Robert Z. Leonard
American film director (1889-1968)
3.24body-of-work score · ranked #340 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- October 7, 1889 · Chicago
- Died
- August 27, 1968 · Beverly Hills
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor
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.
- 11.501 citation
- 2
1935 · United States · musical, romance, adventure
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1935 · National Film Registry (inducted 2003)
0.682 citations - 30.451 citation
- 40.451 citation
- 50.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 120 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1913Sally Scraggs: Housemaid
- 1913The Diamond Makers
- 1913When the Prince Arrived
- 1914A Law Unto Himself
- 1914A Man, a Girl and Another Man
- 1914From Father to Son
- 1914Mountain Law
- 1914Swede Larson
- 1914The Fourth Proposal
- 1914The Master Key
- 1915Betty's Dream Hero
- 1915Both Sides of Life
- 1915Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings
- 1915Mavis of the Glen
- 1916Little Eve Edgarton
- 1916Secret Love
- 1916The Crippled Hand
- 1916The Eagle's Wings
- 1916The Love Girl
- 1916The Plow Girl
- 1917A Mormon Maid
- 1917At First Sight
- 1917On Record
- 1917Princess Virtue
- 1917The Diamond Thieves
- 1917The Primrose Ring
- 1918Danger, Go Slow
- 1918Face Value
- 1918Her Body in Bond
- 1918Modern Love
- 1918The Bride's Awakening
- 1919The Big Little Person
- 1919The Delicious Little Devil
- 1919The Miracle of Love
- 1919The Scarlet Shadow
- 1919The Way of a Woman
- 1919What Am I Bid?
- 1920April Folly
- 1920The Restless Sex
- 1921Heedless Moths
- 1921The Gilded Lily
- 1922Broadway Rose
- 1922Fascination
- 1922Peacock Alley
- 1923Fashion Row
- 1923Jazzmania
- 1923The French Doll
- 1924Circe, the Enchantress
- 1924Love's Wilderness
- 1924Mademoiselle Midnight
- 1925Bright Lights
- 1925Cheaper to Marry
- 1925Time, the Comedian
- 1926Dance Madness
- 1926Madamoiselle Modiste
- 1926The Waning Sex
- 1927A Little Journey
- 1927Adam and Evil
- 1927Tea for Three
- 1927The Demi-Bride
- 1928A Lady of Chance
- 1928Baby Mine
- 1928The Cardboard Lover
- 1928The Five O'Clock Girl
- 1929Marianne
- 1929Marianne
- 1930In Gay Madrid
- 1930Let Us Be Gay
- 1930The Divorcee
- 1931Five and Ten
- 1931It's a Wise Child
- 1931Susan Lenox
- 1931The Bachelor Father
- 1932Lovers Courageous
- 1932Strange Interlude
- 1933Dancing Lady
- 1933Peg o' My Heart
- 1933When Ladies Meet
- 1934Outcast Lady
- 1935A Tale of Two Cities
- 1935After Office Hours
- 1935Escapade
- 1935Naughty Marietta
- 1936Piccadilly Jim
- 1936Small Town Girl
- 1936The Great Ziegfeld
- 1937Maytime
- 1937The Firefly
- 1938Sweethearts
- 1938The Girl of the Golden West
- 1939Broadway Serenade
- 1940New Moon
- 1940Pride and Prejudice
- 1940Third Finger, Left Hand
- 1941When Ladies Meet
- 1941Ziegfeld Girl
- 1942Stand By for Action
- 1942We Were Dancing
- 1943The Man from Down Under
- 1944Marriage Is a Private Affair
- 1944
- 1945Week-End at the Waldorf
- 1946Cynthia
- 1946The Secret Heart
- 1948B.F.'s Daughter
- 1949In the Good Old Summertime
- 1950Duchess of Idaho
- 1950Nancy Goes to Rio
- 1950The Bribe
- 1951Grounds for Marriage
- 1951Too Young to Kiss
- 1952Everything I Have Is Yours
- 1953The Clown
- 1953The Great Diamond Robbery
- 1954Les Fils de Mademoiselle
- 1955Beautiful But Dangerous
- 1955The King's Thief
- 1957Kelly and Me
- —Christmas Memories
- —The Ruby Circle