---
name: "Darryl F. Zanuck"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/darryl-f-zanuck"
fi1m_id: "darryl-f-zanuck"
imdb_id: "nm0953123"
tmdb_id: 8502
wikidata_id: "Q364342"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "5 September 1902"
died: "22 December 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 18
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 16
updated: "2026-09-25T03:59:40.516838+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Darryl F. Zanuck

## Identity

Darryl F. Zanuck

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/darryl-f-zanuck
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** darryl-f-zanuck
- **IMDb ID:** nm0953123
- **TMDB ID:** 8502
- **Wikidata ID:** Q364342
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_F._Zanuck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364342, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953123/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8502

Producer and director. Born 5 September 1902 in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA. Died 22 December 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 5 September 1902, Wahoo, Nebraska, USA
- **Died:** 22 December 1979
- **Active:** 1929–1962
- **Also known as:** Darryl Francis Zanuck, Darryl Zanuck, Mark Canfield, Melville Crossman, Gregory Rogers
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 18: 1 directing, 16 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Henry King](https://film.one/person/henry-king.md), [Lamar Trotti](https://film.one/person/lamar-trotti.md), [Anne Baxter](https://film.one/person/anne-baxter.md), [Cedric Hardwicke](https://film.one/person/cedric-hardwicke.md), [Celeste Holm](https://film.one/person/celeste-holm.md), [Gary Merrill](https://film.one/person/gary-merrill.md), [George Arliss](https://film.one/person/george-arliss.md), [Gregory Peck](https://film.one/person/gregory-peck.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as producer, over 16 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 68 (1), 1930s 74 (6), 1940s 75 (8), 1950s 80 (2), 1960s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 78 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 16, History 5, Romance 5, Action 2, Crime 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 30 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $55m across 11 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_F._Zanuck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364342, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953123/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8502

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*All About Eve*](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md) (90), [*The Longest Day*](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md) (68)
- **HBO Max:** [*42nd Street*](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md) (82)
- **Tubi:** [*Disraeli*](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Darryl F. Zanuck was an American film producer and studio executive. He began his career writing scenarios in the silent era and joined Warner Bros. in 1924, rising to head of production. In 1933 he co-founded Twentieth Century Pictures, which merged with Fox Film Corporation two years later to form 20th Century Fox, where he served as vice president in charge of production for many years.

Zanuck produced *All About Eve* (1950). Among his other credits are *The Public Enemy* (1931), *Little Caesar* (1931), *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), *Lifeboat* (1944), *The King and I* (1956), *The Longest Day* (1962) and *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970). He received three Academy Awards for Best Picture.

*Sources: britannica.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (18)

### Directed (1)

- *The Longest Day* (1962), Fi1m 68, Producer, Co-Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)

### Produced (16) — the average rests on these

- *The King and I* (1956), Fi1m 71, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)
- *All About Eve* (1950), Fi1m 90, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md)
- *Twelve O'Clock High* (1949), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-oclock-high.md)
- *The Snake Pit* (1948), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snake-pit.md)
- *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemans-agreement.md)
- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Fi1m 63, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)
- *Wilson* (1944), Fi1m 61, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/how-green-was-my-valley.md)
- *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grapes-of-wrath.md)
- *In Old Chicago* (1938), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md)
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)
- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)
- *42nd Street* (1933), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *Little Caesar* (1931), Fi1m 74, Producer, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)
- *The Public Enemy* (1931), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-public-enemy.md)
- *Disraeli* (1929), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)

### Crew (1)

- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), Fi1m 88, Presenter — [page](https://film.one/film/my-darling-clementine.md)

