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Bill Roberts

film director and animator (1899–1974)

4.61body-of-work score · ranked #239 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born
August 2, 1899 · Kentucky
Died
March 18, 1974 · Three Rivers
Nationality
United States
Work
animator, film director, director

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
    Pinocchio

    1940 · United States · fantasy, musical, animation

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

    0.905 citations
  3. 3
    Fantasia

    1940 · United States · musical, fantasy, action

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

    0.874 citations
  4. 4
    Bambi

    1942 · United States · musical, fantasy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1951 #7 · National Film Registry (inducted 2011) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.733 citations
  5. 5
    The Three Caballeros

    1944 · United States · musical, fantasy, comedy

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 8 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.