The Poets. Irène Jacob and Krzysztof Kieślowski;  La Double Vie de Véronique [1991], and Trois Couleurs: Rouge [1994]. Nominated by @eyeswideshut75.

François Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Léaud; The Antoine Doinel Cycle [1959 – 1979]; The 400 Blows, Stolen Kisses, Bed and Board and Love on the Run, plus their 1962 short, Antoine and Colette. Two English Girls [1971], Day For Night [1973].

Alain Delon and Luchino Visconti; Rocco And His Brothers [1960] and The Leopard [1963]. Nominated by @now_or_never20.

Marcello Mastroianni and Federico Fellini; La Dolce Vita [1960], 8 1/2 [1963], Fellini: A Director’s Notebook [1969], City Of Women [1980], Ginger And Fred [1986] and Intervista [1987]. Nominated by @AndreaMartini76, @MichaelTomasel2 and @TARS1970.

RIP Irm Hermann. Here with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Her extraordinary work with Fassbinder included over 20 titles. Here’s a choice selection; Katzelmacher [1969], The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant [1972], The Merchant Of Four Seasons [1972]. An exhaustive list can be found here. Thanks to @tbflatley.

Jean Marais and Jean Cocteau; Beauty And The Beast [1946], The Eagle With Two Heads [1948], Les Parents Terribles [1948], Cariolan [1950], Orpheus [1950], Testament of Orpheus [1960]. Suggested by @Dean_Frey.

Catherine Deneuve made four films with Jacques Demy, whom she credits as her cinematic mentor; The Umbrellas of Cherbourg [1964], The Young Girls of Rochefort [1967], Donkey Skin [1970] and A Slightly Pregnant Man [1973]. Thank-you @luddiebytheway and for the next one.

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean-Luc Godard; Charlotte And Her Boyfriend [1960], Breathless [1960], A Woman Is A Woman [1961] and Pierrot Le Fou [1965].

Lina Wertmüller and Giancarlo Giannini; Rita The Mosquito [1966], Don’t Sting The Mosquito [1967], The Seduction Of Mimi [1972], Love & Anarchy [1973], Swept Away [1974], Seven Beauties [1975], Blood Freud [1978], A Night Full Of Rain [1978], and Francesca And Nunziata [2001]. Thanks to @GloriaBB2 and @now_or_never20.

Antonionennui: Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti; L’Avventura [1960], La Notte [1961], L’Eclisse [1962], Red Desert [1964] and The Mystery of Oberwald [1980]. @now_or_never20 and @annatwigg nominated this one.

Melina Mercouri and Jules Dassin; He Who Must Die [1957], The Law [1959], Never On Sunday [1960], Phaedra [1962], Topkapi [1964], 10:30PM Summer [1966], Promise At Dawn [1970], The Rehearsal [1974], A Dream Of Passion [1978]. Thanks again @DuncanWatson8 and @RomanPBone1.

Stéphane Audran and Claude Chabrol – a collaboration stretching over 30 years. A choice selection; Les Bonnes Femmes [1960], La Femme Infidèle [1969] and Le Boucher [1970]. A full list can be found here. R Nominated by @JHPCine, @AnnaTwigg and @RomanpBone1.

Five films; Stromboli [1950], Europa ’51 [1952], Journey To Italy [1954], Joan Of Arc At The Stake [1954] and Fear [1954]. Nominated by @TARS1970.

Giulietta Masina and Federico Fellini, 7 films; Variety Lights [1950], The White Sheik [1952], La Strada [1954], Il Bidone [1955], Nights Of Cabiria [1957], Juliet Of The Spirits [1965], Ginger And Fred [1986]. TY @TARS1970.

Jean Renoir and Marcel Dalio; La Grande Illusion [1937] and Le Regle Du Jeu [1939]. Nominated by @PaulVonMitchell.

Luchino Visconti and Dirk Bogarde; The Damned [1969] and Death In Venice [1971]. Thanks @joesview.

Catherine Deneuve and Luis Buñuel; Belle De Jour [1967] and Tristana [1970]. Related; Accentuate Your Individuality – Catherine Deneuve in Belle De Jour.

Aki Kaurismäki, Kati Outinen and Matti Pellonpää; Shadows In Paradise [1986, pictured], Hamlet Goes Business [1987], Dirty Hands [1989], Take Care Of Your, Tatiana [1994], Drifting Clouds [1996]. A full list of Kaurismäki’s collaborations with Outinen can be found here, and with Pellonpää here. Image by Marja-Leena Hukkanen . Nominated by @doinel74.

Six collaborations for Gian Maria Volontè and Elio Petri; We Still The Old Way [1967], Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion [1970], Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (1970), Tre ipotesi sulla morte di Giuseppe Pinelli (short, 1970), Lulu The Tool [1970] and Todo Modo [1976]. Thank-you @AndreaMartini76.

Romy Schneider and Claude Sautet; The Things Of Life [1970], Max And The Junkmen [1971], Cesar And Rosalie [1972], Mado [1976] and A Simple Story [1978].