Paul Morrissey

American film director (1938–2024)

0.94body-of-work score · ranked #926 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
February 23, 1938 · Manhattan
Died
October 28, 2024 · Manhattan
Nationality
United States
Work
film producer, film director, photographer, film editor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Paul Morrissey
XmchaikenX · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

    1973 · France / United States / Italy · horror, sci-fi

    Criterion Collection spine #27 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.272 citations
  2. 2

    1974 · France / Italy

    Criterion Collection spine #28 · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.272 citations
  3. 3

    1965 · United States · drama

    National Film Registry (inducted 2024)

    0.231 citation
  4. 4

    1968 · United States · drama

    Empire 500 (2008) #478

    0.171 citation

Complete filmography

All 19 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1965Chelsea Girls
  • 1967I, a Man
  • 1968Flesh
  • 1970Trash
  • 1971I Miss Sonja Henie
  • 1971Women in Revolt
  • 1972Heat
  • 1973Flesh for Frankenstein
  • 1973L'Amour
  • 1974Blood for Dracula
  • 1978The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • 1981Madame Wang's
  • 1982Forty Deuce
  • 1985Beethoven's Nephew
  • 1985Mixed Blood
  • 1988Spike of Bensonhurst
  • 2005Veruschka: A Life for the Camera
  • 2010News from Nowhere
  • 2012San Diego Surf