Directing · Writing · age 71

Steve James

Best rated: Hoop Dreams (8.3)

Films: 10
Avg rating: 7.55
Peak run: 1994’14
7+ run: 4 films

Films: 10
Avg rating: 7.55
Peak run: 1994’14
7+ run: 4 films

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The career

Steve James, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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199410 films2022

Current formLast 5: 7.40 vs career 7.55 (−0.15)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Steve by the numbers

Average

7.55

6 rated films

Vote weighted

7.58

bigger films count more

Median

7.7

half are better

Consistency

±0.54

rating spread

Career

29y

1994 to 2022

Total votes

66.1K

across every film

Best

8.3

Hoop Dreams

Worst

6.8

Prefontaine

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2022	A Compassionate Spy	·	492
2016	Abacus: Small Enough to Jail	7.1	3,059
2014	Life Itself	7.8	16,821
2012	Head Games	·	382
2011	The Interrupters	7.5	3,682
2008	At the Death House Door	·	443
2005	Reel Paradise	·	534
2002	Stevie	7.8	2,811
1997	Prefontaine	6.8	7,996
1994	Hoop Dreams	8.3	29,864

Better together?

Steve James's regulars

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

Takes

On Steve James

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Documentary Feature · Academy Awards 2018
Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
Nominated
Best Film Editing · Academy Awards 1995
Frederick Marx, Steve James, Bill Haugse
Nominated

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