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Directing

Michael Anderson

Career: Active from 1949 to 1999, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: The Dam Busters
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 30 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Michael Anderson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.0, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.2, average 2.7
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Wholesome
2.2, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 4
Historical Drama 3
Moral Ambiguity 3
Psychological Drama 3
Slow-Burn Tension 2
Thought-Provoking 2
Social Commentary 2
Suspenseful 2
Atmospheric Suspense 2
Classic Cinema 2
Historical War Drama 2
Psychological Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

A Piece of Eden

First Assistant Director

1990s

7 titles · average score 56

The New Adventures of Pinocchio

46

Director

Summer of the Monkeys

61

Director

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

49

Director

Captains Courageous

65

Director

Tin Cup

64

Second Second Assistant Director

Rugged Gold

Director

The Sea Wolf

50

Director

1980s

7 titles · average score 46

Millennium

29

Director

The Jeweller's Shop

44

Director

Sword of Gideon

70

Director

Separate Vacations

34

Director

Second Time Lucky

46

Director

Murder by Phone

49

Director

Dominique

52

Director

1970s

5 titles · average score 54

Orca

37

Director

Logan's Run

60

Director

Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze

53

Director

Conduct Unbecoming

62

Director

Pope Joan

58

Director

1960s

7 titles · average score 57

The Shoes of the Fisherman

57

Director

The Quiller Memorandum

60

Director

Operation Crossbow

59

Director

Flight from Ashiya

46

Director

Wild and Wonderful

65

Director

The Naked Edge

60

Director

All the Fine Young Cannibals

55

Director

1950s

12 titles · average score 68

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

62

Director

Shake Hands with the Devil

71

Director, Producer

Chase a Crooked Shadow

64

Director

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

74

Director

Around the World in 80 Days

67

Director

1984

68

Director

The Dam Busters

88

Director

The House of the Arrow

Director

Will Any Gentleman...?

60

Director

Night Was Our Friend

Director

Hell Is Sold Out

59

Director

Waterfront

64

Director

1940s

4 titles · average score 63

Private Angelo

Screenplay, Director

Vice Versa

42

Assistant Director

School for Secrets

68

Assistant Director

In Which We Serve

80

as Albert Fosdick