The Remakers
by pictura@mail.dk | created - 23 Jun 2013 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicDirectors who have remade one of their own movies or stories.
1. Leo McCarey
Director | An Affair to Remember
Leo McCarey was born on October 3, 1896 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for An Affair to Remember (1957), Going My Way (1944) and Love Affair (1939). He was married to Virginia Stella Martin. He died on July 5, 1969 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Remade "Love Affair" (1939) as "An Affair to Remember" (1957).
2. Cecil B. DeMille
Producer | The Ten Commandments
His parents Henry C. DeMille and Beatrice DeMille were playwrights. His father died when he was 12, and his mother supported the family by opening a school for girls and a theatrical company. Too young to enlist in the Spanish-American War, Cecil followed his brother William C. de Mille to the New ...
Remade "The Ten Commandments" (1923) as "The Ten Commandments" (1956).
3. John Sturges
Director | The Great Escape
John Sturges was an American film director, mostly remembered for his outstanding Western films. In 1992, Sturges was awarded a Golden Boot Award for his lifelong contribution to the Western genre.
Sturges was born in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, within the Chicago metropolitan area. By 1930, ...
Remade the same western story in "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957) as "Hour of the Gun" (1967).
4. George Sluizer
Director | Spoorloos
George Sluizer was born on June 25, 1932 in Paris, France. He was a director and producer, known for The Vanishing (1988), La balsa de piedra (2002) and Dying to Go Home (1996). He was married to Anne Sluizer. He died on September 20, 2014 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Remade his own Belgian thriller "Spoorloos" (1988) in Hollywood as "The Vanishing" (1993).
5. Ole Bornedal
Writer | Nattevagten
Ole Bornedal was born 1959 in Noerresundby, Denmark. From the time he was fourteen he knew he wanted to become a filmmaker. However, not being able to get into The Danish Film School, he had to create his own career and after a few years of University Studies in Film, he started working for The ...
Remade his own Danish thriller "Nattevagten" (1994) in Hollywood as "Nightwatch" (1997).
6. Francis Veber
Writer | Le dîner de cons
Francis Veber was born on July 28, 1937 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France. He is a writer and director, known for Le Dîner de Cons (1998), The Birdcage (1996) and Ruby & Quentin (2003). He has been married to Françoise Veber since January 11, 1964. They have two ...
Remade his own French comedy "Les fugitifs" (1986) in Hollywood as "Three Fugitives" (1989).
7. Alfred Hitchcock
Director | Psycho
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...
Remade his own British thriller "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934) in Hollywood as "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956).
8. Hal Hartley
Director | Trust
Hal Hartley is an American filmmaker, writer, director, producer, and composer who has made twelve feature films since 1988. Popularly associated with the American independent filmmaking scene of the early nineties, he went on to write and direct such films as No Such Thing (2001) for United ...
Expanded his 30 minutes short "Flirt" (1993) into his full feature "Flirt" (1995).
9. Michael Haneke
Writer | Caché
A true master of his craft, Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by, with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic, disturbing and unforgettable ways. One of the most genuine filmmakers of the world ...
Remade his own Austrian thriller "Funny Games" (1997) in Hollywood as "Funny Games" (2007).
10. Andy Muschietti
Director | Mama
Andy Muschietti was born on August 26, 1973 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He is a producer and director, known for Mama (2013), It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019).
Remade his own Spanish horror short "Mamá" (2008) in Hollywood as the full feature horror movie "Mama" (2013).
11. Howard Hawks
Director | Rio Bravo
What do the classic films Scarface (1932), Twentieth Century (1934), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Sergeant York (1941), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Rio Bravo (1959) have in...
Remade his comedy "Ball of Fire" (1941) 7 years after as the musical comedy "A Song Is Born" (1948). Furthermore or less remade his own western "Rio Bravo" (1959) as the western "El Dorado" (1966).
12. Johan Jacobsen
Director | Soldaten og Jenny
Johan Jacobsen was born on March 14, 1912 in Denmark. He was a director and producer, known for Jenny and the Soldier (1947), A Stranger Knocks (1959) and Brevet fra afdøde (1946). He died on July 7, 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Remade his own Danish comedy "Ballade i Nyhavn" (1942) 14 years later as "Den store gavtyv" (1956).
13. Jean-Marie Poiré
Writer | Les visiteurs
Jean-Marie Poiré was born on July 10, 1945 in Paris, France. He is a writer and director, known for The Visitors (1993), Just Visiting (2001) and Operation Corned Beef (1991).
