Michael Wadleigh

American filmmaker

0.99body-of-work score · ranked #900 of 2640 directors · 1 film in our library

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

Born
September 24, 1939 · Akron
Nationality
United States
Directing career
3 directorial credits, 1970–1990 · first: Woodstock (1970) · latest: Woodstock – The Lost Performances (1990)
Work
film director, cinematographer, screenwriter
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. 1

    1970 · United States · documentary, musical

    National Film Registry (inducted 1996) · Ebert's annual top 10 1970 #5 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.996 citations

Complete filmography

All 3 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1970Woodstock
  • 1981Wolfen
  • 1990Woodstock – The Lost Performances