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Burt Gillett

American animator (1891–1971)

0.45body-of-work score · ranked #1439 of 2640 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
October 15, 1891 · Elmira
Died
December 28, 1971 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Directing career
5 directorial credits, 1932–1937 · first: Flowers and Trees (1932) · last: Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (1937)
Work
screenwriter, animator, animation director, film director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Burt Gillett
Motion Picture Herald · Public domain

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
    Flowers and Trees

    1932 · United States · animation, musical

    National Film Registry (inducted 2021)

    0.231 citation
  2. 2
    Three Little Pigs

    1933 · United States · fantasy, animation, musical

    National Film Registry (inducted 2007)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 5 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.