Not content to create only the music and lyrics, Noel Coward also wrote the book and directed Sail Away ( Capitol WAO 1643 ; ;

In that same year Lerner also wrote the Oscar-winning original screenplay for An American in Paris, produced by Arthur Freed and directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Raimi wrote, directed and edited, while fellow Michigander Rob Tapert was producer.

John and Roy Boulting also wrote and directed a series of successful satires, including Private's Progress ( 1956 ) and I'm All Right, Jack ( 1959 ).

Both wrote, directed and appeared in their movies.

In 2000, Benedict wrote and directed his first screenplay, Cahoots.

Hopkins later directed a film version of the stage play, to which he also wrote the musical score.

The Conversation, which Coppola directed, produced and wrote, was released that same year, winning the Palme d ' Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.

Poetry and cruelty of life were harmonically combined in the works that Vittorio De Sica wrote and directed together with screenwriter Cesare Zavattini: among them, Shoeshine ( 1946 ), The Bicycle Thief ( 1948 ) and Miracle in Milan ( 1951 ).

* Chicago based writer, Greg Allen, wrote and directed K., based on The Trial.

François Truffaut wrote and directed a film adaptation of the novel in 1966.

In 1986, Jarmusch wrote and directed Down by Law, starring musicians John Lurie and Tom Waits, and Italian comic actor Roberto Benigni ( his introduction to American audiences ) as three convicts who escape from a New Orleans jailhouse.

Cocteau's films, most of which he both wrote and directed, were particularly important in introducing the avant-garde into French cinema and influenced to a certain degree the upcoming French New Wave genre.

In 1965, Lewis directed and ( along with Bill Richmond ) wrote the comedy film The Family Jewels about a young heiress who must choose among six uncles, one of whom is up to no good and out to harm the girl's beloved bodyguard who practically raised her.

Douglas Jardine always defended his tactics and in the book he wrote about the tour, In Quest of the Ashes, described allegations that the England bowlers directed their attack with the intention of causing physical harm as stupid and patently untruthful.

The film is a collaboration between Hayao Miyazaki, who wrote the screenplay, and his son Gorō, who directed the film.

In the light of criticism directed against them and their universe of sweetness and light, it is important to understand that they believed sincerely in what they wrote.

John Alan Simon wrote, produced and directed a film adaptation of Radio Free Albemuth.

His career began in the late 1980s, when he wrote and directed My Best Friend's Birthday.

Rodriguez wrote and directed the film Planet Terror for the collaboration with Quentin Tarantino in their double feature Grindhouse ( released in 2007 ).

Sex, Lies, and Videotape was followed by a series of low-budget box-office disappointments: Kafka, a biopic mixing fact and Kafka's own fiction ( notably The Castle and The Trial ), written by Lem Dobbs and starring Jeremy Irons as Franz Kafka ; King of the Hill ( 1993 ), a critically acclaimed Depression-era drama ; The Underneath ( 1995 ), a remake of Robert Siodmak's 1949 film noir Criss Cross ; and Schizopolis ( 1996 ), a comedy which he starred in, wrote, composed, and shot as well as directed.

Peckinpah wrote and directed a pilot called Trouble at Tres Cruzes, which was aired in March 1959 before the actual series was made in 1960.

Following that dogma in 1998, he conceived, wrote and directed ( and also had a small acting role in ) the first of the Dogme movies, The Celebration ( Festen ).

In 2003, he directed the apocalyptic science fiction love story It's All About Love, a movie he wrote, directed and produced himself over a period of five years.

Through the 1980s and 1990s, Brooks co-wrote ( with longtime collaborator Monica Johnson ), directed and starred in a series of well-received comedies, playing variants on his standard neurotic and self-obsessed character.

The Birth of a Nation ( originally called The Clansman ) is a 1915 silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay ( with Frank E. Woods ), and co-produced the film ( with Harry Aitken ).

In 1992, Claude Sautet co-wrote ( with Jacques Fieschi ) and directed Un Coeur en Hiver, considered by many to be a masterpiece.

She co-wrote, directed and starred in the film and produced it under the banner of her own company, Leni Riefenstahl Productions.

Tarantino directed and co-wrote a movie called My Best Friend's Birthday in 1987.

He was best known as the lead singer, poet and frontman of Hawkwind intermittently from 1972 – 1979 during which time he co-wrote their hit single " Silver Machine " and directed their Space Ritual Tour.

* In June 2012 started the filming of Twelve Years a Slave ( film ), directed by British director Steve McQueen who also co-wrote the script with John Ridley to adapt Northup's memoir book.

In 1990, Burton co-wrote ( with Caroline Thompson ) and directed Edward Scissorhands, re-uniting with Winona Ryder from Beetlejuice.

He co-wrote Scream of Stone which Herzog directed.

Towards the end of the series ’ hectic two-year run, Dolenz directed and co-wrote what turned out to be the show ’ s final episode.

Besson directed and co-wrote the screenplay of this science fiction thriller with the screenwriter, Robert Mark Kamen.

It was directed by German director Roland Emmerich, who co-wrote the script with producer Dean Devlin.

He then appeared in the 2008 parody film An American Carol, which David Zucker directed, produced, and co-wrote.

La Grande Illusion ( also known as Grand Illusion ) is a 1937 French war film directed by Jean Renoir, who co-wrote the screenplay with Charles Spaak.

In Germany he co-wrote, directed and starred in Der Verlorene ( The Lost One ) ( 1951 ), a critically acclaimed art film in the film noir style.

Rejs, known in English as The Cruise ( or The Trip Down the River ), is a Polish comedy film released in 1970, directed by Marek Piwowski who also co-wrote the screenplay with Janusz Głowacki.

The Godfather Part II is a 1974 American crime epic that Francis Ford Coppola produced, directed, and co-wrote with Mario Puzo, starring Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and Robert De Niro.

He wrote the screenplay for the motion picture, The Longest Day and co-wrote and directed the 1971 film Kill !, starring his now ex-wife Seberg.

Five years later, he co-wrote, produced, and directed An Affair to Remember starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, a remake ( with precisely the same script ) of his 1939 film Love Affair with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.

According to Metro Pulse writer Jack Renfro, the incident occurred in 1952 and may have been witnessed by James Agee, who passed the story on to Mitchum – who not only starred in the movie, but also produced the film, co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself.

With Dickenson, she co-wrote and directed the film adaptation of a play about teen pregnancy called Bellyfruit ( 1999 ).

One of the music videos included in Lumines II for the song Heavenly Star by Genki Rockets was directed by Mizuguchi, who also co-wrote the lyrics of the song.

It was directed by Arthur Ripley and starred Robert Mitchum, who also produced the film, co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself.