Writing · 1918 to 1987

William Rose

Best rated: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (7.8)

Films: 14
Avg rating: 6.97
Peak run: 1963’69
7+ run: 2 films

Films: 14
Avg rating: 6.97
Peak run: 1963’69
7+ run: 2 films

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The career

William Rose, writing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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194814 films2005

Current formLast 5: 6.78 vs career 6.97 (−0.19)

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

William by the numbers

Average

6.97

11 rated films

Vote weighted

6.97

bigger films count more

Median

7.0

half are better

Consistency

±0.56

rating spread

Career

58y

1948 to 2005

Total votes

331K

across every film

Best

7.8

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Worst

5.9

Guess Who

Newest first

Filmography

Writing filmography

2005	Guess Who	5.9	50,072
2004	The Ladykillers	6.2	113K
1969	The Secret of Santa Vittoria	7.2	4,584
1967	The Flim-Flam Man	6.8	2,766
1967	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	7.8	53,343
1966	The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming	7.0	11,375
1963	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	7.4	51,790
1957	Decision Against Time	·	588
1957	Big Time Operators	6.9	2,594
1955	The Ladykillers	7.6	34,593
1954	High and Dry	6.9	1,658
1953	Genevieve	7.0	3,829
1949	Maniacs on Wheels	·	290
1948	Sin of Esther Waters	·	282

Better together?

William Rose's regulars

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

Takes

On William Rose

4 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1968
William Rose
Won
Best Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1967
William Rose
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1957
William Rose
Nominated
Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1955
William Rose
Nominated

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