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Michael Anderson

1920–2018 · English film director

Michael Joseph Anderson Sr was an English film and television director. His career spanned nearly 50 years across three countries, working at various times in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. His most critically and commercially successful works include the World War II film The Dam Busters (1955), the dystopian sci-fi film Logan's Run (1976), and the comedy adventure epic Around the World in 80 Days (1956), which won the 1957 Academy Award for Best Picture.

Michael Anderson, in order

  1. 1942 In Which We Serve: acted · directed by David Lean and Noël Coward · critics 89%, audiences 75% · streaming on HBO Max, Roku Channel, Criterion Channel
  2. 1949 Private Angelo: wrote · directed by Peter Ustinov
  3. 1950 Waterfront: directed
  4. 1951 Hell is Sold Out: directed
  5. 1951 Night Was Our Friend: directed · streaming on Tubi
  6. 1953 The House of the Arrow: directed
  7. 1953 Will Any Gentleman...?: directed · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
  8. 1955 The Dam Busters: directed · critics 100%, audiences 85% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  9. 1956 1984: directed · audiences 70% · streaming on Plex, Fawesome
  10. 1956 Around the World in 80 Days: directed · critics 72%, audiences 57% · streaming on Kanopy, Tubi
  11. 1957 Yangtse Incident: directed · audiences 83%
  12. 1958 Chase a Crooked Shadow: directed · audiences 53%
  13. 1959 Shake Hands with the Devil: directed, produced · critics 71%, audiences 66%
  14. 1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare: directed · audiences 57%
  15. 1960 All the Fine Young Cannibals: directed · audiences 46%
  16. 1961 The Naked Edge: directed · audiences 52%
  17. 1964 Flight from Ashiya: directed · audiences 29% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
  18. 1964 Wild and Wonderful: directed
  19. 1965 Operation Crossbow: directed · critics 75%, audiences 53% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  20. 1966 The Quiller Memorandum: directed · critics 67%, audiences 60% · streaming on fuboTV
  21. 1968 The Shoes of the Fisherman: directed · critics 43%, audiences 75%
  22. 1972 Pope Joan: directed
  23. 1975 Conduct Unbecoming: directed · critics 63%, audiences 39% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Prime Video (free)
  24. 1975 Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze: directed · audiences 55%
  25. 1976 Logan's Run: directed · critics 59%, audiences 67% · streaming on Hoopla, Tubi
  26. 1977 Orca: directed · critics 10%, audiences 33%
  27. 1978 Dominique: directed · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
  28. 1980 The Martian Chronicles (TV series): directed
  29. 1982 Murder by Phone: directed · audiences 38%
  30. 1984 Second Time Lucky: directed
  31. 1986 Separate Vacations: directed
  32. 1986 Sword of Gideon (TV movie): directed · audiences 75% · streaming on Prime Video, YouTube (free), Prime Video (free)
  33. 1988 The Jeweller's Shop: directed
  34. 1989 Millennium: directed · critics 20%, audiences 32%
  35. 1991 Young Catherine (TV movie): directed
  36. 1993 The Sea Wolf (TV movie): directed · audiences 29%
  37. 1997 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (TV movie): directed · audiences 38% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  38. 1998 Summer of the Monkeys: directed
  39. 1999 The New Adventures of Pinocchio: directed · audiences 31%
  40. 2010 Exquisite Corpse: produced · directed by Scott David Russell · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Hoopla