Busby Berkeley
American film director and musical choreographer (1895-1976)
1.01body-of-work score · ranked #839 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- November 29, 1895 · Los Angeles
- Died
- March 14, 1976 · Palm Springs
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, choreographer, actor, theatre 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
1933 · United States · musical, drama
National Film Registry (inducted 2003) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.342 citations - 20.231 citation
- 30.231 citation
- 40.111 citation
- 50.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 31 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1933Gold Diggers of 1933
- 1933She Had to Say Yes
- 1934Dames
- 1934Wonder Bar
- 1935Bright Lights
- 1935Gold Diggers of 1935
- 1935I Live for Love
- 1936Gold Diggers of 1937
- 1936Stage Struck
- 1937Hollywood Hotel
- 1937The Go Getter
- 1937The Singing Marine
- 1938Comet Over Broadway
- 1938Garden of the Moon
- 1938Gold Diggers in Paris
- 1938Men Are Such Fools
- 1939Babes in Arms
- 1939Fast and Furious
- 1939They Made Me a Criminal
- 1940Forty Little Mothers
- 1940Strike Up the Band
- 1941Babes on Broadway
- 1941Blonde Inspiration
- 1941Ziegfeld Girl
- 1942For Me and My Gal
- 1943Cabin in the Sky
- 1943Girl Crazy
- 1943The Gang's All Here
- 1946Cinderella Jones
- 1950Annie Get Your Gun
- 1950Take Me Out to the Ball Game