Michael Roemer
German-born American filmmaker, professor at Yale University (1928–2025)
0.71body-of-work score · ranked #1207 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 1, 1928 · Berlin
- Died
- May 20, 2025 · Townshend
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, 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
1964 · United States · drama
National Film Registry (inducted 1993) · Criterion Collection spine #1209
0.392 citations - 2
1971 · United States · comedy
Siskel's annual top 10 1990 #4 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.332 citations
Complete filmography
All 7 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1962Cortile Cascino
- 1964Nothing but a Man
- 1971The Plot Against Harry
- 1980Pilgrim, Farewell
- 1993Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family
- —Dying
- —La vengeance est à moi