2016
Dan Nordquist’s year in review
Highest rated films
Films by week
- 45 Films watched
- 3.8 Average per month
- 0.9 Average per week
Milestones
First Film

Jan 1
Last Film

Dec 25
Genres, Countries & Languages
Breakdown
2016 Releases Older
Watches Re-watches
Reviewed Not Reviewed
Stars
Director
Crew & Studios
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Co-Directors
Chris Williams 4.0
Don Hall 4.0
Angus MacLane 3.5
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Producers
Jonathan Sanger 5.0
Mel Brooks 5.0
Stuart Cornfeld 5.0
Jonas Rivera 4.5
Alan Fine 4.5
Kevin Feige 4.5
Louis D'Esposito 4.5
Nate Moore 4.5
Victoria Alonso 4.5
Alain Sarde 4.5
Mary Sweeney 4.5
Michael Polaire 4.5
Neal Edelstein 4.5
Pierre Edelman 4.5
Tony Krantz 4.5
Colin Wilson 4.5
Geoff Burdick 4.5
James Cameron 4.5
Jennifer Teves 4.5
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Writers
Eric Bergren 5.0
David Lynch 4.8
Josh Cooley 4.5
Pete Docter 4.5
Stephen McFeely 4.5
James Cameron 4.5
Adam McKay 4.5
Charles Randolph 4.5
Katie Dippold 4.5
Paul Feig 4.5
Arnold Perl 4.5
Spike Lee 4.5
David Siegel 4.5
Scott McGehee 4.5
Aaron Kandell 4.0
Chris Williams 4.0
Don Hall 4.0
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Editors
Anne V. Coates 5.0
Kevin Nolting 4.5
Jeffrey Ford 4.5
Mary Sweeney 4.5
James Cameron 4.5
John Refoua 4.5
Hank Corwin 4.5
Brent White 4.5
Lauren Zuckerman 4.5
Jeff Draheim 4.0
Tom McArdle 4.0
James Herbert 4.0
Laura Jennings 4.0
Dan Lebental 4.0
Garret Elkins 4.0
Billy Fox 4.0
Robert Golden 4.0
Daniel P. Hanley 4.0
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Cinematography
Freddie Francis 5.0
Patrick Lin 4.5
Trent Opaloch 4.5
Peter Deming 4.5
Mauro Fiore 4.5
Barry Ackroyd 4.5
Robert D. Yeoman 4.5
Greg Gardiner 4.2
Dion Beebe 4.0
Joe Passarelli 4.0
Michiya Katou 4.0
Stanley Cortez 4.0
Dean Cundey 4.0
Shôji Ueda 4.0
Takao Saitō 4.0
Paul Sarossy 4.0
Rob Hardy 3.5
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Production Design
Stuart Craig 5.0
Ralph Eggleston 4.5
Owen Paterson 4.5
Jack Fisk 4.5
Rick Carter 4.5
Robert Stromberg 4.5
Clayton Hartley 4.5
Jefferson Sage 4.5
Wynn Thomas 4.5
Kelly McGehee 4.5
Ian Gooding 4.0
Oliver Scholl 4.0
Rusty Smith 4.0
Huy Vu 4.0
John Joyce 4.0
Akira Sakuragi 4.0
Yoshirô Muraki 4.0
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Art Direction
Kevin Dart 4.5
Andres Cubillan 4.5
Greg Berry 4.5
Jim Wallis 4.5
Matthew Gatlin 4.5
Peter Jamison 4.5
Andrew Menzies 4.5
Andy McLaren 4.5
Jacqui Allen 4.5
Jill Cormack 4.5
Kevin Ishioka 4.5
Kim Sinclair 4.5
Mike Stassi 4.5
Nick Bassett 4.5
Richard Taylor 4.5
Robert Bavin 4.5
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Set Decoration
Hugh Scaife 5.0
John Roberts 5.0
Ronald R. Reiss 4.5
Amber Richards 4.5
Andrew Chan 4.5
Andrew Reeder 4.5
Ben Whale 4.5
C. Scott Baker 4.5
Daniel Birt 4.5
David Chow 4.5
David Kolff 4.5
Eliza Meldrum 4.5
John Lott 4.5
Jonathan Dyer 4.5
Joseph Hiura 4.5
Karl J. Martin 4.5
Kim Sinclair 4.5
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Visual Effects
Andrew Jimenez 4.5
Bob Whitehill 4.5
Claire Faggioli 4.5
Gary Bruins 4.5
Adrien Flanquart 4.5
Dan DeLeeuw 4.5
Huseyin Caner 4.5
Jamie Hallett 4.5
Jen Underdahl 4.5
Russell Earl 4.5
Vincent Cirelli 4.5
Scott Billups 4.5
Andrew R. Jones 4.5
Billy-Vu Lam 4.5
Bruno Parenti 4.5
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Composers
John Morris 5.0
Henry Jackman 4.5
Nicholas Britell 4.5
Theodore Shapiro 4.5
Cary Berger 4.5
James Horner 4.0
Mark Mancina 4.0
Howard Shore 4.0
Christophe Beck 4.0
Carter Burwell 4.0
Susumu Hirasawa 4.0
Joseph Trapanese 4.0
Walter Schumann 4.0
Shinichirô Ikebe 4.0
John Debney 3.8
Ben Salisbury 3.5
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Sound
Peter Horrocks 5.0
Robin Gregory 5.0
David Lynch 4.8
Daniel Laurie 4.5
Jeremy Bowker 4.5
Tom Johnson 4.5
Becky Sullivan 4.5
David C. Hughes 4.5
Justin Pearson 4.5
Malcolm Fife 4.5
Michael Semanick 4.5
Ren Klyce 4.5
Juan Peralta 4.5
John Neff 4.5
Patrick Giraudi 4.5
Ronald Eng 4.5
Addison Teague 4.5
Andy Nelson 4.5
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Costumes
Patricia Norris 5.0
Tiny Nicholls 5.0
Chris Allegro 4.5
David Butler 4.5
Dustin Fletcher 4.5
Nick Scarano 4.5
Stefanie Bruhn 4.5
Steven Butler 4.5
Valentina Aulisi 4.5
Amy Stofsky 4.5
Cheri Reed 4.5
Lucinda Campbell 4.5
Anthony Almaraz 4.5
Beth Koenigsberg 4.5
John Harding 4.5
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Make-Up
Allan A. Apone 4.5
Fawn Ortega 4.5
Laura Dandridge 4.5
Julie L. Pearce 4.5
Randy Westgate 4.5
Angela Mooar 4.5
Frankie Karena 4.5
Linda DeVetta 4.5
Michal Bigger 4.5
Michele Barber 4.5
Mike Smithson 4.5
Rick Findlater 4.5
Tegan Taylor 4.5
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Studios
Brooksfilms 5.0
Marvel Studios 4.5
Babbo Inc. 4.5
Canal+ 4.5
Ingenious Media 4.5
Ghostcorps 4.5
LStar Capital 4.5
Pascal Pictures 4.5
The Montecito Picture Company 4.5
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks 4.5
JVC 4.5
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Lowest Average

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