W. S. Van Dyke
American film director (1889–1943)
3.29body-of-work score · ranked #333 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- March 21, 1889 · San Diego
- Died
- February 4, 1943 · Los Angeles
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, stage actor, film actor, screenwriter
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
1934 · United States · comedy, thriller, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1934 · National Film Registry (inducted 1997) · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films
1.266 citations - 2
1935 · United States · musical, romance, adventure
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1935 · National Film Registry (inducted 2003)
0.682 citations - 30.451 citation
- 40.451 citation
- 50.451 citation
Complete filmography
All 88 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1917Gift o' Gab
- 1917Lost and Won
- 1917Men of the Desert
- 1917On Trial
- 1917Open Places
- 1917Sadie Goes to Heaven
- 1917The Land of Long Shadows
- 1917The Range Boss
- 1918The Lady of the Dugout
- 1919The Hawk's Trail
- 1920Daredevil Jack
- 1921Double Adventure
- 1921The Avenging Arrow
- 1922According to Hoyle
- 1922Forget Me Not
- 1922The Boss of Camp 4
- 1922White Eagle
- 1924Gold Heels
- 1924Half-A-Dollar-Bill
- 1924Loving Lies
- 1924The Beautiful Sinner
- 1924Winner Take All
- 1925Barriers Burned Away
- 1925Hearts and Spurs
- 1925Ranger of the Big Pines
- 1925The Desert's Price
- 1925The Trail Rider
- 1925Timber Wolf
- 1926The Gentle Cyclone
- 1926War Paint
- 1927California
- 1927Eyes of the Totem
- 1927Foreign Devils
- 1927Spoilers of the West
- 1927The Heart of the Yukon
- 1927Winners of the Wilderness
- 1928The Adventurer
- 1928Under the Black Eagle
- 1928White Shadows in the South Seas
- 1928Wyoming
- 1929The Pagan
- 1931Guilty Hands
- 1931Never the Twain Shall Meet
- 1931The Cuban Love Song
- 1931Trader Horn
- 1932Night Court
- 1932Tarzan the Ape Man
- 1933Eskimo
- 1933Penthouse
- 1933The Prizefighter and the Lady
- 1934Forsaking All Others
- 1934Hide-Out
- 1934Laughing Boy
- 1934Manhattan Melodrama
- 1934The Thin Man
- 1935Broadway Melody of 1936
- 1935I Live My Life
- 1935Naughty Marietta
- 1936After the Thin Man
- 1936His Brother's Wife
- 1936Love on the Run
- 1936Rose Marie
- 1936San Francisco
- 1936The Devil Is a Sissy
- 1937Personal Property
- 1937Rosalie
- 1937They Gave Him a Gun
- 1938Marie Antoinette
- 1938Sweethearts
- 1939Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
- 1939Another Thin Man
- 1939It's a Wonderful World
- 1939Stand Up and Fight
- 1940Bitter Sweet
- 1940I Love You Again
- 1940I Take This Woman
- 1940New Moon
- 1940Northwest Passage
- 1941Rage in Heaven
- 1941Shadow of the Thin Man
- 1941The Feminine Touch
- 1942Cairo
- 1942Dr. Kildare's Victory
- 1942I Married an Angel
- 1942Journey for Margaret
- —The Destroying Angel
- —The Little Girl Next Door
- —The Miracle Makers