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Charlotte Zwerin

American film director (1931–2004)

0.72body-of-work score · ranked #1210 of 2640 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
August 15, 1931 · Detroit
Died
January 22, 2004 · Manhattan
Nationality
United States
Directing career
3 directorial credits, 1970–1988 · first: Gimme Shelter (1970) · last: Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)
Work
film director
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
    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

    1988 · United States · documentary, musical

    National Film Registry (inducted 2017) · Criterion Collection spine #1265

    0.392 citations
  2. 2
    Gimme Shelter

    1970 · United States · documentary

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #99

    0.332 citations

Complete filmography

All 3 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.