- Directing films
- 23
- Directing avg
- 5.00
- Peak run
- 1935’42
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
William by the numbers
Average
5.00
5 rated films
Vote weighted
5.00
bigger films count more
Median
4.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.62
rating spread
Career
22y
1927 to 1948
Total votes
392
across every film
Best
5.7
Doomed to Die
Worst
4.3
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Newest first
Filmography
| 1948 |  I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes | · | 22 |
| 1945 |  Allotment Wives | · | 6 |
| 1945 |  Divorce | · | 3 |
| 1943 |  The Ghost and the Guest | · | 10 |
| 1943 |  Corregidor | · | 4 |
| 1942 |  Lady from Chungking | · | 12 |
| 1942 |  The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | · | 20 |
| 1942 |  Black Dragons | 4.6 | 28 |
| 1942 |  Mr. Wise Guy | · | 8 |
| 1940 |  The Ape | 4.8 | 43 |
| 1940 |  Doomed to Die | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1940 |  The Fatal Hour | · | 23 |
| 1939 |  Mr. Wong in Chinatown | · | 24 |
| 1939 |  The Mystery of Mr. Wong | · | 24 |
| 1938 |  Mr. Wong, Detective | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1937 |  A Bride for Henry | · | 7 |
| 1935 |  The Mysterious Mr. Wong | 4.3 | 26 |
| 1934 |  House of Mystery | · | 11 |
| 1934 |  Mystery Liner | · | 9 |
| 1929 |  Desert Nights | · | 15 |
Better together?
William Nigh's regulars
- Harry NeumannCinematographer · 9 films · 5.10 avg
- Edward J. KayComposer · 7 films · 5.37 avg
- Boris KarloffDirector and actor · 6 films · 5.37 avg▼−0.19
- Grant WithersDirector and actor · 5 films · 5.65 avg▲+0.06
- Harvey GatesWriter · 4 films · 4.60 avg▼−0.58
- Craig ReynoldsDirector and actor · 3 films
- Scott DarlingWriter · 3 films
- Marjorie ReynoldsDirector and actor · 3 films · 5.70 avg▼−0.26
- Sidney SutherlandWriter · 2 films
- Holmes HerbertDirector and actor · 2 films
- Joan CrawfordDirector and actor · 2 films
- Ernest TorrenceDirector and actor · 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: William Nigh and Harry Neumann movies · William Nigh and Edward J. Kay movies · William Nigh and Boris Karloff movies · William Nigh and Grant Withers movies
Takes