Norman Taurog
American film director (1899–1981)
2.40body-of-work score · ranked #447 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 23, 1899 · Chicago
- Died
- April 7, 1981 · Rancho Mirage
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, actor, screenwriter, 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.
- 11.501 citation
- 20.451 citation
- 30.451 citation
Complete filmography
All 100 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1920School Days
- 1920The Fly Cop
- 1920The Stage Hand
- 1920The Suitor
- 1921The Bakery
- 1921The Bell Hop
- 1921The Fall Guy
- 1921The Rent Collector
- 1921The Sportsman
- 1922A Pair of Kings
- 1922The Fresh Kid
- 1922The Sawmill
- 1922The Show
- 1924Hot Air
- 1925Below Zero
- 1925The Cloudhopper
- 1928At It Again
- 1928Rah! Rah! Rah!
- 1929In Holland
- 1929Lucky Boy
- 1929The Diplomats
- 1929The Medicine Men
- 1930Follow the Leader
- 1930Hot Curves
- 1930Sunny Skies
- 1930Troopers Three
- 1931Finn and Hattie
- 1931Forbidden Adventure
- 1931Huckleberry Finn
- 1931Skippy
- 1931Sooky
- 1932Hold 'Em Jail
- 1932If I Had a Million
- 1932The Phantom President
- 1933A Bedtime Story
- 1933The Way to Love
- 1934College Rhythm
- 1934Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
- 1934We're Not Dressing
- 1935The Big Broadcast of 1936
- 1936Reunion
- 1936Rhythm on the Range
- 1936The Big Broadcast of 1937
- 1937Fifty Roads to Town
- 1937You Can't Have Everything
- 1938Boys Town
- 1938Mad About Music
- 1938The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- 1938The Girl Downstairs
- 1939Lucky Night
- 1940Broadway Melody of 1940
- 1940Gold Rush Maisie
- 1940Little Nellie Kelly
- 1940Young Tom Edison
- 1941Design for Scandal
- 1941Married Bachelor
- 1941Men of Boys Town
- 1942A Yank at Eton
- 1942Are Husbands Necessary?
- 1943Girl Crazy
- 1943Presenting Lily Mars
- 1945Ziegfeld Follies
- 1946Strike Me Pink
- 1946The Hoodlum Saint
- 1947The Beginning or the End
- 1948Big City
- 1948The Bride Goes Wild
- 1948Words and Music
- 1949That Midnight Kiss
- 1950Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
- 1950Please Believe Me
- 1950The Toast of New Orleans
- 1951Rich, Young and Pretty
- 1952Jumping Jacks
- 1952Room for One More
- 1952The Stooge
- 1953The Caddy
- 1953The Stars Are Singing
- 1954Living It Up
- 1955You're Never Too Young
- 1956Bundle of Joy
- 1956Pardners
- 1956The Birds and the Bees
- 1957The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown
- 1958Onionhead
- 1959Don't Give Up the Ship
- 1960G.I. Blues
- 1960Visit to a Small Planet
- 1961All Hands on Deck
- 1961Blue Hawaii
- 1962Girls! Girls! Girls!
- 1963It Happened at the World's Fair
- 1963Palm Springs Weekend
- 1965Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
- 1965Sergeant Deadhead
- 1965Tickle Me
- 1966Spinout
- 1967Double Trouble
- 1968Live a Little, Love a Little
- 1968Speedway