- Directing films
- 5
- Directing avg
- 4.49
Directing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
Bill by the numbers
Average
4.49
2 rated films
Vote weighted
4.56
bigger films count more
Median
4.5
half are better
Consistency
±1.29
rating spread
Career
38y
1988 to 2025
Total votes
128
across every film
Best
5.4
Tapeheads
Worst
n/a
too few films
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 |  Waltzing with Brando | · | 21 |
| 2003 |  My Dinner with Jimi | · | 4 |
| 2000 |  Desperate But Not Serious | · | 7 |
| 1994 |  Car 54, Where Are You? | 3.6 | 31 |
| 1988 |  Tapeheads | 5.4 | 65 |
Better together?
Bill Fishman's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Bill Fishman and Peter McCarthy movies
Takes