Auteur

Herbert Brenon

1880–1958 · Irish film director and screenwriter

Herbert Brenon was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through 1940. Brenon was among the early filmmakers who, before the rise of corporate film production, was a genuine "auteur", controlling virtually all creative and technical components in crafting his pictures. The quality of Brenon's artistic output rivaled that of film pioneer D. W. Griffith.

Herbert Brenon, in order

  1. 1911 For Her Brother's Sake (short film): wrote · directed by Thomas H. Ince
  2. 1911 Over the Hills (short film): wrote · directed by George Loane Tucker and Joseph W. Smiley
  3. 1911 The Aggressor (short film): wrote · directed by George Loane Tucker and Thomas H. Ince
  4. 1911 The Brothers (short film): wrote · directed by Joseph W. Smiley
  5. 1911 The Dream (short film): wrote · directed by George Loane Tucker and Thomas H. Ince
  6. 1911 The Piece of String (short film): wrote · directed by Joseph W. Smiley
  7. 1911 The Scarlet Letter (short film): wrote · directed by George Loane Tucker and Joseph W. Smiley
  8. 1912 All for Her (short film): directed, wrote, acted
  9. 1912 Camille (short film): wrote · directed by Jay Hunt
  10. 1912 Lady Audley's Secret (short film): directed, wrote
  11. 1912 Shamus O'Brien (short film): wrote, acted · directed by Otis Turner
  12. 1912 The Clown's Triumph (short film): directed, acted
  13. 1912 The Dividing Line (short film): directed, wrote
  14. 1912 The Love Test (short film): directed
  15. 1912 The New Magdalen (short film): directed, wrote
  16. 1913 Blood Will Tell (short film): directed, acted
  17. 1913 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (short film): directed, wrote, acted
  18. 1913 In a Woman's Power (short film): directed
  19. 1913 Ivanhoe (short film): directed, wrote, acted
  20. 1913 Robespierre (short film): directed
  21. 1913 The Anarchist (short film): directed
  22. 1913 The Child Stealers of Paris (short film): directed
  23. 1913 The Comedian's Mask (short film): directed
  24. 1913 The Leader of His Flock (short film): directed
  25. 1914 Absinthe: directed
  26. 1914 Across the Atlantic (short film): directed, wrote, acted
  27. 1914 Neptune's Daughter: directed, acted
  28. 1914 Temper vs. Temper (short film): acted · directed by Hobart Henley and Ray C. Smallwood
  29. 1914 The Great Universal Mystery (short film): acted · directed by Allan Dwan
  30. 1914 When the Heart Calls (short film): directed
  31. 1915 Life's Shop Window: directed
  32. 1915 Sin: directed
  33. 1915 The Clemenceau Case: directed, wrote
  34. 1915 The Heart of Maryland: directed, acted
  35. 1915 The Kreutzer Sonata: directed, wrote
  36. 1915 The Soul of Broadway: directed
  37. 1915 The Two Orphans: directed, wrote, acted
  38. 1916 A Daughter of the Gods: directed, wrote
  39. 1916 The Governor's Decision (short film): directed
  40. 1916 The Marble Heart: wrote, produced · directed by Kenean Buel
  41. 1916 The Missing Witness (short film): directed, acted
  42. 1916 The Ruling Passion: wrote · directed by James C. McKay
  43. 1916 War Brides: directed, wrote, produced
  44. 1916 Whom the Gods Destroy: directed
  45. 1917 The Eternal Sin: directed
  46. 1917 The Fall of the Romanovs: directed, produced
  47. 1917 The Lone Wolf: directed
  48. 1917 The Sins of a Brother (short film): directed, acted
  49. 1918 Empty Pockets: directed
  50. 1918 The Passing of the Third Floor Back: directed
  51. 1918 Victory and Peace: directed
  52. 1919 12.10: directed
  53. 1919 Beatrice: directed
  54. 1919 Quinneys: directed
  55. 1920 The Mysterious Princess: directed, wrote
  56. 1921 Little Sister (short film): directed
  57. 1921 The Passion Flower: directed, wrote
  58. 1921 The Sign on the Door: directed
  59. 1921 The Stronger Passion: directed
  60. 1921 The Wonderful Thing: directed
  61. 1922 A Stage Romance: directed
  62. 1922 Any Wife: directed
  63. 1922 Moonshine Valley: directed
  64. 1922 Shackles of Gold: directed
  65. 1923 The Custard Cup: directed
  66. 1923 The Rustle of Silk: directed
  67. 1923 The Spanish Dancer: directed, produced
  68. 1923 The Woman With Four Faces: directed
  69. 1924 Peter Pan: directed, produced · critics 98%, audiences 84%
  70. 1924 Shadows of Paris: directed
  71. 1924 The Alaskan: directed
  72. 1924 The Breaking Point: directed
  73. 1924 The Side Show of Life: directed
  74. 1925 A Kiss for Cinderella: directed
  75. 1925 The Little French Girl: directed
  76. 1925 The Street of Forgotten Men: directed
  77. 1926 Beau Geste: directed, wrote · streaming on Hoopla, Fawesome, Tubi
  78. 1926 Dancing Mothers: directed · audiences 57%
  79. 1926 God Gave Me Twenty Cents: directed
  80. 1926 The Great Gatsby: directed
  81. 1926 The Song and Dance Man: directed
  82. 1927 Sorrell and Son: directed, wrote
  83. 1927 The Telephone Girl: directed, produced
  84. 1928 Laugh, Clown, Laugh: directed, produced · streaming on Philo, Fawesome, Tubi
  85. 1929 The Rescue: directed
  86. 1930 Lummox: directed
  87. 1930 The Case of Sergeant Grischa: directed
  88. 1931 Beau Ideal: directed · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
  89. 1931 Transgression: directed
  90. 1932 Girl of the Rio: directed
  91. 1933 Wine, Women and Song: directed
  92. 1935 Honours Easy: directed
  93. 1935 Royal Cavalcade: directed
  94. 1936 Living Dangerously: directed
  95. 1936 Someone at the Door: directed
  96. 1937 Spring Handicap: directed
  97. 1937 The Dominant Sex: directed
  98. 1937 The Live Wire: directed
  99. 1938 Housemaster: directed
  100. 1938 Yellow Sands: directed
  101. 1939 Black Eyes: directed
  102. 1940 The Flying Squad: directed