Robert Frank
Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker (1924-2019)
0.63body-of-work score · ranked #1283 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- November 9, 1924 · Zurich
- Died
- September 9, 2019 · Inverness
- Nationality
- United States, Switzerland
- Work
- film director, photographer, cinematographer, screenwriter
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
1988 · Switzerland / France / Canada · drama
Hoberman's annual top 10 1988 #6 · Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema
0.292 citations - 20.231 citation
- 30.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1959Pull My Daisy
- 1961The Sin of Jesus
- 1963O.K. End Here
- 1969Conversations in Vermont
- 1969Me and My Brother
- 1971About Me: A Musical
- 1972Cocksucker Blues
- 1972Super 8: Exile on Main Street
- 1975Keep Busy
- 1980Life Dances On...
- 1981Energy and How To Get It
- 1985Home Improvements
- 1988Candy Mountain
- 1989Hunter
- 1990One Hour
- 1992Last Supper
- 1996Flamingo
- 1996The Present
- 2000Sanyu
- 2002Paper Route
- 2004True Story
- —This Song for Jack