Howard Hughes

American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)

0.16body-of-work score · ranked #2325 of 2640 directors · 1 film in our library

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

Born
December 24, 1905 · Houston
Died
April 5, 1976 · Houston
Nationality
United States
Directing career
2 directorial credits, 1930–1943 · first: Hell's Angels (1930) · last: The Outlaw (1943)
Work
film producer, film director, aircraft pilot, military flight engineer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Howard Hughes
Acme Newspictures · 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

    1930 · United States · war, drama, musical

    Criterion Collection spine #1288

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

All 2 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.