Norman Panama

American film director and screenwriter (1914-2003)

0.34body-of-work score · ranked #1645 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

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

Born
April 21, 1914 · Chicago
Died
January 13, 2003 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Work
screenwriter, film producer, writer, film director
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

    1956 · United States · musical

    National Film Registry (inducted 2004) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.342 citations

Complete filmography

All 15 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
  • 1956The Court Jester
  • 1959The Trap
  • 1960The Facts of Life
  • 1962The Road to Hong Kong
  • 1966Not with My Wife, You Don't!
  • 1969How to Commit Marriage
  • 1969The Maltese Bippy
  • 1973Coffee, Tea or Me?
  • 1976I Will, I Will... for Now
  • 1978Barnaby and Me