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Paul Helmick

film director

3.47body-of-work score · ranked #323 of 2631 directors · 6 films in our library

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

Born
January 24, 1919 · Los Angeles
Died
May 23, 2006 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Work
film producer, co-producer, film director, assistant 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. 1
    Rio Bravo

    1959 · United States · western, romance

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #101 · Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1959 #6 · National Film Registry (inducted 2014)

    1.617 citations
  2. 2
    The Defiant Ones

    1958 · United States · drama, crime, thriller

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 1958 · BAFTA Best Film nominee 1959 · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.923 citations
  3. 3
    Hatari!

    1962 · United States · comedy, romance, action

    Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 1962 #3

    0.501 citation
  4. 4
    Porgy and Bess

    1959 · United States · musical, drama, romance

    National Film Registry (inducted 2011)

    0.231 citation
  5. 5
    River of No Return

    1954 · United States · western, action

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation
  6. 6
    Land of the Pharaohs

    1955 · United States · drama

    Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.