Sidney Poitier
Bahamian and American actor and diplomat (1927–2022)
0.39body-of-work score · ranked #1542 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 20, 1927 · Miami
- Died
- January 6, 2022 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States, The Bahamas
- Work
- film actor, film director, diplomat, autobiographer
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.
- 10.231 citation
- 20.161 citation
Complete filmography
All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1972Buck and the Preacher
- 1973A Warm December
- 1974Uptown Saturday Night
- 1975Let's Do It Again
- 1977A Piece of the Action
- 1980Stir Crazy
- 1982Hanky Panky
- 1985Fast Forward
- 1990Ghost Dad