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David Hand

American animator and filmmaker (1900–1986)

2.12body-of-work score · ranked #495 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
January 23, 1900 · Plainfield
Died
October 11, 1986 · San Luis Obispo
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, animator, 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
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937 · United States · romance, fantasy, musical

    AFI 100 (2007) #34 · AFI 100 (1998) #49 · National Film Registry (inducted 1989)

    1.396 citations
  2. 2
    Bambi

    1942 · United States · musical, fantasy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1951 #7 · National Film Registry (inducted 2011) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.733 citations

Complete filmography

All 4 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.