Stuart Heisler

American film and television director (1896–1979)

0.23body-of-work score · ranked #2066 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library

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

Born
December 5, 1896 · Los Angeles
Died
August 21, 1979 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film editor, screenwriter, television director
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

    1944 · United States · drama, documentary, war

    National Film Registry (inducted 2011)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 27 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1936Straight from the Shoulder
  • 1937The Hurricane
  • 1938The Cowboy and the Lady
  • 1940The Biscuit Eater
  • 1941Among the Living
  • 1941The Monster and the Girl
  • 1942The Glass Key
  • 1942The Remarkable Andrew
  • 1944The Negro Soldier
  • 1945Along Came Jones
  • 1946Blue Skies
  • 1947Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman
  • 1949Tokyo Joe
  • 1950Chain Lightning
  • 1950Dallas
  • 1950Tulsa
  • 1950Vendetta
  • 1951Journey into Light
  • 1951Storm Warning
  • 1952Saturday Island
  • 1952The Star
  • 1954Beachhead
  • 1954This Is My Love
  • 1955I Died a Thousand Times
  • 1956The Burning Hills
  • 1956The Lone Ranger
  • 1962Hitler