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If a director is seen in fiction, they will more often than not have a beard, possibly as a reference to one of the real life people below.

For the Golden Age of Hollywood image of a director, see Cecil B. DeMille.

Examples of Beard of Directors include:

Real Life

• Francis Ford Coppola
• Steven Spielberg
• George Lucas
• Brian De Palma
• Martin Scorsese (on coke)
• Kevin Smith
• Tim Burton ("artistic" goatee)
• Guillermo del Toro
• Peter Jackson
• Ridley Scott
• Dennis Hopper
• Jonathan Frakes (the originator of Growing the Beard itself)
• Rob Reiner
• James Cameron (pre-Avatar)
• David Fincher
• Darren Aronofsky (stops shaving whilst working on movies)
• Ron Howard
• Jason Reitman
• Stanley Kubrick
• Joel and Ethan Coen
• Edgar Wright
• Christopher Nolan

Fictional

• Steve Scott in Grand Theft Auto Vice City, a reference to Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott (voiced by Dennis Hopper).
• Marty Di Bergi, "director" of This Is Spinal Tap (played by Rob Reiner, director of This Is Spinal Tap).
• Chris Silverscreen in Elite Beat Agents, who looks like the son of Kevin Smith and Steven Spielberg.
• See also, this episode of Bandwidth Theatre.
• Axel's director in Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories, being a demon, has a birdlike face which suggests a beard.
• The auteur elf from the 2009 Crimbo event in Kingdom of Loathing.