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Delmer Daves

Delmer Daves

Directing: 1943 — 1963 · 15 films
Lived: 24 July 1904 — d. 1977
From: San Francisco, California, USA

Delmer Daves was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.

Acting: 1929 · 1 film
Lived: 24 July 1904 — d. 1977
From: San Francisco, California, USA

Delmer Daves was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.

Career Signature

How Delmer Daves’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

pre-internet intimacy

emotionally restrained

heavy emotional

Tonal kin

John Ford

John Ford67 films

William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman31 films

Henry Hathaway

Henry Hathaway28 films

Raoul Walsh

Raoul Walsh42 films

Lewis Milestone

Lewis Milestone18 films

Ralph Nelson

Ralph Nelson11 films

James Mangold

James Mangold13 films

Bruce Beresford

Bruce Beresford25 films

Career Signature

How Delmer Daves’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

investigation spiral

intellectual puzzle

procedural detail