Director · Editor · Writer · 1910 to 1999
Charles Crichton
Best rated (directing): A Fish Called Wanda (7.2)
- Directing films
- 17
- Directing avg
- 6.85
- Peak run
- 1945’53
- Oscar noms
- 1
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
Charles by the numbers
Average
6.85
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.92
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.38
rating spread
Career
44y
1945 to 1988
Total votes
3.48K
across every film
Best
7.2
A Fish Called Wanda
Worst
7.2
The Lavender Hill Mob
Newest first
Filmography
| 1988 |  A Fish Called Wanda | 7.2 | 2,539 |
| 1964 |  The Third Secret | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1960 |  The Battle of the Sexes | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1958 |  Floods of Fear | · | 7 |
| 1958 |  Law and Disorder | · | 9 |
| 1957 |  The Man in the Sky | · | 12 |
| 1954 |  The Divided Heart | · | 8 |
| 1954 |  The Love Lottery | · | 22 |
| 1953 |  The Titfield Thunderbolt | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1952 |  Hunted | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1951 |  The Lavender Hill Mob | 7.2 | 300 |
| 1950 |  Dance Hall | · | 7 |
| 1949 |  Train of Events | · | 13 |
| 1948 |  Against the Wind | · | 16 |
| 1947 |  Hue and Cry | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1945 |  Painted Boats | · | 9 |
| 1945 |  Dead of Night | 7.2 | 313 |
Better together?
Charles Crichton's regulars
- Douglas SlocombeCinematographer · 9 films · 6.82 avg
- T. E. B. ClarkeWriter · 6 films · 6.97 avg▲+0.15
- Georges AuricComposer · 5 films · 6.97 avg
- Elizabeth SellarsDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.23
- Jack WarnerDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.20
- Eddie ByrneDirector and actor · 2 films
- Lionel BanesCinematographer · 2 films
- Gordon JacksonDirector and actor · 2 films
- Angus MacPhailWriter · 2 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.33
- Stanley HollowayDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.09 avg▲+0.26
- Jack WhittinghamWriter · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.15
- Monja DanischewskyWriter · 2 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.10
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: Charles Crichton and Douglas Slocombe movies · Charles Crichton and T. E. B. Clarke movies · Charles Crichton and Georges Auric movies · Charles Crichton and Elizabeth Sellars movies
Takes
On Charles Crichton
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1989Charles Crichton
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1989Screenplay by John Cleese; Story by John Cleese, Charles Crichton