- Writing films
- 30
- Writing avg
- 6.61
- Peak run
- 1940’59
- Oscar noms
- 2
Writing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 25+ votes
Karl by the numbers
Average
6.61
7 rated films
Vote weighted
6.79
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.70
rating spread
Career
32y
1937 to 1968
Total votes
3.76K
across every film
Best
7.9
Ben-Hur
Worst
5.6
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Newest first
Filmography
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | · | 13 |
| 1965 | Harlow | · | 6 |
| 1964 |  The 7th Dawn | · | 22 |
| 1962 |  Taras Bulba | 6.3 | 85 |
| 1962 | I Thank a Fool | · | 7 |
| 1959 |  Ben-Hur | 7.9 | 3,296 |
| 1959 | Libel | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1959 | Count Your Blessings | · | 5 |
| 1957 | The Seventh Sin | · | 10 |
| 1955 | The Scarlet Coat | · | 10 |
| 1954 |  Beau Brummell | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1954 |  Valley of the Kings | · | 23 |
| 1953 | Scandal at Scourie | · | 6 |
| 1952 | Because You're Mine | · | 4 |
| 1951 | The Law and the Lady | · | 7 |
| 1951 | Night Into Morning | · | 12 |
| 1948 |  You Gotta Stay Happy | · | 18 |
| 1948 | Up in Central Park | · | 7 |
| 1945 | Kitty | · | 13 |
| 1944 | Standing Room Only | · | 3 |
Better together?
Karl Tunberg'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: Jean Negulesco and Karl Tunberg movies · Irving Cummings and Karl Tunberg movies
Takes
On Karl Tunberg
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1960Karl Tunberg
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1942Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware