At the very end of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991), director Jonathan Demme cameos, walking through a crowded street in a blue baseball cap. He's at the bottom middle of the picture facing the camera, behind the two men walking, one man with his arm on his friend's shoulder. © Orion Pictures

Sam Raimi's very brief cameo in ARMY OF DARKNESS (1992) as one of Henry the Red's Men in the final battle. Raimi is the guy running down the hill in a sweatshirt and sneakers, odd wardrobe for Medieval England © Universal Pictures

Bill Murray and his STRIPES and GHOSTBUSTERS co-star Harold Ramis are reunited in GROUNDHOG DAY (1993), only this time Ramis is also the director. © Columbia Pictures

Kate Winslet (in her first movie role) plants a big, fat, kiss on disgruntled bum outside a movie theater played by director Peter Jackson in HEAVENLY CREATURES (1994). © Miramax Pictures

In the Pierce Bronson/James Bond 007 film GOLDENEYE (1995), director Martin Campbell is the lead bicycle racer trying to avoid a Bond car chase. © MGM/UA Distribution Company

In HAPPY GILMORE (1996), director Dennis Dugan has a recurring cameo as Doug Thompson, the Golf Commissioner. © Universal Pictures

This is probably the toughest directors cameo ever. At the end of THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK II (1997), when the news reports play the aftermath of the Tyrannosaurs Rex attack on San Diego, you have to look very closely to catch director Steven Spielberg eating popcorn in the reflection off the TV screen. © Universal Pictures

M. Night Shyamalan as Dr. Hill in THE SIXTH SENSE (1999). © Buena Vista Pictures

Oliver Stone appears as a TV commentator in his 1999 film ANY GIVEN SUNDAY. © Warner Bros.

In SNATCH (2000), Director and future ex-husband of Madonna, Guy Ritchie appears early in the film in a London pub. He's the one sitting at the table with his back to the camera. © Screen Gems

Director M. Night Shyamalan as the stadium drug dealer just after being frisked by Bruce Willis in UNBREAKABLE (2000). © Buena Vista Pictures

Peter Jackson as drunken peasant Albert Dreary eating a carrot in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001). © New Line Cinema

Director Peter Jackson's cameo in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (2002) as a spear-throwing defender the Battle of Helm's Deep. © New Line Cinema

Peter Jackson's cameo in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) as the boatswain of a murderous corsair ship. This character is seen very briefly in the theatrical version. In the extended version he is onscreen for a longer period of time and is accidentally killed by Legolas's "warning shot". A detailed action figure of Jackson was made of this character in the same line as the rest of the Lord of the Rings toys. © New Line Cinema

Ron Howard in a very rare on-screen appearance in one of his films, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001), during the Governors Ball scene. © Universal Pictures

Director Barry Sonnenfeld as the father of the surprised family unknowingly storing a stash of alien weapons in MEN IN BLACK II (2002). © Columbia Pictures

George Lucas appears in his only cameo in a STAR WARS film in EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH. He's the blue guy on the left talking to his actual daughter, who appeared in all three prequels. © Lucasfilm

Director Rawson Marshall Thurber bumping into Steve the Pirate (Alan Tudyk) in DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY (2004). © 20th Century Fox

Director Peter Jackson as a bi-plane gunner in his remake of KING KONG (2005). © Universal Pictures

Co-writer Michael Dougherty & director Bryan Singer as two students at Metropolis Museum in SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006) © Warner Bros.

Director Martin Campbell just before getting his neck broken by the Miami Airport bomber in CASINO ROYALE (2006). © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ©Columbia Pictures

Director Martin Campbell's closeup in CASINO ROYALE (2006). © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ©Columbia Pictures

Director Edgar Wright is seen as a supermarket employee pushing a cart across the path of Detective Nicholas Angel in HOT FUZZ (2007). © Rogue Pictures © Universal Pictures

Director Jon Favreau as Tony Stark's bodyguard and chauffeur, Happy Hogan in IRON MAN (2008), a role he briefly reprised in the two sequels. © Paramount Studios © Marvel Studios

Oliver Stone pops up as a investor discussing some business with Jake Moore (Shia LaBeouf) in WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (2010). © 20th Century Fox