Delmer Daves
American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1904–1977)
0.66body-of-work score · ranked #1241 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- July 24, 1904 · San Francisco
- Died
- August 17, 1977 · La Jolla
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer
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
1957 · United States · western
National Film Registry (inducted 2012) · Criterion Collection spine #657
0.392 citations - 20.161 citation
- 30.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 30 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1943Destination Tokyo
- 1944Hollywood Canteen
- 1944The Very Thought of You
- 1945Pride of the Marines
- 1947Dark Passage
- 1947The Red House
- 1948To the Victor
- 1949A Kiss in the Dark
- 1950Broken Arrow
- 1950Task Force
- 1951Bird of Paradise
- 1952Return of the Texan
- 1953Never Let Me Go
- 1953Treasure of the Golden Condor
- 1954Demetrius and the Gladiators
- 1954Drum Beat
- 1956Jubal
- 1956The Last Wagon
- 19573:10 to Yuma
- 1958Cowboy
- 1958Kings Go Forth
- 1958The Badlanders
- 1959A Summer Place
- 1959The Hanging Tree
- 1961Parrish
- 1961Susan Slade
- 1962Rome Adventure
- 1963Spencer's Mountain
- 1964Youngblood Hawke
- 1965The Battle of the Villa Fiorita