Irving Rapper
English-American film director (1898–1999)
1.34body-of-work score · ranked #701 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 16, 1898 · London
- Died
- December 20, 1999 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, stage actor, theatre director, actor
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
1941 · United States · biography, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1941 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.622 citations - 2
1942 · United States · drama, romance
National Film Registry (inducted 2007) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #1004
0.553 citations - 30.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 23 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1938The Sisters
- 1941One Foot in Heaven
- 1941Shining Victory
- 1942Now, Voyager
- 1942The Gay Sisters
- 1944The Adventures of Mark Twain
- 1945Rhapsody in Blue
- 1945The Corn Is Green
- 1946Deception
- 1948The Voice of the Turtle
- 1950Anna Lucasta
- 1950The Glass Menagerie
- 1951Another Man's Poison
- 1953Bad for Each Other
- 1953Forever Female
- 1956Strange Intruder
- 1956The Brave One
- 1958Marjorie Morningstar
- 1959The Miracle
- 1960The Story of Joseph and His Brethren
- 1962Pontius Pilate
- 1970The Christine Jorgensen Story
- 1978Born Again