History of Movies.

William Dieterle

5.52body-of-work score · ranked #176 of 1774 directors · 4 films in our library

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

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. 1The Life of Emile Zola19373.23
  2. 2The Story of Louis Pasteur19361.23
  3. 3A Midsummer Night's Dream19350.90
  4. 4The Devil and Daniel Webster19410.16