John H. Collins

American screenwriter

0.23body-of-work score · ranked #1984 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

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

Born
December 31, 1889 · New York City
Died
October 23, 1918 · New York City
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, film director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of John H. Collins
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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

    1917 · United States · silent, drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2018)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 41 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1912Gladiola
  • 1914Jim's Vindication
  • 1914Making a Convert
  • 1914The Everlasting Triangle
  • 1914The Last of the Hargroves
  • 1914The Man in the Dark
  • 1914What Could She Do
  • 1915A Tragedy of the Rails
  • 1915Children of Eve
  • 1915Cohen's Luck
  • 1915Greater Than Art
  • 1915Oh! Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight
  • 1915On Dangerous Paths
  • 1915On the Stroke of Twelve
  • 1915The Man Who Could Not Sleep
  • 1915The Mission of Mr. Foo
  • 1915The Phantom Thief
  • 1915The Ploughshare
  • 1915The Portrait in the Attic
  • 1915The Slavey Student
  • 1915The Stone Heart
  • 1916The Cossack Whip
  • 1916The Flower of No Man's Land
  • 1916The Gates of Eden
  • 1916The Innocence of Ruth
  • 1916The Light of Happiness
  • 1917A Wife by Proxy
  • 1917Aladdin's Other Lamp
  • 1917Blue Jeans
  • 1917God's Law and Man's
  • 1917Lady Barnacle
  • 1917The Girl Without a Soul
  • 1917The Mortal Sin
  • 1918A Weaver of Dreams
  • 1918Flower of the Dusk
  • 1918Opportunity
  • 1918Riders of the Night
  • 1918The Winding Trail
  • 1919Satan Junior
  • 1919The Gold Cure
  • Rosie O'Grady