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Ben Sharpsteen

film director, film producer (1895-1980)

5.16body-of-work score · ranked #202 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
November 4, 1895 · Tacoma
Died
December 20, 1980 · Calistoga
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, animator, producer
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
    DumboMust-See #384

    1941 · United States · musical, fantasy, drama

    Palme d'Or winner 1947 · National Film Registry (inducted 2017) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    2.004 citations
  2. 2
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937 · United States · romance, fantasy, musical

    AFI 100 (2007) #34 · AFI 100 (1998) #49 · National Film Registry (inducted 1989)

    1.396 citations
  3. 3
    Pinocchio

    1940 · United States · fantasy, musical, animation

    TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 1994) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.905 citations
  4. 4
    Fantasia

    1940 · United States · musical, fantasy, action

    AFI 100 (1998) #58 · National Film Registry (inducted 1990) · Vatican film list

    0.874 citations

Complete filmography

All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1920The Village Blacksmith
  • 1934Two-Gun Mickey
  • 1937Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  • 1940Fantasia
  • 1940Pinocchio
  • 1941Dumbo
  • 1945Dumbo. Father Noah's Ark. The Practical Pig. Three Orphan Pigs.
  • 1952Water Birds
  • 1955Switzerland
  • 1956Samoa
  • 1957Portugal
  • 1958Ama Girls
  • 1959Nature's Strangest Creatures
  • 1960Islands of the Sea
  • 1965Sardinia