Cinematographer · Producer · 1901 to 1970
William H. Daniels
Best rated (cinematography): The Shop Around the Corner (8.1)
- Cinematography films
- 124
- Cinematography avg
- 6.64
- Peak run
- 1939’41
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Cinematography films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a cinematographer, films with 25+ votes
William by the numbers
Average
6.64
59 rated films
Vote weighted
6.71
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.53
rating spread
Career
48y
1922 to 1969
Total votes
9.99K
across every film
Best
8.1
The Shop Around the Corner
Worst
5.5
Never So Few
Newest first
Filmography
| 1969 |  Marlowe | 6.1 | 96 |
| 1968 |  The Impossible Years | · | 8 |
| 1967 |  Valley of the Dolls | 6.1 | 154 |
| 1967 |  In Like Flint | 6.2 | 89 |
| 1966 |  Assault on a Queen | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1965 |  Marriage on the Rocks | · | 14 |
| 1965 |  Von Ryan's Express | 7.1 | 255 |
| 1964 |  Robin and the 7 Hoods | 6.2 | 77 |
| 1963 |  The Prize | 6.7 | 120 |
| 1963 |  Come Blow Your Horn | · | 22 |
| 1962 |  How the West Was Won | 7.0 | 518 |
| 1962 |  Billy Rose's Jumbo | · | 21 |
| 1961 |  Come September | 6.8 | 85 |
| 1960 |  All the Fine Young Cannibals | · | 9 |
| 1960 |  Ocean's Eleven | 6.4 | 425 |
| 1960 |  Can-Can | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1959 |  Never So Few | 5.5 | 73 |
| 1959 |  A Hole in the Head | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1959 | A Stranger in My Arms | · | 5 |
| 1958 |  Some Came Running | 6.9 | 151 |
Better together?
William H. Daniels's regulars
- Clarence BrownCinematographer · 10 films · 6.50 avg
- W.S. Van DykeCinematographer · 7 films · 6.91 avg
- Anthony MannCinematographer · 5 films · 6.66 avg
- George CukorCinematographer · 5 films · 6.60 avg
- Joseph PevneyCinematographer · 4 films
- Mark RobsonCinematographer · 4 films · 6.63 avg
- Sidney FranklinCinematographer · 3 films
- Robert Z. LeonardCinematographer · 3 films
- Erich von StroheimCinematographer · 3 films · 6.91 avg
- Douglas SirkCinematographer · 3 films · 6.35 avg
- George FitzmauriceCinematographer · 3 films · 6.17 avg
- Frederick de CordovaCinematographer · 2 films
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: Clarence Brown and William H. Daniels movies · W.S. Van Dyke and William H. Daniels movies · Anthony Mann and William H. Daniels movies · George Cukor and William H. Daniels movies
Takes
On William H. Daniels
4 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Cinematography (Color) · Academy Awards 1964William H. Daniels, Milton Krasner, Charles Lang, Jr., Joseph LaShelle
- NominatedBest Cinematography (Color) · Academy Awards 1959William Daniels
- WonBest Cinematography (Black-and-White) · Academy Awards 1949William Daniels
- NominatedBest Cinematography · Academy Awards 1930(William Daniels)