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Elaine May

American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedian (b. 1932)

1.54body-of-work score · ranked #618 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
April 21, 1932 · Philadelphia
Nationality
United States
Work
actor, film director, screenwriter, stage actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Elaine May
The Morning Call newspaper · 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
    A New Leaf

    1971 · United States · comedy, romance, drama

    Siskel's annual top 10 1971 #2 · National Film Registry (inducted 2019) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.764 citations
  2. 2
    The Heartbreak Kid

    1972 · United States · comedy, romance

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.393 citations
  3. 3
    Mikey and Nicky

    1976 · United States · crime, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #957 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.272 citations
  4. 4
    Ishtar

    1987 · United States · comedy, thriller, action

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 5 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.