Director · Writer · age 67

David Frankel

Best rated: The Devil Wears Prada (7.0)

Films: 9
Avg rating: 6.53
Peak run: 2006’13
7+ run: 2 films

Films: 9
Avg rating: 6.53
Peak run: 2006’13
7+ run: 2 films

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The career

David Frankel, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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David Frankel's career barcodecoolhot

19959 films2026

Current formLast 5: 6.62 vs career 6.53 (+0.09)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

David by the numbers

Average

6.53

9 rated films

Vote weighted

6.57

bigger films count more

Median

6.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.50

rating spread

Career

32y

1995 to 2026

Total votes

1.13M

across every film

Best

7.0

The Devil Wears Prada

Worst

6.2

The Big Year

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2026	The Devil Wears Prada 2	6.3	119K
2022	Jerry & Marge Go Large	6.9	37,116
2016	Collateral Beauty	6.8	110K
2013	One Chance	6.8	14,114
2012	Hope Springs	6.3	46,296
2011	The Big Year	6.2	51,449
2008	Marley & Me	7.0	177K
2006	The Devil Wears Prada	7.0	575K
1995	Miami Rhapsody	5.5	3,732

Better together?

David Frankel'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: David Frankel and Theodore Shapiro movies · David Frankel and Florian Ballhaus movies · David Frankel and Meryl Streep movies · David Frankel and Maryse Alberti movies

Takes

On David Frankel

1 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Live Action Short · Academy Awards 1997
David Frankel, Barry Jossen
Won

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