Portrait of Edgar G. Ulmer

Directing

Edgar G. Ulmer

Career

Active from 1930 to 1964, busiest in 1943 with 9 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Detour
Detour
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Edgar G. Ulmer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.6, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.6, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Intrigue 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Period Piece 3
  • Mystery 2
  • Class Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title · average score 50
The Astrologer
The Astrologer (1976)
GoodWatch score 50

Production Sound Mixer

1960s

5 titles · average score 55
The Cavern
The Cavern (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

Director, Producer

The World's Greatest Sinner
The World's Greatest Sinner (1962)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Journey Beneath the Desert
Journey Beneath the Desert (1961)

Director, Set Designer

The Amazing Transparent Man
The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
GoodWatch score 34

Director

Beyond the Time Barrier
Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

1950s

13 titles · average score 61
Hannibal
Hannibal (1959)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

The Naked Venus
The Naked Venus (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

Director

Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle
Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the Jungle (1958)

Adaptation, Director

Daughter of Dr. Jekyll
Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Murder Is My Beat
Murder Is My Beat (1955)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

The Naked Dawn
The Naked Dawn (1955)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Loves of Three Queens
Loves of Three Queens (1954)

Director

The Fate of Two Queens
The Fate of Two Queens (1954)

Director

Babes in Bagdad
Babes in Bagdad (1952)

Production Design, Director

The Man from Planet X
The Man from Planet X (1951)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

St. Benny the Dip
St. Benny the Dip (1951)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

So Young, So Bad
So Young, So Bad (1950)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

1940s

28 titles · average score 59
The Pirates of Capri
The Pirates of Capri (1949)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Ruthless
Ruthless (1948)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall (1947)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

The Strange Woman
The Strange Woman (1946)
GoodWatch score 51

Writer, Director

Her Sister's Secret
Her Sister's Secret (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

Detour
Detour (1945)
GoodWatch score 86

Director

Strange Illusion
Strange Illusion (1945)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Club Havana
Club Havana (1945)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Bluebeard
Bluebeard (1944)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Hitler's Madman
Hitler's Madman (1943)
GoodWatch score 59

Production Design, Writer

Isle of Forgotten Sins
Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
GoodWatch score 48

Director, Screenplay

Girls in Chains
Girls in Chains (1943)
GoodWatch score 46

Director, Story

1930s

23 titles · average score 64
Cossacks in Exile
Cossacks in Exile (1939)

Director

The Light Ahead
The Light Ahead (1939)

Screenplay, Director

Let My People Live
Let My People Live (1939)

Writer, Director

The Singing Blacksmith
The Singing Blacksmith (1938)

Director

Green Fields
Green Fields (1937)

Director

The Black Cat
The Black Cat (1934)
GoodWatch score 79

Director, Set Designer

We Live Again
We Live Again (1934)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer

Thunder Over Texas
Thunder Over Texas (1934)

Director

Damaged Lives
Damaged Lives (1933)
GoodWatch score 47

Writer, Director

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)
GoodWatch score 83

Supervising Editor, Production Manager

M
M (1931)
GoodWatch score 83

Set Designer

People on Sunday
People on Sunday (1930)
GoodWatch score 72

Executive Producer, Director

1920s

18 titles · average score 77
Spies
Spies (1928)
GoodWatch score 74

Set Designer

Metropolis
Metropolis (1927)
GoodWatch score 91

Set Designer

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
GoodWatch score 87

Assistant Art Director

Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
GoodWatch score 86

Art Direction

Joyless Street
Joyless Street (1925)
GoodWatch score 67

Set Designer

The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh (1924)
GoodWatch score 90

Production Design, Assistant Director

Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
GoodWatch score 84

Set Designer

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
GoodWatch score 88

Set Designer

The Finances of the Grand Duke
The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
GoodWatch score 64

Production Design, Assistant Director

The Saga of Gösta Berling
The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924)
GoodWatch score 68

Set Designer

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

Art Direction

The Golem: How He Came into the World
The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
GoodWatch score 85

Set Designer