Michael Anderson
English film director (1920–2018)
1.91body-of-work score · ranked #538 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 30, 1920 · London
- Died
- April 25, 2018 · Vancouver
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Work
- film director, television director, 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
1956 · United Kingdom / United States / Italy · adventure, comedy, action
Oscar Best Picture winner 1956
1.501 citation - 20.251 citation
- 30.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 37 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1950Waterfront
- 1951Hell is Sold Out
- 1951Night Was Our Friend
- 1953The House of the Arrow
- 1953Will Any Gentleman...?
- 1955The Dam Busters
- 19561984
- 1956Around the World in 80 Days
- 1957Yangtse Incident
- 1958Chase a Crooked Shadow
- 1959Shake Hands with the Devil
- 1959The Wreck of the Mary Deare
- 1960All the Fine Young Cannibals
- 1961The Naked Edge
- 1964Flight from Ashiya
- 1964Wild and Wonderful
- 1965Operation Crossbow
- 1966The Quiller Memorandum
- 1968The Shoes of the Fisherman
- 1972Pope Joan
- 1975Conduct Unbecoming
- 1975Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
- 1976Logan's Run
- 1977Orca
- 1978Dominique
- 1982Murder by Phone
- 1984Second Time Lucky
- 1986Separate Vacations
- 1986Sword of Gideon
- 1988The Jeweller's Shop
- 1989Millennium
- 1991Young Catherine
- 1993The Sea Wolf
- 1996Capitani coraggiosi
- 199720,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- 1998Summer of the Monkeys
- 1999The New Adventures of Pinocchio