Head to headHal Needham against Burt Reynolds Both careers by IMDb ratingHal NeedhamBurt Reynolds
Tale of the tape as a director
Hal Needham vs Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds averages 5.98 across 4 rated films as a director, ahead of Hal Needham at 5.60.
- 10
- Films directed
- 5 (4 rated)
- 5.60
- Average
- 5.98▶
- 5.66
- Weighted
- 5.98▶
- ◀Smokey and the Bandit 7.0
- Best film
- Sharky's Machine 6.3
- ◀6.06, 1977 to 1981
- Peak five
- n/a
- None
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- 5.14 (−0.46)
- Current form
- 5.98 (0.00)▶
- ◀184K
- IMDb votes
- 21K
Rows won
4 to 3
Hal Needham ahead
Films together
6
averaging 5.85
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
| W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings | 1975 | 5.9 | Actor | as W.W. Bright |
| Nickelodeon | 1976 | 6.2 | Actor | as Buck Greenway |
 Smokey and the Bandit | 1977 | 7.0 | Writer, Director | as Bandit |
 Hooper | 1978 | 6.4 | Director | as Sonny Hooper |
 Smokey and the Bandit II | 1980 | 5.3 | Director | as Bandit |
 The Cannonball Run | 1981 | 6.3 | Actor, Director | as J. J. McClure |
 Stroker Ace | 1983 | 5.0 | Director, Writer | as Stroker Ace |
 Cannonball Run II | 1984 | 5.1 | Director, Writer, Actor | as J.J. McClure |