Director · Producer · Writer · 1880 to 1958
Herbert Brenon
Best rated (directing): Laugh, Clown, Laugh (7.4)
- Directing films
- 7
- Directing avg
- 7.16
- 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
Herbert by the numbers
Average
7.16
2 rated films
Vote weighted
7.15
bigger films count more
Median
7.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.36
rating spread
Career
8y
1924 to 1931
Total votes
130
across every film
Best
7.4
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Worst
n/a
too few films
Newest first
Filmography
| 1931 |  Transgression | · | 6 |
| 1931 |  Beau Ideal | · | 12 |
| 1930 |  The Case of Sergeant Grischa | · | 4 |
| 1928 |  Laugh, Clown, Laugh | 7.4 | 39 |
| 1927 |  Sorrell and Son | · | 4 |
| 1926 |  Beau Geste | · | 16 |
| 1924 |  Peter Pan | 6.9 | 49 |
Better together?
Herbert Brenon's regulars
- Elizabeth MeehanWriter · 5 films · 7.41 avg▲+0.13
- J. Roy HuntCinematographer · 3 films
- James Wong HoweCinematographer · 3 films · 7.16 avg
- Paul SchofieldWriter · 2 films
- Ralph ForbesDirector and actor · 2 films
- Max SteinerComposer · 2 films
- Loretta YoungDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.41 avg▲+0.53
- Mary BrianDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.90 avg●−0.03
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: Herbert Brenon and Elizabeth Meehan movies · Herbert Brenon and J. Roy Hunt movies · Herbert Brenon and James Wong Howe movies · Herbert Brenon and Paul Schofield movies
Takes
On Herbert Brenon
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Director (Dramatic Picture) · Academy Awards 1929Herbert Brenon