left
makes a self-referential cameo in this
meta horror movie while principal
Hembree played by Henry Winkler is
working in his office after school he
hears a knock on his door and goes to
investigate yes hello upon opening the
door
the only person out there is a janitor
who’s wearing a very familiar getup demo
shits you call me Kraven plays the
janitor and the uniform he’s wearing is
the iconic outfit of one Freddy Krueger
who Kraven created number six Terrence
Malick Badlands Terrence Malick aside
from being one of cinema’s greatest
directors is also a reclusive and
enigmatic person hi miss Carver hair he
doesn’t do interviews or make public
appearances only a handful of photos of
him exist online and he sometimes waits
20 years between movie releases really
yeah
I invite you inside except it’s
contagious no one starting up Demi the
actor who was supposed to play the man
at the door in this film did not show up
for shooting and that’s what makes this
spur-of-the-moment cameo that much more
interesting no of course not
it’s only he called last night aspect
come by and thus the only consensual
capture of Malick on film was born
what’s it well odd I’d like leave
message if that’s okay number five
Quentin Tarantino pulp fiction dorks
haha
they look like a couple of dorks it’s
all copy and cadavers I need you to tell
me how fucking good my coffee is okay
I’m gonna buys it I know how good it is
this appearance rides the line between
cameo and full-fledged role but since it
amounts to only a few minutes of screen
time we decided to include it but you
know what’s on my mind right now it
ain’t the coffee in my kitchen
it’s the dead Gert in my garage after
Vincent accidentally shoots Marvin in
the face he and jules take the
corpse filled car – Jimmy Dimmick played
by Tarantino you can pull it in here did
you notice a sign on the front of my
house as I didn’t for storage after they
arrived at his home they expect Jimmy to
hide the car on his property while they
figure out how to dispose of it did you
notice a sign in the front of my house
said did your storage know I didn’t you
know why you to see that sign cuz it
ain’t there cuz saw radedi say my
business that’s why but instead Jules
and Vincent are met with a now infamous
Tarantino monologue as his character
informs them of their severe error in
judgment you go Jimmy me Jules okay
don’t fucking Jimmy me number four
Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now
there is no mistake in Coppola in this
movie as Martin Sheen’s character is in
the throes of battle during the Vietnam
War he is shocked to find a director of
a TV crew yelling filming instructions
at him the director is of course Coppola
and the scene is extremely insightful
both because of his meta performance and
also because of the satire on the
entertainment value and exploitation of
war
coppola clearly had a point when he made
this film and his opinions are obvious
here
number three roman polanski chinatown
dam for shine shoe in this classic
neo-noir mystery Polanski picked one of
the coolest scenes to appear in and one
of the coolest characters to play all
did that kittycat hold it when private
investigator Jake Geddes played by Jack
Nicholson is snooping around the
reservoir he is confronted by Roman
Polanski’s character who a costs him for
sticking his nose where it doesn’t
belong there very nosy fellow kittycat
huh you know what happens to nosy fellas
huh no when I guess huh no okay they
lose their noses the intimidation tactic
that the crook uses is sadistically
appropriate and foreshadows the
corruption and cruelty that is prominent
in the film next time you lose the whole
thing cut it off and feed it to my
goldfish number two Martin Scorsese taxi
driver see the woman in the window
do you see at the woman in the window
taxi driver is considered one of the
greatest movies in history and
established Scorsese as the best
director of the new Hollywood era don’t
you say that one cuz that’s my wife
that’s not my apartment it’s fitting
that in this dark and twisted drama
Scorsese plays one of the darkest and
most twisted characters not my father no
others dick huh I mean you wouldn’t over
Thursday I’m just saying but you know is
there huh instead when Travis Bickel
who’s played by Robert De Niro picks up
Scorsese and his taxi he has no idea
what he’s in for
and I’m gonna kill her it’s nothing else
I just my Immaculate Scorsese takes him
to an unexpected place and harangues him
with a supremely unsettling monologue I
let it kill her I’m gonna kill her with
a 44 magnum pistol I have a 44 magnum
pistol I’ll kill him with that gun
I Jeff see Jessie what a 44 Magnum
pistol doodle on its face I mean destroy
it just blow right apart this might be
the best acting that a director has ever
done almost making the insane Bickle
look relatively normal by comparison I
know I know you must think that you know
you must think I’m pretty sick or
something you know must think I’m pretty
sick right you miss think I’m pretty
sick yeah before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions give us a push you can push it
up come on that’s it
come on wait wait no do it Oh
get that help I’ll move it and I want it
now after that removing the hovel
I guess this this is the end of the
world I’m screwed right people who kill
reverends wives aren’t exactly uh sure
to the funded line in heaven no spots no
clots no tumors no lesions hmm no
aneurysms least none that I can see mr.
cars of course if you want a cat scanner
on MRI are gonna have to go into
Pittsburgh number one Alfred Hitchcock
almost all of his movies
he made the cameo appearance and art in
almost 50 years of filmmaking
Hitchcock appeared in 39 of his 52
movies these cameos range from fleeting
glimpses in the background of scenes to
unmistakable close-ups on his face some
of the more notable sightings are him
sitting beside Cary Grant on the bus in
to catch a thief walking two dogs in the
birds and in the newspaper ad in
lifeboat there’s a piece in here about
some people that were drifted a lifeboat
for 80 days because of the cleverness of
his pop ups and the popularity of his
movies the Hitchcock cameo has been
cemented in popular culture
do you agree with our list what’s your
favorite director cameo how did you evah
see would have continued to women’s
Blissett not you should see that you
should see what a 44 magnum gonna do a
woman suppose you should see for more
easy to spot top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
Jimmy
uh-huh do me a favor will you put this
mutt some coffee back there would you
make me a cup
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