William A. Seiter
American film director (1890-1964)
0.34body-of-work score · ranked #1648 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- June 10, 1890 · New York City
- Died
- July 26, 1964 · Beverly Hills
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, film producer, 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
1933 · United States · comedy
National Film Registry (inducted 2012) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.342 citations
Complete filmography
All 133 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1915Gold-Bricking Cupid
- 1915The Honeymoon Roll
- 1918Ain't It So?
- 1918Beach Birds
- 1918Beauties and Bombs
- 1918Camouflage
- 1918In and Out
- 1918Love and Lunch
- 1918Oh! What a Day
- 1918Some Baby!
- 1918The Fly Ball
- 1919A Sure Cure
- 1919After the Bawl
- 1919Close to Nature
- 1919Honeymooning
- 1919In a Pinch
- 1919Moving Day
- 1919The Little Dears
- 1919Their Day of Rest
- 1919Why Divorce?
- 1920The Kentucky Colonel
- 1921Eden and Return
- 1921Hearts and Masks
- 1921Passing Through
- 1921The Foolish Age
- 1922Boy Crazy
- 1922Gay and Devilish
- 1922The Beautiful and Damned
- 1922The Understudy
- 1922Up and at 'Em
- 1922When Love Comes
- 1923Bell Boy 13
- 1923Little Church Around the Corner
- 1924Daddies
- 1924Helen's Babies
- 1924His Forgotten Wife
- 1924Listen Lester
- 1924The Family Secret
- 1924The Fast Worker
- 1924The White Sin
- 1925Dangerous Innocence
- 1925The Mad Whirl
- 1925The Teaser
- 1925Where Was I?
- 1926Rolling Home
- 1926Skinner's Dress Suit
- 1926Take It from Me
- 1926What Happened to Jones
- 1927Out All Night
- 1927The Cheerful Fraud
- 1927The Small Bachelor
- 1928Good Morning, Judge
- 1928Happiness Ahead
- 1928Outcast
- 1928Thanks for the Buggy Ride
- 1928Waterfront
- 1929Footlights and Fools
- 1929Prisoners
- 1929Smiling Irish Eyes
- 1929Synthetic Sin
- 1929The Love Racket
- 1929Why Be Good?
- 1930Back Pay
- 1930Going Wild
- 1930Strictly Modern
- 1930Sunny
- 1930The Flirting Widow
- 1930The Truth About Youth
- 1931Big Business Girl
- 1931Caught Plastered
- 1931Kiss Me Again
- 1931Peach O'Reno
- 1931Too Many Cooks
- 1931Way Back Home
- 1932Girl Crazy
- 1932Hot Saturday
- 1932If I Had a Million
- 1932Is My Face Red?
- 1932Young Bride
- 1933Chance at Heaven
- 1933Diplomaniacs
- 1933Hello, Everybody!
- 1933Professional Sweetheart
- 1933Rafter Romance
- 1933Sons of the Desert
- 1934Love Birds
- 1934Sing and Like It
- 1934The Richest Girl in the World
- 1934We're Rich Again
- 1935If You Could Only Cook
- 1935In Person
- 1935Orchids to You
- 1935Roberta
- 1935The Daring Young Man
- 1936Dimples
- 1936Stowaway
- 1936The Case Against Mrs. Ames
- 1936The Moon's Our Home
- 1937Life Begins in College
- 1937On the Avenue
- 1937The Life of the Party
- 1937This Is My Affair
- 1938Room Service
- 1938Sally, Irene and Mary
- 1938Thanks for Everything
- 1938Three Blind Mice
- 1939Allegheny Uprising
- 1939Susannah of the Mounties
- 1939The Little Princess
- 1940Deanna Durbin
- 1940Hired Wife
- 1940It's a Date
- 1941Appointment for Love
- 1941Nice Girl?
- 1942Broadway
- 1942You Were Never Lovelier
- 1943A Lady Takes a Chance
- 1943Destroyer
- 1944Belle of the Yukon
- 1944Four Jills in a Jeep
- 1945It's a Pleasure
- 1945That Night with You
- 1945The Affairs of Susan
- 1946Little Giant
- 1946Lover Come Back
- 1947I'll Be Yours
- 1948One Touch of Venus
- 1948Up in Central Park
- 1950Borderline
- 1951Dear Brat
- 1953Champ for a Day
- 1953The Lady Wants Mink
- 1954Make Haste to Live