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Robert Hamer

British film director and screenwriter (1911–1963)

2.04body-of-work score · ranked #519 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
March 31, 1911 · Kidderminster
Died
December 4, 1963 · London
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
film director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

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
    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949 · United Kingdom · crime

    BFI Top 100 British films #6 · Empire 500 (2008) #42 · TIME All-TIME 100

    1.657 citations
  2. 2
    Dead of Night

    1945 · United Kingdom · horror

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.282 citations
  3. 3
    It Always Rains on Sunday

    1947 · United Kingdom · drama

    Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.111 citation

Complete filmography

All 12 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.