Lesley Selander

American film director (1900-1979)

2.06body-of-work score · ranked #512 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

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

Born: May 26, 1900 · Los Angeles
Died: December 5, 1979 · Los Alamitos
Nationality: United States
Work: film director, cinematographer, television director, director
Reference: Wikipedia · Wikidata

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
The Thin Man
1934 · United States · comedy, thriller, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1934 · National Film Registry (inducted 1997) · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films
1.266 citations
2
Fury
1936 · United States · drama, crime
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1937 #10 · National Film Registry (inducted 1995) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
0.794 citations

Complete filmography

All 139 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

1929True Heaven
1933The Warrior's Husband
1934The Thin Man
1934What Every Woman Knows
1936Empty Saddles
1936Fury
1936Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
1936The Garden Murder Case
1937Hopalong Rides Again
1937Left-Handed Law
1937Sandflow
1937Smoke Tree Range
1937The Barrier
1938Bar 20 Justice
1938Cassidy of Bar 20
1938Heart of Arizona
1938Partners of the Plains
1938Pride of the West
1938The Frontiersmen
1938The Mysterious Rider
1939Heritage of the Desert
1939Range War
1939Renegade Trail
1939Silver on the Sage
1939Sunset Trail
1940Cherokee Strip
1940Hidden Gold
1940Knights of the Range
1940Santa Fe Marshal
1940Stagecoach War
1940The Light of Western Stars
1940Three Men from Texas
1941Doomed Caravan
1941Pirates on Horseback
1941Riders of the Timberline
1941Stick to Your Guns
1941The Round Up
1941Wide Open Town
1942Bandit Ranger
1942Lost Canyon
1942Red River Robin Hood
1942Thundering Hoofs
1942Undercover Man
1943Bar 20
1943Border Patrol
1943Buckskin Frontier
1943Colt Comrades
1943Riders of the Deadline
1944Bordertown Trail
1944Call of the Rockies
1944Cheyenne Wildcat
1944Firebrands of Arizona
1944Forty Thieves
1944Lumberjack
1944Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944Sheriff of Sundown
1944Stagecoach to Monterey
1945Great Stagecoach Robbery
1945Jungle Raiders
1945Phantom of the Plains
1945The Fatal Witness
1945The Vampire's Ghost
1945Three's a Crowd
1945Trail of Kit Carson
1946Night Train to Memphis
1946Out California Way
1946Passkey to Danger
1946The Catman of Paris
1946Traffic in Crime
1947Blackmail
1947Last Frontier Uprising
1947Robin Hood of Texas
1947Saddle Pals
1947The Pilgrim Lady
1947The Red Stallion
1948Belle Starr's Daughter
1948Guns of Hate
1948Indian Agent
1948Panhandle
1948Strike It Rich
1949Sky Dragon
1950Brothers in the Saddle
1950Dakota Lil
1950Masked Raiders
1950Rider from Tucson
1950Riders of the Range
1950Rio Grande Patrol
1950Rustlers
1950Short Grass
1950Stampede
1950Storm over Wyoming
1950The Kangaroo Kid
1950The Mysterious Desperado
1951Cavalry Scout
1951Flight to Mars
1951Gunplay
1951I Was an American Spy
1951Law of the Badlands
1951Overland Telegraph
1951Pistol Harvest
1951Saddle Legion
1951The Highwayman
1952Battle Zone
1952Desert Passage
1952Flat Top
1952Fort Osage
1952Road Agent
1952The Raiders
1952Trail Guide
1953Cow Country
1953Fighter Attack
1953Fort Algiers
1953Fort Vengeance
1953The Royal African Rifles
1953War Paint
1954Arrow In the Dust
1954Dragonfly Squadron
1954Return from the Sea
1954The Yellow Tomahawk
1955Desert Sands
1955Fort Yuma
1955Shotgun
1955Tall Man Riding
1956Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956The Broken Star
1957Outlaw's Son
1957Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957Taming Sutton's Gal
1957The Wayward Girl
1957Tomahawk Trail
1958The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
1965Convict Stage
1965Fort Courageous
1965Town Tamer
1965War Party
1966The Texican
1967Fort Utah
1968Arizona Bushwhackers