Directing
Orson Welles
- Titles
- 325movies52TV shows
- Career
Active from 1933 to 2026, busiest in 1970 with 13 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 121top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
Citizen Kane91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.7average 2.6
- Politics4.9average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.1average 3.6
- Mystery5.2average 4.1
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.9average 4.9
- Wit & Wordplay4.5average 3.7
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.9, average 5.2
- Coming of Age1.8, average 2.9
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 10
- Social Commentary 8
- Psychological Thriller 8
- Character Study 7
- Orson Welles 6
- Historical Drama 6
- Historical Epic 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Psychological Drama 4
- Thought-Provoking 4
- Orson Welles Narration 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Gary GraverActorThe Other Side of the Wind, It's All True, The Orson Welles Show, Moby Dick, Orson Welles' Magic Show, +7 more
Oja KodarActorThe Other Side of the Wind, F for Fake, The Big Brass Ring, The Secret of Nikola Tesla, Orson Welles: The One-Man Band, +5 more
Akim TamiroffActorTouch of Evil, Mr. Arkadin, The Trial, Black Magic, Marco the Magnificent, +1 more- GGary GraverCinematographerAn Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince, Bugs Bunny Superstar, An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II – Clarence Darrow, An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men – Socrates and Noah, An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I – Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain, +1 more
Jeanne MoreauActorThe Trial, Chimes at Midnight, The Sailor from Gibraltar, The Deep, The Immortal Story
Laurence HarveyActorThe Fight for Rome, F for Fake, The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal, Orson Welles: The One-Man Band, The Deep
Joseph CottenActorCitizen Kane, The Third Man, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear, Too Much Johnson
Angelo Francesco LavagninoComposerChimes at Midnight, Othello, Man, Beast and Virtue, The Merchant of Venice, Filming Othello
Agnes MooreheadActorCitizen Kane, Jane Eyre, The Magnificent Ambersons, Journey into Fear
Tim Brooke-TaylorActorOrson Welles: The One-Man Band, Twelve Plus One, One Man Band, London
Charles GrayActorThe Merchant of Venice, Orson Welles: The One-Man Band, One Man Band, London
Erskine SanfordActorCitizen Kane, The Lady from Shanghai, The Magnificent Ambersons, Macbeth
Movies and TV shows
542020s
1 title · average score 57
57
Director
2010s
2 titles · average score 64
73
as Journalist (uncredited)
55
as Keystone Kop (uncredited)
2000s
4 titles · average score 70
67
as Russ Brewer
74
Director, Producer
as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
1990s
4 titles · average score 73
as Presenter / Various
77
Director
51
Editor, Director
1980s
5 titles · average score 61
Director, Writer
Director, Writer
Director, Producer
as Marcus Kleek
1970s
11 titles · average score 82
Director, Writer
83
Writer, Director
82
Writer, Editor
as Winston Churchill / George Bernard Shaw
Writer, Director
as Shylock
Writer, Director
Producer, Director
Director, Producer
1960s
7 titles · average score 77
as Shylock
81
as Charles Clay
59
Writer, Producer
Director, Editor
87
as Falstaff
81
as Albert Hastler
1950s
10 titles · average score 77
89
as Police Captain Hank Quinlan
67
as the narrator
Director, Writer
72
as Gregory Arkadin
as An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab
Director
Director
82
as Othello
as The Director
1940s
7 titles · average score 80
64
as Joseph Balsamo aka Count Cagliostro
80
as Macbeth
81
as Michael O'Hara
81
as Prof. Charles Rankin
Director, Screenplay
84
as Narrator (voice)
91
as Charles Foster Kane
1930s
3 titles · average score 48
as Rajah/Narrator
48
as Death
as Narrator