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William Cameron Menzies

American film production designer and art director (1896-1957)

1.18body-of-work score · ranked #764 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
July 29, 1896 · New Haven
Died
March 5, 1957 · Beverly Hills
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, screenwriter, production designer, film producer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of William Cameron Menzies
Ritz-Carlton Pictures · Public domain

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
    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940 · United Kingdom · fantasy, adventure

    NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Criterion Collection spine #431 · Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.685 citations
  2. 2
    Invaders from Mars

    1953 · United States · sci-fi, horror

    National Film Registry (inducted 2024) · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies

    0.342 citations
  3. 3
    Things to Come

    1936 · United Kingdom · sci-fi, drama

    Criterion Collection spine #660

    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.