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James Salter

Career

Active from 1958 to 2011, with a break from 1982 to 1995, busiest in 1969 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
James Salter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.5, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    9
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    2010s

    2 titles
    Captain Webb
    Captain Webb (2015)

    Executive Producer

    How It Ended
    How It Ended (2011)

    Writer

    1990s

    2 titles · average score 51
    Boys
    Boys (1996)
    GoodWatch score 30

    Writer

    Broken English
    Broken English (1996)
    GoodWatch score 73

    Writer

    1980s

    1 title · average score 56
    Threshold
    Threshold (1981)
    GoodWatch score 56

    Writer

    1960s

    3 titles · average score 61
    Downhill Racer
    Downhill Racer (1969)
    GoodWatch score 74

    Writer

    The Appointment
    The Appointment (1969)
    GoodWatch score 60

    Writer

    Three
    Three (1969)
    GoodWatch score 49

    Writer, Director

    1950s

    1 title · average score 61
    The Hunters
    The Hunters (1958)
    GoodWatch score 61

    Novel