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Alexander Mackendrick

American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter (1912-1993)

2.60body-of-work score · ranked #425 of 2640 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
September 8, 1912 · Boston
Died
December 22, 1993 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Directing career
9 directorial credits, 1949–1967 · first: Whisky Galore! (1949) · last: Don't Make Waves (1967)
Work
film director, screenwriter, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957 · United States · drama, film-noir

    TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 1993) · Empire 500 (2008) #314

    1.358 citations
  2. 2
    The Ladykillers

    1955 · United Kingdom · crime

    BFI Top 100 British films #13 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.512 citations
  3. 3
    Whisky Galore!

    1949 · United Kingdom · comedy

    BFI Top 100 British films #24 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.492 citations
  4. 4
    The Man in the White Suit

    1951 · United Kingdom · comedy

    BFI Top 100 British films #58

    0.261 citation

Complete filmography

All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.