Melvin Frank
American screenwriter and director (1913-1988)
0.79body-of-work score · ranked #1017 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 13, 1913 · Chicago
- Died
- October 13, 1988 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- screenwriter, film director, film producer, director
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
1973 · United Kingdom / United States · comedy, romance
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1973
0.451 citation - 2
1956 · United States · musical
National Film Registry (inducted 2004) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.342 citations
Complete filmography
All 18 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1950The Reformer and the Redhead
- 1951Callaway Went Thataway
- 1951Strictly Dishonorable
- 1952Above and Beyond
- 1954Knock on Wood
- 1956That Certain Feeling
- 1956The Court Jester
- 1959Li'l Abner
- 1959The Jayhawkers!
- 1960The Facts of Life
- 1962The Road to Hong Kong
- 1965Strange Bedfellows
- 1968Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
- 1973A Touch of Class
- 1975The Prisoner of Second Avenue
- 1976The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
- 1979Lost and Found
- 1987Walk Like a Man