Portrait of Anthony Veiller

Writing

Anthony Veiller

Career

Active from 1934 to 2000, with a break from 1965 to 1999, busiest in 1935 and 1936 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Killers
The Killers
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Anthony Veiller Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Family Dynamics
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • World War II 2
  • Historical Account 2
  • WWII Propaganda 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Classic Whodunit 2
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Melodramatic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America
Why We Fight: World War II: The Battle of China / War Comes to America (2000)

as Narrator

1960s

2 titles ยท average score 70
The Night of the Iguana
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay

The List of Adrian Messenger
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
GoodWatch score 65

Screenplay

1950s

14 titles ยท average score 57
Solomon and Sheba
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
GoodWatch score 39

Screenplay

Timbuktu
Timbuktu (1958)
GoodWatch score 52

Writer

Monkey on My Back
Monkey on My Back (1957)
GoodWatch score 62

Screenplay

Safari
Safari (1956)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

That Lady
That Lady (1955)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Beat the Devil
Beat the Devil (1953)
GoodWatch score 63

Additional Writing

Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge (1952)
GoodWatch score 74

Screenplay

Red Planet Mars
Red Planet Mars (1952)
GoodWatch score 37

Producer, Writer

Along the Great Divide
Along the Great Divide (1951)
GoodWatch score 67

Producer

Chain Lightning
Chain Lightning (1950)
GoodWatch score 52

Producer

Dallas
Dallas (1950)
GoodWatch score 60

Producer

Backfire
Backfire (1950)
GoodWatch score 61

Producer

1940s

17 titles ยท average score 69
Colorado Territory
Colorado Territory (1949)
GoodWatch score 71

Producer

State of the Union
State of the Union (1948)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay

The Killers
The Killers (1946)
GoodWatch score 88

Screenplay

The Stranger
The Stranger (1946)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

Your Job in Germany
Your Job in Germany (1945)
GoodWatch score 56

Writer

Here Is Germany
Here Is Germany (1945)

as Narrator (uncredited)

Why We Fight: The Battle of China
Why We Fight: The Battle of China (1944)
GoodWatch score 66

as Narrator

Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Attack! The Battle for New Britain (1944)

as Narrator (voice)

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
GoodWatch score 69

as Narrator

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (1943)
GoodWatch score 69

Director

Assignment in Brittany
Assignment in Brittany (1943)
GoodWatch score 69

Screenplay

Her Cardboard Lover
Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
GoodWatch score 49

Screenplay

1930s

17 titles ยท average score 61
Let Us Live
Let Us Live (1939)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Stage Door
Stage Door (1937)
GoodWatch score 87

Screenplay

The Soldier and the Lady
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
GoodWatch score 67

Screenplay

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

A Woman Rebels
A Woman Rebels (1936)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Winterset
Winterset (1936)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay

The Lady Consents
The Lady Consents (1936)

Screenplay

Star of Midnight
Star of Midnight (1935)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

Break of Hearts
Break of Hearts (1935)
GoodWatch score 48

Screenplay

Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

The Notorious Sophie Lang
The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934)

Screenplay

The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour (1934)

Writer, Producer