Penelope Spheeris
American filmmaker
0.49body-of-work score · ranked #1405 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 2, 1945 · New Orleans
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer
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
1981 · United States · documentary
National Film Registry (inducted 2016)
0.231 citation - 20.161 citation
- 3
1988 · United States · documentary
Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1971I Don't Know
- 1981The Decline of Western Civilization
- 1984Suburbia
- 1985The Boys Next Door
- 1986Hollywood Vice Squad
- 1987Dudes
- 1988The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
- 1990Thunder and Mud
- 1991Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
- 1992Wayne's World
- 1993The Beverly Hillbillies
- 1994The Little Rascals
- 1996Black Sheep
- 1998Senseless
- 1998The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
- 1999Hollyweird
- 2001We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll
- 2003The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
- 2005The Kid & I
- 2011Balls to the Wall
- 2011Five
- 2012The Real St. Nick