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
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
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