Directors' cameos in their own films

[abhilash]

It's always fun when you spot Hitchcock in a crowd, but which other directors give themselves small walk-ons or minor speaking parts? Not ones like Woody Allen, Spike Lee or Francois Truffaut who have major roles, but ones like Sydney Pollack in The Interpreter - any more to watch out for?

 

[RIP MJ (miss you)]

Peter Jackson had at least 1 cameo in each LOTRs film, his kiRAB are in them too.

 

[Audrey R]

That I can think of:
Peter Jackson's cameo in Heavenly Creatures as a man who is shaken by the girls while walking down the street.
Paul Verhoeven in Robocop, in the club where one of Boddiker's cronies is apprehended. Verhoeven's the dancing idiot shot in an uncomforatbly tight wide angle closeup.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - Lynch as FBI Chief Cole

 

[Trumpet Trousers]

Mel Brooks does it all the time, but he usually plays minor characters, and not cameos.

 

[Cadence]

M. Night Shyamalan usually has a part for himself in his films

Quentin Tarantino has a part in Reservoir Dogs

 

[G***]

... and his voice is on the answering machine in Jackie Brown (according to IMDB).

 

[causeimchinese]

John Landis played a thug in his film Into the Night

 

[Veemon]

Tarantino was also in Pulp Fiction.
Wes Anderson sat behind Owen & Luke Wilson in Bottlerocket.

 

[Nixie]

Amy Heckerling was in the wedding scene in Clueless.

 

[Taz2angel]

Not the director, but Rodrigo Prieto, who was in charge of the cinematography in Brokeback Mountain, was also the prostitute Jack picks up when he goes to Mexico after being turned away by Ennis.

 

[firewhisky61]

Scorsese in Taxi Driver. Amazing film.