Directing
Orson Welles
- Titles
- 328movies54TV shows
- Career
Active from 1933 to 2026, busiest in 1970 with 14 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 122top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
LIFE BEYOND I: The Dawn92/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 84 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.8average 2.6
- Politics4.9average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.0average 3.6
- Mystery5.3average 4.1
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
- Social Commentary5.8average 4.9
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Tension6.7average 6.1
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.8, average 5.2
- Coming of Age1.8, average 2.9
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.6, average 2.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Political Intrigue 10
- Social Commentary 9
- Orson Welles 9
- Character Study 8
- Psychological Thriller 8
- Historical Drama 7
- Historical Epic 5
- Thought-Provoking 5
- Character-Driven 5
- Dialogue-Driven 4
- Psychological Drama 4
- Moral Ambiguity 4
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, An Evening with Orson Welles: The Golden Honeymoon, +8 more
Oja KodarActorThe Other Side of the Wind, F for Fake, The Big Brass Ring, The Secret of Nikola Tesla, The Deep, +4 more
Akim TamiroffActorTouch of Evil, The Trial, Black Magic, Mr. Arkadin, 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 Sailor from Gibraltar, The Deep, +1 more
Erskine SanfordActorCitizen Kane, The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth, The Magnificent Ambersons, Citizen Kane Trailer- GGary GraverCinematographerAn Evening with Orson Welles: The Happy Prince, An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. II β Clarence Darrow, An Evening with Orson Welles: American Heritage, Vol. I β Selections from George Ade, Thomas Wolfe, Mark Twain, An Evening with Orson Welles: My Little Boy, An Evening with Orson Welles: Two Wise Old Men β Socrates and Noah
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
Everett SloaneActorThe Lady from Shanghai, Journey into Fear, Prince of Foxes, Citizen Kane Trailer
Ray CollinsActorTouch of Evil, Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Citizen Kane Trailer
Laurence HarveyActorF for Fake, The Fight for Rome, The Deep, The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal
Movies and TV shows
61Upcoming
1 title
68
Original Concept
2020s
1 title
as Radio Host (voice) (archival footage)
2010s
3 titles Β· average score 64
73
as Journalist (uncredited)
Characters
55
as Keystone Kop
2000s
5 titles Β· average score 48
Original Concept
45
as Russ Brewer
42
Original Concept
58
Screenplay
as Captain Ahab / Starbuck / Ishmael (archive footage)
1990s
6 titles Β· average score 48
as Presenter / Various
Original Concept
48
Screenplay, Director
1980s
4 titles
Director, Writer
Director, Writer
as Marcus Kleek
Producer, Director
1970s
13 titles Β· average score 70
Director, Writer
82
Writer, Director
85
Director, Writer
44
as Long John Silver
as Winston Churchill / George Bernard Shaw
Editor, Director
Director, Producer
Director, Writer
1960s
7 titles Β· average score 75
as Shylock
81
as Charles Clay
58
Writer, Producer
67
Additional Writing, Scenario Writer
87
as Falstaff
as Sir John Falstaff, przyjaciel ksiΔcia
81
as Albert Hastler
1950s
8 titles Β· average score 76
89
as Police Captain Hank Quinlan
68
as the narrator
Director, Writer
72
as Gregory Arkadin
as An Actor Manager /Father Mapple /Ahab
74
as Othello
as The Director
1940s
10 titles Β· average score 80
Production Design, Writer
73
as Macbeth
81
as Michael O'Hara
74
as Prof. Charles Rankin
62
as Colonel Haki
Screenplay, Director
88
as Narrator (voice)
91
as Charles Foster Kane
Writer, Director
1930s
3 titles Β· average score 48
as Rajah/Narrator
48
as Death
as Narrator