Directing
Orson Welles
- Titles
- 314movies52TV shows
- Career
Active from 1933 to 2025, busiest in 1958 and 1970 with 8 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 116top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
LIFE BEYOND I: The Dawn92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 71 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.7average 2.6
- Politics5.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.6
- Mystery5.4average 4.1
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.5average 3.7
- Tension6.9average 6.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
- Wholesome2.3, average 3.3
- Pop Culture1.3, average 2.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 11
- Social Commentary 8
- Orson Welles 8
- Character Study 7
- Psychological Thriller 6
- Thought-Provoking 5
- Historical Epic 5
- Historical Drama 5
- Dialogue-Driven 4
- Complex Characters 4
- Moral Dilemma 3
- Philosophical Inquiry 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Gary GraverActorAn Evening with Orson Welles, The Other Side of the Wind, The Orson Welles Show, It's All True, Moby Dick, +8 more
Oja KodarActorThe Other Side of the Wind, The Big Brass Ring, F for Fake, The Secret of Nikola Tesla, The Deep, +3 more
Akim TamiroffActorTouch of Evil, The Trial, Mr. Arkadin, Black Magic, Marco the Magnificent, +2 more
Joseph CottenActorCitizen Kane, The Third Man, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear, Too Much Johnson, +1 more
Jeanne MoreauActorFalstaff, The Trial, Chimes at Midnight, The Deep, The Sailor from Gibraltar, +1 more
Erskine SanfordActorCitizen Kane, The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth, The Magnificent Ambersons, Citizen Kane Trailer
Angelo Francesco LavagninoComposerOthello, Chimes at Midnight, The Merchant of Venice, Man, Beast and Virtue, Filming Othello
Agnes MooreheadActorCitizen Kane, Jane Eyre, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear
Ray CollinsActorCitizen Kane, Touch of Evil, The Magnificent Ambersons, Citizen Kane Trailer
Everett SloaneActorThe Lady from Shanghai, Journey into Fear, Prince of Foxes, Citizen Kane Trailer
Laurence HarveyActorThe Fight for Rome, F for Fake, The Deep, The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal- RRenzo LucidiEditorOthello, Mr. Arkadin, Black Magic, Don Quixote
Movies and TV shows
248Upcoming
3 titles
2020s
10 titles
as Narrator (archive footage)
as (Archive footage)
as Narrator "The Scorpion and the Frog" (archive footage)
as Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)
as Narrator (Archive Sound)
as Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
as General Zaroff (voice)
as Charles Foster Kane (archive footage)
Director
2010s
18 titles · average score 62
92
as Narrator
64
Theme Song Performance
67
as Journalist (uncredited)
Thanks
as Professor Richard Pierson / Self (voice) (archive sound)
42
Theme Song Performance
55
as Keystone Kop
77
as (archive footage)
28
Thanks
71
as Genghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage)
2000s
13 titles · average score 56
as (archive footage 1982)
Director
Original Concept
64
as Russ Brewer
42
Original Concept
as Ronald Adams
as (archive footage)
58
Screenplay
as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
1990s
10 titles · average score 60
Original Concept
Theme Song Performance
Theme Song Performance
73
Director
60
Editor, Director
1980s
39 titles · average score 63
71
as Unicron (voice)
TV show · Creator
75
TV show · as Orson Welles
Director, Writer
as Marcus Kleek
48
as Judge Rauch
74
as Narrator (voice)
25
as Aliens' Father (voice)
70
as Narrator
65
as Presenter / Narrator (voice)
TV show · as Narrator
66
as J.P. Morgan
1970s
54 titles · average score 63
52
as Henry F. Potter
72
as Narrator / Nag / Chuchundra (voice)
71
as Narrator (voice)
75
Writer, Editor
58
as Long John Silver
45
as Mr. Cato
as Narrator
as Sheridan Whiteside
72
as Narrator (voice)
65
as Cassavius
51
as The Magician
72
as Louis XVIII
1960s
45 titles · average score 63
65
as Colonel Cascorro
55
as Markan
61
as Plankett
70
as Charles Clay
55
as Leschenhaut
51
as Le Chiffre
75
as Cardinal Wolsey
73
as Falstaff
52
as Akerman, Marco's Teacher
74
as Albert Hastler
51
as Burundai
42
as King Saul
1950s
33 titles · average score 68
72
as Jonathan Wilk
55
as Captain Hart
78
as Police Captain Hank Quinlan
68
as the narrator
71
as Will Varner
68
as Virgil Renchler
70
as Gregory Arkadin
61
as Lord Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
55
as Sanin Cejador y Mengues
57
as Sigsbee Manderson
74
as Othello
63
as Bayan
1940s
20 titles · average score 69
63
as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
80
as Harry Lime
as Cesare Borgia
73
as Macbeth
74
as Michael O'Hara
72
as Prof. Charles Rankin
67
as John Andrew MacDonald
71
as Edward Rochester
62
as Colonel Haki
74
as Narrator (voice)
80
as Charles Foster Kane
1930s
3 titles · average score 59
65
as Narrator (voice)
53
as Death
as Narrator