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Alan Ormsby

Career

Active from 1972 to 2000, busiest in 1974 with 3 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dead of Night
Dead of Night
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Alan Ormsby Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wonder
    2.3, average 3.4
  • Melancholy
    3.7, average 4.7
  • Politics
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Historical
    1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Cult Classic 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • High School 2
  • Gothic Horror 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
King's Gambit
King's Gambit (2025)

Producer

2000s

1 title · average score 30
The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option
The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001)
GoodWatch score 30

Characters

1990s

7 titles · average score 46
The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All
The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999)
GoodWatch score 50

Characters

The Substitute 2: School's Out
The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
GoodWatch score 24

Characters

The Substitute
The Substitute (1996)
GoodWatch score 49

Writer

Deadly Web
Deadly Web (1996)

Writer, Associate Producer

The Disappearance of Nora
The Disappearance of Nora (1993)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer

Indecency
Indecency (1992)

Teleplay

Popcorn
Popcorn (1991)
GoodWatch score 51

Screenplay

1980s

6 titles · average score 54
Not Quite Human
Not Quite Human (1987)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer

Touch and Go
Touch and Go (1986)
GoodWatch score 52

Writer

Porky's II: The Next Day
Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)
GoodWatch score 37

Writer

Cat People
Cat People (1982)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

My Bodyguard
My Bodyguard (1980)
GoodWatch score 71

Writer

The Little Dragons
The Little Dragons (1980)
GoodWatch score 47

Writer

1970s

6 titles · average score 59
Shock Waves
Shock Waves (1977)
GoodWatch score 49

Makeup Effects, Makeup Designer

Deranged
Deranged (1974)
GoodWatch score 55

Makeup Artist, Screenplay

Dead of Night
Dead of Night (1974)
GoodWatch score 71

as Bystander

The Great Masquerade
The Great Masquerade (1974)

Writer, Director

Lenny
Lenny (1974)
GoodWatch score 76

as Man in Audience of Cellar Club (uncredited)

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
GoodWatch score 42

as Alan