Herbert Brenon
Irish film director and screenwriter (1880-1958)
1.27body-of-work score · ranked #738 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 13, 1880 · Dublin
- Died
- June 21, 1958 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- Ireland, United States
- Work
- actor, film director, screenwriter, writer
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
1924 · United States · fantasy, silent, adventure
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1925 #3 · National Film Registry (inducted 2000) · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.843 citations - 20.431 citation
Complete filmography
All 89 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1912All for Her
- 1912Lady Audley's Secret
- 1912The Clown's Triumph
- 1912The Dividing Line
- 1912The Love Test
- 1912The New Magdalen
- 1913Blood Will Tell
- 1913Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- 1913In a Woman's Power
- 1913Ivanhoe
- 1913Robespierre
- 1913The Anarchist
- 1913The Child Stealers of Paris
- 1913The Comedian's Mask
- 1913The Leader of His Flock
- 1914Absinthe
- 1914Across the Atlantic
- 1914Neptune's Daughter
- 1914When the Heart Calls
- 1915Life's Shop Window
- 1915Sin
- 1915The Clemenceau Case
- 1915The Heart of Maryland
- 1915The Kreutzer Sonata
- 1915The Soul of Broadway
- 1915The Two Orphans
- 1916A Daughter of the Gods
- 1916The Governor's Decision
- 1916The Missing Witness
- 1916War Brides
- 1916Whom the Gods Destroy
- 1917The Eternal Sin
- 1917The Fall of the Romanovs
- 1917The Lone Wolf
- 1917The Sins of a Brother
- 1918Empty Pockets
- 1918The Passing of the Third Floor Back
- 1918Victory and Peace
- 191912.10
- 1919Beatrice
- 1919Quinneys
- 1920The Mysterious Princess
- 1921Little Sister
- 1921The Passion Flower
- 1921The Sign on the Door
- 1921The Stronger Passion
- 1921The Wonderful Thing
- 1922A Stage Romance
- 1922Any Wife
- 1922Moonshine Valley
- 1922Shackles of Gold
- 1923The Custard Cup
- 1923The Rustle of Silk
- 1923The Spanish Dancer
- 1923The Woman With Four Faces
- 1924Peter Pan
- 1924Shadows of Paris
- 1924The Alaskan
- 1924The Breaking Point
- 1924The Side Show of Life
- 1925A Kiss for Cinderella
- 1925The Little French Girl
- 1925The Street of Forgotten Men
- 1926Beau Geste
- 1926Dancing Mothers
- 1926God Gave Me Twenty Cents
- 1926The Great Gatsby
- 1926The Song and Dance Man
- 1927Sorrell and Son
- 1927The Telephone Girl
- 1928Laugh, Clown, Laugh
- 1929The Rescue
- 1930Lummox
- 1930The Case of Sergeant Grischa
- 1931Beau Ideal
- 1931Transgression
- 1932Girl of the Rio
- 1933Wine, Women and Song
- 1935Honours Easy
- 1935Royal Cavalcade
- 1936Living Dangerously
- 1936Someone at the Door
- 1937Spring Handicap
- 1937The Dominant Sex
- 1937The Live Wire
- 1938Housemaster
- 1938Yellow Sands
- 1939Black Eyes
- 1940The Flying Squad