Clyde Bruckman

American film director and writer (1894–1955)

1.85body-of-work score · ranked #554 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born: September 20, 1894 · San Bernardino
Died: January 4, 1955 · Hollywood
Nationality: United States
Work: screenwriter, film director, film screenwriter, film producer
Reference: Wikipedia · Wikidata

Universal Studios Licensing LLC. From the collections of the Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. · 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
The General
1926 · United States · comedy, romance, war
AFI 100 (2007) #18 · Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #95 · National Film Registry (inducted 1989)
1.516 citations
2
The Battle of the Century
1927 · United States · comedy, silent
National Film Registry (inducted 2020)
0.231 citation
3
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928 · United States · comedy, silent
Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 20 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

1925Cowboys Cry for It
1926The General
1927Call of the Cuckoo
1927Horse Shoes
1927Love 'Em and Feed 'Em
1927Putting Pants on Philip
1927The Battle of the Century
1928A Perfect Gentleman
1928Leave 'Em Laughing
1928Should Tall Men Marry?
1928The Finishing Touch
1929Welcome Danger
1930Feet First
1931Everything's Rosie
1932Movie Crazy
1933The Fatal Glass of Beer
1935Horses' Collars
1935Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935Spring Tonic
1940You Nazty Spy!