Byron Haskin

American film and television director (1899-1984)

0.55body-of-work score · ranked #1347 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
April 22, 1899 · Portland
Died
April 16, 1984 · Montecito
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, cinematographer, film producer, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Byron Haskin
Allen Holubar Pictures · 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

    1953 · United States / West Germany · sci-fi, adventure, drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2011) · Criterion Collection spine #1037

    0.392 citations
  2. 2

    1964 · United States · sci-fi, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #404

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 27 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1927Ginsberg the Great
  • 1927Irish Hearts
  • 1927Matinee Ladies
  • 1927The Siren
  • 1948I Walk Alone
  • 1948Man-Eater of Kumaon
  • 1949Too Late for Tears
  • 1950Treasure Island
  • 1951Silver City
  • 1951Tarzan's Peril
  • 1951Warpath
  • 1952Denver and Rio Grande
  • 1953The War of the Worlds
  • 1954His Majesty O'Keefe
  • 1954Long John Silver
  • 1954The Naked Jungle
  • 1955Conquest of Space
  • 1956The Boss
  • 1956The First Texan
  • 1958From the Earth to the Moon
  • 1959Jet Over the Atlantic
  • 1959Little Savage
  • 1960September Storm
  • 1961Armored Command
  • 1963Captain Sindbad
  • 1964Robinson Crusoe on Mars
  • 1968The Power