Acting · Directing · 1905 to 1986

Otto Preminger

Best rated: Anatomy of a Murder (8.0)

Films: 37
Avg rating: 6.72
Peak run: 1958’62
Oscar noms: 2

Films: 37
Avg rating: 6.72
Peak run: 1958’62
Oscar noms: 2

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The career

Otto Preminger, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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193737 films1979

Current formLast 5: 5.60 vs career 6.72 (−1.12)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Otto by the numbers

Average

6.72

28 rated films

Vote weighted

6.79

bigger films count more

Median

6.8

half are better

Consistency

±0.74

rating spread

Career

43y

1937 to 1979

Total votes

288K

across every film

Best

8.0

Anatomy of a Murder

Worst

6.6

River of No Return

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

1953	Stalag 17	Oberst von Scherbach	7.9	60,619
1943	Margin for Error	Karl Baumer	·	358
1943	They Got Me Covered	Fauscheim	·	919
1942	The Pied Piper	Major Diessen	·	914

Better together?

Otto Preminger's regulars

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

Takes

On Otto Preminger

3 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Director · Academy Awards 1964
Otto Preminger
Nominated
Best Picture · Academy Awards 1960
Otto Preminger, Producer
Nominated
Best Director · Academy Awards 1945
Otto Preminger
Nominated

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