Writing · 1912 to 2000

Samuel A. Taylor

Best rated: Vertigo (8.2)

Films: 13
Avg rating: 6.86
Peak run: 1954’61
7+ run: 2 films

Films: 13
Avg rating: 6.86
Peak run: 1954’61
7+ run: 2 films

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The career

Samuel A. Taylor, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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195213 films1995

Current formLast 5: 6.42 vs career 6.86 (−0.44)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Samuel by the numbers

Average

6.86

9 rated films

Vote weighted

6.95

bigger films count more

Median

6.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.73

rating spread

Career

44y

1952 to 1995

Total votes

633K

across every film

Best

8.2

Vertigo

Worst

6.2

Topaz

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

1956	The Montecarlo Story	·	507

Better together?

Samuel A. Taylor's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Samuel A. Taylor

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1955
Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor, Ernest Lehman
Nominated

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