Charles Lang

Cinematographer

As cinematographer, Charles Lang shot 31 rated films; 13 were hits (80/100+), a .419 batting average.

Batting average

.419

Hits

13 of 31 feature films rated 80/100 or higher

Percentile

top 7% of 425 cinematographers, confidence-adjusted (how it works)

Career

1932–1968

Films, rated out of 100

1. The Stalking Moon (1968) — 54/100
2. Wait Until Dark (1967) — 80/100 · hit
3. How to Steal a Million (1966) — 85/100 · hit
4. Inside Daisy Clover (1966) — 48/100
5. Paris When It Sizzles (1964) — 62/100
6. Sex and the Single Girl (1964) — 59/100
7. Charade (1963) — 82/100 · hit
8. How the West Was Won (1962) — 71/100
9. Blue Hawaii (1961) — 54/100
10. The Magnificent Seven (1960) — 78/100
11. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
12. Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) — 80/100 · hit
13. Separate Tables (1958) — 71/100
14. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) — 71/100
15. Autumn Leaves (1956) — 77/100
16. The Man from Laramie (1955) — 83/100 · hit
17. The Long Gray Line (1955) — 79/100
18. Sabrina (1954) — 78/100
19. It Should Happen to You (1954) — 83/100 · hit
20. The Big Heat (1953) — 85/100 · hit
21. Salome (1953) — 58/100
22. Ace in the Hole (1951) — 80/100 · hit
23. A Foreign Affair (1948) — 78/100
24. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) — 86/100 · hit
25. The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) — 68/100
26. The Ghost Breakers (1940) — 76/100
27. Angel (1937) — 82/100 · hit
28. Desire (1936) — 80/100 · hit
29. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) — 81/100 · hit
30. Peter Ibbetson (1935) — 75/100
31. A Farewell to Arms (1932) — 73/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

1. Some Like It Hot (1959) — 99/100 · hit
2. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) — 86/100 · hit
3. How to Steal a Million (1966) — 85/100 · hit

Lowest rated

1. Inside Daisy Clover (1966) — 48/100
2. The Stalking Moon (1968) — 54/100
3. Blue Hawaii (1961) — 54/100

How these numbers work: Methodology