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Stephen Daldry

British director

3.74body-of-work score · ranked #299 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
May 2, 1960 · Dorset
Nationality
United Kingdom
Work
film director, film producer, theatre director, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Stephen Daldry
Siebbi · CC BY 3.0

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
    The Hours

    2002 · United Kingdom / United States · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2003 #3 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2002 · National Film Registry (inducted 2025)

    1.545 citations
  2. 2
    The Reader

    2008 · Germany / United States · romance, drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2008 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2009 #6 · BAFTA Best Film nominee 2009

    1.254 citations
  3. 3
    Billy Elliot

    2000 · United Kingdom · comedy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2001 #3

    0.501 citation
  4. 4
    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

    2011 · United States · drama

    Oscar Best Picture nominee 2011

    0.451 citation

Complete filmography

All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.