William Churchill deMille
American screenwriter and film director (1878-1955)
0.23body-of-work score · ranked #2084 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- July 25, 1878 · Washington
- Died
- March 5, 1955 · Playa del Rey
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, writer, television presenter
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.
- 10.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 54 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1914The Only Son
- 1916Anton the Terrible
- 1916Common Ground
- 1916The Blacklist
- 1916The Clown
- 1916The Heir to the Hoorah
- 1916The Ragamuffin
- 1916The Sowers
- 1917Hashimura Togo
- 1917The Ghost House
- 1917The Secret Game
- 1918Mirandy Smiles
- 1918One More American
- 1918The Honor of His House
- 1918The Mystery Girl
- 1918The Widow's Might
- 1919Peg o' My Heart
- 1920Conrad in Quest of His Youth
- 1920Jack Straw
- 1920Midsummer Madness
- 1920The Prince Chap
- 1920The Tree of Knowledge
- 1921After the Show
- 1921Miss Lulu Bett
- 1921The Lost Romance
- 1921What Every Woman Knows
- 1922Bought and Paid For
- 1922Clarence
- 1922Nice People
- 1923Don't Call It Love
- 1923Grumpy
- 1923Only 38
- 1923The Marriage Maker
- 1923The World's Applause
- 1924Icebound
- 1924The Bedroom Window
- 1924The Fast Set
- 1925Locked Doors
- 1925Lost: A Wife
- 1925Men and Women
- 1925New Brooms
- 1925The Splendid Crime
- 1926For Alimony Only
- 1926The Runaway
- 1927The Little Adventuress
- 1928Craig's Wife
- 1928Tenth Avenue
- 1929The Doctor's Secret
- 1929The Idle Rich
- 1929The Man Higher Up
- 1930Passion Flower
- 1930This Mad World
- 1932Two Kinds of Women
- 1933His Double Life