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William H. Daniels

Career

Active from 1922 to 1970, busiest in 1926 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner
GoodWatch score90/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

    1949 · Won · 21st Academy Awards

    The Naked City

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Color

    1964 · Nominated · 36th Academy Awards

    How the West Was Won

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Color

    1959 · Nominated · 31st Academy Awards

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Cinematography

    1930 · Nominated · 3rd Academy Awards

    Anna Christie

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 99 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
William H. Daniels Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.6, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 14
  • Classic Hollywood 12
  • Forbidden Love 12
  • Character-Driven 12
  • Melodrama 10
  • Historical Drama 10
  • Class Conflict 6
  • Romantic Drama 6
  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Silent Era Romance 5
  • Tragic Romance 5
  • Historical Setting 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

144
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title · average score 53
Move
Move (1970)
GoodWatch score 53

Director of Photography

1960s

18 titles · average score 61
Marlowe
Marlowe (1969)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
GoodWatch score 52

Director of Photography

In Like Flint
In Like Flint (1967)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Von Ryan's Express
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

Marriage on the Rocks
Marriage on the Rocks (1965)
GoodWatch score 54

Producer, Director of Photography

Robin and the 7 Hoods
Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
GoodWatch score 52

Associate Producer, Director of Photography

The Prize
The Prize (1963)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

Billy Rose's Jumbo
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Come September
Come September (1961)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography

Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Can-Can
Can-Can (1960)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

1950s

33 titles · average score 65
Never So Few
Never So Few (1959)
GoodWatch score 45

Director of Photography

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
GoodWatch score 85

Director of Photography

Some Came Running
Some Came Running (1958)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Istanbul
Istanbul (1957)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

Night Passage
Night Passage (1957)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

Away All Boats
Away All Boats (1956)
GoodWatch score 59

Director of Photography

Strategic Air Command
Strategic Air Command (1955)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

The Far Country
The Far Country (1954)
GoodWatch score 85

Director of Photography

The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

Pat and Mike
Pat and Mike (1952)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Harvey
Harvey (1950)
GoodWatch score 82

Director of Photography

Winchester '73
Winchester '73 (1950)
GoodWatch score 84

Director of Photography

1940s

24 titles · average score 69
The Gal Who Took the West
The Gal Who Took the West (1949)
GoodWatch score 51

Director of Photography

The Naked City
The Naked City (1948)
GoodWatch score 76

Director of Photography

Family Honeymoon
Family Honeymoon (1948)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

Brute Force
Brute Force (1947)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

Lured
Lured (1947)
GoodWatch score 84

Director of Photography

Keeper of the Flame
Keeper of the Flame (1943)
GoodWatch score 55

Director of Photography

For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal (1942)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

Shadow of the Thin Man
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Love Crazy
Love Crazy (1941)
GoodWatch score 87

Director of Photography

Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk (1941)
GoodWatch score 48

Director of Photography

The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
GoodWatch score 90

Director of Photography

The Mortal Storm
The Mortal Storm (1940)
GoodWatch score 89

Director of Photography

1930s

41 titles · average score 64
Ninotchka
Ninotchka (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

Director of Photography

Another Thin Man
Another Thin Man (1939)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (1938)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Camille
Camille (1936)
GoodWatch score 85

Director of Photography

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

Director of Photography

Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta (1935)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1935)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

Queen Christina
Queen Christina (1934)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography

Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight (1933)
GoodWatch score 81

Director of Photography

Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel (1932)
GoodWatch score 75

Director of Photography

Mata Hari
Mata Hari (1931)
GoodWatch score 57

Director of Photography

Susan Lenox
Susan Lenox (1931)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography

1920s

27 titles · average score 68
The Kiss
The Kiss (1929)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

A Woman of Affairs
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

The Mysterious Lady
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

Love
Love (1927)
GoodWatch score 73

Director of Photography

Tillie the Toiler
Tillie the Toiler (1927)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

Flesh and the Devil
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
GoodWatch score 85

Director of Photography

The Boob
The Boob (1926)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Torrent
Torrent (1926)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

Bardelys the Magnificent
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
GoodWatch score 72

Director of Photography

Greed
Greed (1924)
GoodWatch score 88

Director of Photography

Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round (1923)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

Foolish Wives
Foolish Wives (1922)
GoodWatch score 78

Director of Photography