Writing · 1922 to 1995

Calder Willingham

Best rated: Paths of Glory (8.4)

Films: 9
Avg rating: 7.36
Peak run: 1958’70
7+ run: 5 films

Films: 9
Avg rating: 7.36
Peak run: 1958’70
7+ run: 5 films

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The career

Calder Willingham, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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Calder Willingham's career barcodecoolhot

19579 films1991

Current formLast 5: 7.20 vs career 7.36 (−0.16)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Calder by the numbers

Average

7.36

9 rated films

Vote weighted

7.45

bigger films count more

Median

7.1

half are better

Consistency

±0.63

rating spread

Career

35y

1957 to 1991

Total votes

788K

across every film

Best

8.4

Paths of Glory

Worst

6.5

Rambling Rose

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

1991	Rambling Rose	6.5	6,193
1974	Thieves Like Us	6.9	5,801
1970	Little Big Man	7.5	40,846
1967	The Graduate	8.0	305K
1961	One-Eyed Jacks	7.1	15,439
1960	Spartacus	7.9	153K
1958	The Vikings	7.0	17,687
1957	Paths of Glory	8.4	243K
1957	The Strange One	6.9	1,495

Better together?

Calder Willingham's regulars

Stanley KubrickWriter · 2 films · 8.15 avg▲+0.61

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

Takes

On Calder Willingham

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1968
Calder Willingham, Buck Henry
Nominated

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