Remade his own French comedy "Les visiteurs" (1993) in Hollywood as "Just Visiting" (2001).
14. George Schnéevoigt
Director | Eskimo
George Schnéevoigt was born on December 23, 1893 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Eskimo (1930), Kleiner Svend und seine Mutter (1913) and Dykkerklokkens hemmelighed (1918). He was married to Tilly von Kaulbach and Elisabeth Schnéevoigt. He died on February 6...
Remade his own silent movie "Laila" (1929) as the sound picture "Lajla" (1937).
15. Brian Skiba
Director | Dead Man's Hand
"Prolific genre filmmaker" (LA Times, Noel Murray, April 2019) Brian Skiba is a Director, Producer, and a Writer of feature films for Screen and Television.
On February 18, 2022 director/writer Brian Skiba's action/thriller 'Pursuit' starring John Cusack will be released nationwide. The Arizona ...
Remade his and Laurie Love's horror short film "Blood Moon Rising" (2007) as the horror movie "Blood Moon Rising" (2009) again with Laurie Love as writer and actor.
16. Frank Capra
Director | It's a Wonderful Life
One of seven children, Frank Capra was born on May 18, 1897, in Bisacquino, Sicily. On May 10, 1903, his family left for America aboard the ship Germania, arriving in New York on May 23rd. "There's no ventilation, and it stinks like hell. They're all miserable. It's the most degrading place you ...
Remade his black/white comedy "Lady for a Day" (1933) as the cinemascope color comedy "Pocketful of Miracles" (1961).
17. Wayne Kramer
Writer | The Cooler
Wayne Kramer was born in South Africa, where he graduated from the Johannesburg School for Art, Drama and Music. His feature film debut came in 2003 with "The Cooler," a romantic drama set in Las Vegas and starring William H. Macy as a professional casino jinx and Maria Bello as the cocktail ...
Remade his short drama "Crossing Over" (1996) as the full feature "Crossing Over" (2009).
18. Yasujirô Ozu
Writer | Tôkyô monogatari
Tokyo-born Yasujiro Ozu was a movie buff from childhood, often playing hooky from school in order to see Hollywood movies in his local theatre. In 1923 he landed a job as a camera assistant at Shochiku Studios in Tokyo. Three years later, he was made an assistant director and directed his first ...
Remade his 1934 drama "Ukikusa monogatari" as a drama in colour in 1959 as "Ukikusa" (Floating Weeds).
19. Michael Mann
Producer | The Insider
As a director, screenwriter, and producer, four-time Academy Award nominee Michael Mann has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. After writing and directing the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television movie The Jericho Mile (1979), Mann ...
Remade his 1989 TV action drama "L.A. Takedown" as his big time action thriller "Heat" in 1995.
20. George Cukor
Director | My Fair Lady
George Cukor was an American film director of Hungarian-Jewish descent, better known for directing comedies and literary adaptations. He once won the Academy Award for Best Director, and was nominated other four times for the same Award.
In 1899, George Dewey Cukor was born on the Lower East Side of...
Remade his Hollywood drama "What Price, Hollywood" (1932) as the technicolor, cinemascope Hollywood musical drama "A Star is Born" (1954).
21. Nick Willing
Writer | Photographing Fairies
Nick Willing was born in 1961 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for Photographing Fairies (1997), Close Your Eyes (2002) and Olympus (2015).
Remade his TV movie "Alice in Wonderland" (1999) as a contemporary adventure in his miniseries "Alice" (2009).
22. Raoul Walsh
Editor | The Birth of a Nation
Raoul Walsh's 52-year directorial career made him a Hollywood legend. Walsh was also an actor: He appeared in the first version of W. Somerset Maugham's "Rain" renamed Sadie Thompson (1928) opposite Gloria Swanson in the title role. He would have played the Cisco Kid in his own film In Old Arizona ...
Remade his 1941 crime drama "High Sierra" as a western in 1949 "Colorado Territory".
23. Hugo Fregonese
Director | Apenas un delincuente
Hugo Fregonese was born on April 8, 1908 in Mendoza, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Hardly a Criminal (1949), My Six Convicts (1952) and Savage Pampas (1965). He was married to Faith Domergue. He died on January 17, 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Remade his own Pampas-Western "Pampa bárbara" (1945) in Spain as "Savage Pampas" (1966).
