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Directing

Alexander Mackendrick

Career: Active from 1937 to 2004, with a break from 1968 to 1985, busiest in 1943 with 3 main titles.

Average score: 73/100

Highest rated: Sweet Smell of Success
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Alexander Mackendrick Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.5, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.2, average 4.8
Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Scare
1.3, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Film 2
Nostalgic 2
Gentle Humor 2
Post-War London 2
Character-Driven 2
Ealing Comedy 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

23

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 84

Logan

84

Thanks

2000s

2 titles · average score 79

3:10 to Yuma

79

Thanks

Mackendrick on Film

Writer

1980s

1 title

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

as Interviewee

1960s

3 titles · average score 59

Don't Make Waves

50

Director

A High Wind in Jamaica

59

Director

Sammy Going South

69

Director

1950s

7 titles · average score 78

Fanfare

72

Script Consultant

Sweet Smell of Success

90

Director, Additional Writing

The Ladykillers

86

Director

The 'Maggie'

73

Director, Story

Mandy

79

Director

The Man in the White Suit

87

Director, Screenplay

Dance Hall

61

Screenplay

1940s

6 titles · average score 74

Whisky Galore!

85

Director

Saraband for Dead Lovers

64

Writer

Robinson Charley

Script Consultant

Writer

Director

Abu and the Poisoned Well

Writer

1930s

3 titles

Love on the Range

Writer

South Sea Sweethearts

Writer

Midnight Menace

Story