John Emerson
stage actor, playwright, producer, and director of silent films (1874–1956)
0.23body-of-work score · ranked #1983 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- May 29, 1874 · Sandusky
- Died
- March 7, 1956 · Pasadena
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- playwright, film director, film producer, 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.
- 10.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 17 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1915Ghosts
- 1915Old Heidelberg
- 1915The Bachelor's Romance
- 1916His Picture in the Papers
- 1916Less Than the Dust
- 1916Macbeth
- 1916The Americano
- 1916The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
- 1916The Social Secretary
- 1917Down to Earth
- 1917In Again, Out Again
- 1917Reaching for the Moon
- 1917Wild and Woolly
- 1918Come On In
- 1918Good-Bye, Bill
- 1919Oh, You Women!
- 1922Polly of the Follies