24. Danny Pang
Director | Gin gwai
The twin brothers Oxide and Danny Pang started their career in Hong Kong, where Oxide worked as colourist and Danny as editor. After moving to Bangkok, Oxide made the experimental film Who's Running. Bangkok Dangerous (2000) is the first film in which the brothers combine their talents.
Remade his and his brother's, Oxide Chun Pang's action crime thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" (2000) in Hollywood as "Bangkok Dangerous" (2008) with Nicolas Cage.
25. Oxide Chun Pang
Director | Gin gwai
Oxide Chun Pang was born in 1965 in Hong Kong. He is a director and writer, known for The Eye (2002), Bangkok Dangerous (2000) and The Messengers (2007). He has been married to Angelica Lee since February 6, 2010. They have two children.
Same as above about Danny Pang.
26. Roger Vadim
Writer | Barbarella
Roger Vadim was born on January 26, 1928 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Barbarella (1968), The Game Is Over (1966) and No Sun in Venice (1957). He was married to Marie-Christine Barrault, Catherine Schneider, Jane Fonda, Annette Stroyberg and Brigitte Bardot. He died on ...
More or less remade his 1959 contemporary version of Choderlos de Laclos' novel "Les liaisons dangereuses" in 1976 as a period piece "Une femme fidèle". Remade his Brigitte Bardot erotic romance drama "Et Dieu... créa la femme" (1956) as the Hollywood drama romance "And God Created Woman" (1988).
27. Zoltan Korda
Director | Cry, the Beloved Country
A one time Hungarian cavalry officer, Zoltan Korda started working in films as a cameraman then an editor before becoming a director with London Films run by his brother Alexander Korda. Zoltan had strong liberal/socialist ideals and often clashed with Alexander, who, despite their both being born ...
Remade his 1939 adventure drama "The Four Feathers" in 1955 as the adventure drama "Storm Over the Nile". And even reused shots from the first film into the remake.
28. Wolfgang Petersen
Director | Das Boot
A controversial film maker, Wolfgang Petersen has at once been lauded for his professionalism and attention to detail and decried for turning out a string of standard commercial Hollywood blockbusters. The son of a naval officer, Petersen held a lifelong fascination with the sea and naval subjects....
Remade his TV Movie crime comedy "Vier gegen die Bank" (1976) 40 years later as the comedy crime "Vier gegen die Bank" (2016).
29. George Marshall
Director | How the West Was Won
George Marshall was a versatile American director who came to Hollywood to visit his mother and "have a bit of fun". Expelled from Chicago University in 1912, he was an unsettled young man, drifting from job to job, variously employed as a mechanic, newspaper reporter and lumberjack with a logging ...
Remade his western comedy "Destry Rides Again" (1939) as western "Destry" (1954) with most character's names changed
30. William Wyler
Director | The Best Years of Our Lives
William Wyler was an American filmmaker who, at the time of his death in 1981, was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema. The winner of three Best Director Academy Awards, second again only to Ford's four, Wyler's reputation has unfairly suffered as the...
Remade his 1936 drama romance "These Three" as his drama romance "The Children's Hour" (1961).
31. Martin Campbell
Director | Casino Royale
Martin Campbell knows how to entertain an audience when he steps behind the camera. When he directed The Mask of Zorro (1998), the movie earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and launched the international careers of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Next, when he helmed ...
Remade his British TV Mini Series "Edge of Darkness" (1985) as the "Mel Gibson" US flick "Edge of Darkness" (2010).
32. Jack Arnold
Director | Creature from the Black Lagoon
Jack Arnold reigns supreme as one of the great directors of 1950s science-fiction features. His films are distinguished by moody black and white cinematography, solid acting, smart, thoughtful scripts, snappy pacing, a genuine heartfelt enthusiasm for the genre and plenty of eerie atmosphere.
Arnold...
Remade his comedy "The Mouse That Roared" (1959) as the TV movie "The Mouse That Roared" (1966).
33. Eddie Romero
Director | Ganito kami noon... Paano kayo ngayon?
Eddie Romero, who initially used the screen name 'Enrique Moreno' early in his directing career, was born July 7 1924 in Dumaguete City. He is the son of Pilar Cinco, a school teacher, and José E. Romero, a former congressman, Secretary of Education, and Philippine Ambassador to London. He was ...
More or less remade his H. G. Wells "The Island of Dr. Moreau"-movie "Terror Is a Man" (1959) as "The Twilight People" (1972).
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