Director · Writer · Producer · 1948 to 2022
John Cherry
Best rated (directing): Ernest Saves Christmas (5.4)
- Directing films
- 8
- Directing avg
- 5.13
- Peak run
- 1985’91
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
John by the numbers
Average
5.13
6 rated films
Vote weighted
5.15
bigger films count more
Median
5.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.37
rating spread
Career
15y
1985 to 1999
Total votes
927
across every film
Best
5.4
Ernest Saves Christmas
Worst
4.4
Ernest Rides Again
Newest first
Filmography
| 1999 | Pirates of the Plain | · | 10 |
| 1999 | The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in For Love or Mummy | · | 8 |
| 1993 |  Ernest Rides Again | 4.4 | 64 |
| 1991 |  Ernest Scared Stupid | 5.4 | 219 |
| 1990 |  Ernest Goes to Jail | 5.1 | 183 |
| 1988 |  Ernest Saves Christmas | 5.4 | 220 |
| 1987 |  Ernest Goes to Camp | 5.3 | 195 |
| 1985 |  Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam | 5.2 | 28 |
Better together?
John Cherry's regulars
- Jim VarneyDirector and actor · 6 films · 5.13 avg▼−0.28
- Gailard SartainDirector and actor · 4 films · 5.27 avg▼−0.34
- Coke SamsWriter · 3 films · 5.29 avg▲+0.23
- Bill ByrgeDirector and actor · 3 films · 5.29 avg▲+0.21
- Bruce ArntsonComposer · 3 films · 4.96 avg
- Kirby ShelstadComposer · 3 films · 4.96 avg
- Shane KeisterComposer · 2 films · 5.25 avg
- Jim MayCinematographer · 2 films · 5.25 avg
- Peter SteinCinematographer · 2 films · 5.25 avg
- Daniel ButlerDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.25 avg●+0.04
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: John Cherry and Jim Varney movies · John Cherry and Gailard Sartain movies · John Cherry and Coke Sams movies · John Cherry and Bill Byrge movies
Takes