Mitchell Leisen
American film director (1898-1972)
1.28body-of-work score · ranked #727 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 6, 1898 · Menominee
- Died
- October 28, 1972 · Woodland Hills
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film director, film producer, costume designer
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
1939 · United States · comedy, romance
National Film Registry (inducted 2013) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #1266
0.553 citations - 20.451 citation
- 30.171 citation
- 40.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 41 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1929Dynamite
- 1933Cradle Song
- 1934Behold My Wife!
- 1934Bolero
- 1934Death Takes a Holiday
- 1934Murder at the Vanities
- 1935Four Hours to Kill!
- 1935Hands Across the Table
- 1936The Big Broadcast of 1937
- 1936Thirteen Hours by Air
- 1937Easy Living
- 1937Swing High, Swing Low
- 1938Artists and Models Abroad
- 1938The Big Broadcast of 1938
- 1939Midnight
- 1940Arise, My Love
- 1940Remember the Night
- 1941Hold Back the Dawn
- 1941I Wanted Wings
- 1942Take a Letter, Darling
- 1942The Lady is Willing
- 1943No Time for Love
- 1944Frenchman's Creek
- 1944Lady in the Dark
- 1944Practically Yours
- 1945Kitty
- 1945Masquerade in Mexico
- 1946To Each His Own
- 1947Golden Earrings
- 1947Suddenly, It's Spring
- 1948Dream Girl
- 1950Bride of Vengeance
- 1950Captain Carey
- 1950No Man of Her Own
- 1950Song of Surrender
- 1951Darling, How Could You!
- 1951The Mating Season
- 1952Young Man with Ideas
- 1953Tonight We Sing
- 1955Bedevilled
- 1957The Girl Most Likely