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Winsor McCay

American cartoonist and animator

0.68body-of-work score · ranked #1223 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

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

Born
1867 · Spring Lake
Died
July 26, 1934 · Brooklyn
Nationality
United States
Work
cartoonist, animator, screenwriter, science fiction writer
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Winsor McCay
Unknown authorUnknown author · 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
    Little Nemo

    1911 · United States · silent, action, animation

    National Film Registry (inducted 2009)

    0.231 citation
  2. 2
    Gertie the Dinosaur

    1914 · United States · fantasy, silent, action

    National Film Registry (inducted 1991)

    0.231 citation
  3. 3
    The Sinking of the Lusitania

    1918 · United States · silent, animation

    National Film Registry (inducted 2017)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 9 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.