Beard of Directors

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.

Real Life examples:

 * 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 Examples:

 * 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.