DISCLAIMER: Yes, I KNOW that I am a nerd and that this is an overly mathematical way of assessing a subjective preference, BUT I really like numbers and spreadsheets so here we are. And obviously I know that I can have a different opinion than my formula produces.
Once I completely watch and rate the filmography of a director (minimum five films), their work is ranked and then put into a pretty simple formula to try and demonstrate numerically how strong I think their career is.
The formula is a sum of the average out-of-ten rating of each film, the median rating of the ranked list, the average of the top five films, and the outright number of tens that…
DISCLAIMER: Yes, I KNOW that I am a nerd and that this is an overly mathematical way of assessing a subjective preference, BUT I really like numbers and spreadsheets so here we are. And obviously I know that I can have a different opinion than my formula produces.
Once I completely watch and rate the filmography of a director (minimum five films), their work is ranked and then put into a pretty simple formula to try and demonstrate numerically how strong I think their career is.
The formula is a sum of the average out-of-ten rating of each film, the median rating of the ranked list, the average of the top five films, and the outright number of tens that I rated.
Here's an example with Martin Scorsese's numbers, who tops the list and is my favorite filmmaker.
Average Rating: 7.6
Median Rating: 8.0
Top 5 Average: 9.6
Number of 10s: 3
Total Score: 28.2
Filmmaker scores and individual ranked lists are in the notes.
