Steve James

American producer

2.57body-of-work score · ranked #425 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

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

Born
March 8, 1954 · Hampton
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film producer, film editor, screenwriter
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

    1994 · United States · documentary

    Ebert's annual top 10 1994 #1 · Siskel's annual top 10 1994 #1 · National Film Registry (inducted 2005)

    2.018 citations
  2. 2

    2011 · United States · documentary

    Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #26

    0.211 citation
  3. 3

    2014 · United States · documentary, biography

    Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #35

    0.191 citation
  4. 4

    2002 · United States · documentary

    Sarris's annual top 10 2003 #8

    0.161 citation

Complete filmography

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

  • 1994Hoop Dreams
  • 1997Prefontaine
  • 1999Passing Glory
  • 2002Joe and Max
  • 2002Stevie
  • 2008At the Death House Door
  • 2010No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
  • 2011The Interrupters
  • 2012Head Games
  • 2014Life Itself
  • 2016Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
  • 2022A Compassionate Spy