Hamilton Luske

American film director (1903-1968)

3.44body-of-work score · ranked #324 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

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

Born: October 16, 1903 · Chicago
Died: February 19, 1968 · Bel Air
Nationality: United States
Work: film director, character 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
Cinderella
1950 · United States · romance, fantasy, musical
Berlin Golden Bear winner 1951 · National Film Registry (inducted 2018) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
1.343 citations
2
Pinocchio
1940 · United States · fantasy, musical, animation
TIME All-TIME 100 · National Film Registry (inducted 1994) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.905 citations
3
Fantasia
1940 · United States · musical, fantasy, action
AFI 100 (1998) #58 · National Film Registry (inducted 1990) · Vatican film list
0.874 citations
4
Lady and the Tramp
1955 · United States · comedy, romance, musical
National Film Registry (inducted 2023)
0.231 citation
5
Alice in Wonderland
1951 · United States · fantasy, musical, adventure
Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.111 citation

Complete filmography

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

1940Fantasia
1940Pinocchio
1941The Reluctant Dragon
1942Food Will Win the War
1942Saludos Amigos
1944The Pelican and the Snipe
1946Make Mine Music
1947Fun and Fancy Free
1948Melody Time
1948So Dear to My Heart
1950Cinderella
1951Alice in Wonderland
1951How to Catch a Cold
1953Peter Pan
1955Lady and the Tramp
1956Disneyland, U.S.A.
1957Man in Flight
1961One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1983Understanding Stresses and Strains