- Directing films
- 15
- Directing avg
- 5.80
- Peak run
- 1957’71
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
Paul by the numbers
Average
5.80
5 rated films
Vote weighted
5.79
bigger films count more
Median
5.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.25
rating spread
Career
20y
1957 to 1976
Total votes
468
across every film
Best
6.0
The Mephisto Waltz
Worst
5.4
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
Newest first
Filmography
| 1976 |  Special Delivery | · | 13 |
| 1971 |  The Mephisto Waltz | 6.0 | 74 |
| 1970 |  Cannon for Cordoba | · | 23 |
| 1970 |  Hell Boats | · | 23 |
| 1969 |  Guns of the Magnificent Seven | 5.4 | 126 |
| 1968 |  Attack on the Iron Coast | · | 20 |
| 1963 |  Gidget Goes to Rome | · | 13 |
| 1961 |  Gidget Goes Hawaiian | · | 13 |
| 1961 |  Angel Baby | · | 12 |
| 1960 |  Because They're Young | · | 7 |
| 1959 | Battle of the Coral Sea | 5.9 | 25 |
| 1959 |  Face of a Fugitive | · | 24 |
| 1959 |  Gidget | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1958 |  The Case Against Brooklyn | · | 14 |
| 1957 |  The Burglar | 5.7 | 37 |
Better together?
Paul Wendkos's regulars
- James DarrenDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.00 avg▼−0.15
- Daniel B. UllmanWriter · 3 films · 5.90 avg▼−0.06
- Michael CallanDirector and actor · 2 films
- John WilliamsComposer · 2 films
- Ruth Brooks FlippenWriter · 2 films
- Wilfrid M. ClineCinematographer · 2 films
- Jerry GoldsmithComposer · 2 films · 6.00 avg
- Joby BakerDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.00 avg▲+0.15
- Cliff RobertsonDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.95 avg▼−0.08
- Stephen KandelWriter · 2 films · 5.90 avg▲+0.15
- Herman HoffmanWriter · 2 films · 5.40 avg▼−0.20
- Elmer BernsteinComposer · 2 films · 5.40 avg
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: Paul Wendkos and James Darren movies · Paul Wendkos and Daniel B. Ullman movies · Paul Wendkos and Michael Callan movies · Paul Wendkos and John Williams movies
Takes