George W. Hill

American film director and cinematographer (1895-1934)

1.29body-of-work score · ranked #725 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born
April 25, 1895 · Douglass
Died
August 10, 1934 · Venice
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, cinematographer, film producer, screenwriter
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of George W. Hill
Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research · 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

    1925 · United States · drama, silent, war

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1927 #3 · National Film Registry (inducted 1992) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.843 citations
  2. 2

    1930 · United States · drama, crime, romance

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1929

    0.451 citation

Complete filmography

All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1921Get Your Man
  • 1924The Foolish Virgin
  • 1924The Hill Billy
  • 1924The Midnight Express
  • 1924Through the Dark
  • 1925The Big Parade
  • 1925The Limited Mail
  • 1925Zander the Great
  • 1926Tell It to the Marines
  • 1926The Barrier
  • 1927Buttons
  • 1927The Callahans and the Murphys
  • 1928The Cossacks
  • 1929The Flying Fleet
  • 1930Min and Bill
  • 1930The Big House
  • 1931Hell Divers
  • 1931The Secret Six
  • 1933Clear All Wires!