## Complete filmography (282)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hollywood Invasion* (2011), Actor
- *Hung Up* (1973), Producer
- *Tora! Tora! Tora!* (1970), Executive Producer
- *The Agony and the Ecstasy* (1965), Executive Producer
- *The Visit* (1964), Producer
- *The Chapman Report* (1962), Producer
- *The Longest Day* (1962), Producer, Co-Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *The Big Gamble* (1961), Producer
- *Sanctuary* (1961), Producer
- *Crack in the Mirror* (1960), Writer, Producer
- *The Roots of Heaven* (1958), Producer
- *The Barbarian and the Geisha* (1958), Executive Producer
- *The Sun Also Rises* (1957), Producer
- *Island in the Sun* (1957), Producer
- *The King and I* (1956), Executive Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-and-i.md)
- *The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit* (1956), Producer, Presenter
- *On the Threshold of Space* (1956), Executive Producer
- *Good Morning, Miss Dove* (1955), Executive Producer
- *The View from Pompey's Head* (1955), Executive Producer
- *Seven Cities of Gold* (1955), Executive Producer
- *Broken Lance* (1954), Executive Producer
- *The Egyptian* (1954), Producer
- *Beneath the 12-Mile Reef* (1953), Executive Producer
- *The Snows of Kilimanjaro* (1952), Producer
- *Viva Zapata!* (1952), Producer
- *People Will Talk* (1951), Producer
- *David and Bathsheba* (1951), Producer
- *All About Eve* (1950), Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/all-about-eve.md)
- *No Way Out* (1950), Presenter, Producer
- *Night and the City* (1950), Executive Producer
- *The Gunfighter* (1950), Executive Producer
- *A Ticket to Tomahawk* (1950), Executive Producer
- *Under My Skin* (1950), Executive Producer
- *Twelve O'Clock High* (1949), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-oclock-high.md)
- *Everybody Does It* (1949), Executive Producer
- *Father Was a Fullback* (1949), Executive Producer
- *Pinky* (1949), Producer
- *Slattery's Hurricane* (1949), Executive Producer
- *Sand* (1949), Executive Producer
- *You're My Everything* (1949), Executive Producer
- *It Happens Every Spring* (1949), Executive Producer
- *The Fan* (1949), Executive Producer
- *The Forbidden Street* (1949), Executive Producer
- *The Walls of Jericho* (1948), Executive Producer
- *That Wonderful Urge* (1948), Executive Producer
- *The Snake Pit* (1948), Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snake-pit.md)
- *Apartment for Peggy* (1948), Executive Producer
- *Cry of the City* (1948), Executive Producer
- *Road House* (1948), Executive Producer
- *The Iron Curtain* (1948), Presenter
- *Give My Regards to Broadway* (1948), Executive Producer
- *Fury at Furnace Creek* (1948), Executive Producer
- *Call Northside 777* (1948), Executive Producer
- *Captain from Castile* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemans-agreement.md)
- *Forever Amber* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Nightmare Alley* (1947), Executive Producer
- *The Foxes of Harrow* (1947), Executive Producer
- *I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now* (1947), as Additional Writing
- *Moss Rose* (1947), Executive Producer
- *The Homestretch* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Carnival in Costa Rica* (1947), Executive Producer
- *Boomerang!* (1947), Executive Producer
- *The Shocking Miss Pilgrim* (1947), Executive Producer
- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)
- *My Darling Clementine* (1946), Presenter — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/my-darling-clementine.md)
- *Centennial Summer* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Somewhere in the Night* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Strange Triangle* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Dragonwyck* (1946), Producer
- *Claudia and David* (1946), Executive Producer
- *Leave Her to Heaven* (1945), Executive Producer, Presenter
- *Winged Victory* (1944), Producer
- *Wilson* (1944), Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *Buffalo Bill* (1944), Executive Producer
- *The Purple Heart* (1944), Producer, Story
- *Lifeboat* (1944), Executive Producer
- *Wintertime* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Crash Dive* (1943), Executive Producer
- *China Girl* (1942), Screenplay, Producer
- *The Black Swan* (1942), Executive Producer
- *Thunder Birds* (1942), Story, Executive Producer
- *The Pied Piper* (1942), Executive Producer
- *Moontide* (1942), Executive Producer
- *This Above All* (1942), Producer
- *To the Shores of Tripoli* (1942), Producer
- *Song of the Islands* (1942), Executive Producer
- *Sex Hygiene* (1942), Producer
- *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/how-green-was-my-valley.md)
- *Week-End in Havana* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Know For Sure* (1941), Producer
- *A Yank in the R.A.F.* (1941), Producer, Story
- *Sun Valley Serenade* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Wild Geese Calling* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Moon Over Miami* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Man Hunt* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Blood and Sand* (1941), Producer
- *The Great American Broadcast* (1941), Producer
- *That Night in Rio* (1941), Producer
- *Western Union* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Tobacco Road* (1941), Producer
- *Tall, Dark and Handsome* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Chad Hanna* (1940), Producer
- *Hudson's Bay* (1940), Producer
- *The Mark of Zorro* (1940), Executive Producer
- *Down Argentine Way* (1940), Producer
- *Brigham Young* (1940), Producer
- *Public Deb No. 1* (1940), Producer
- *The Great Profile* (1940), Producer
- *The Return of Frank James* (1940), Producer
- *The Man I Married* (1940), Producer
- *Maryland* (1940), Producer
- *Four Sons* (1940), Producer
- *Lillian Russell* (1940), Producer
- *Star Dust* (1940), Producer
- *The Grapes of Wrath* (1940), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grapes-of-wrath.md)
- *Little Old New York* (1940), Producer
- *The Blue Bird* (1940), Producer
- *Swanee River* (1939), Producer
- *Too Busy to Work* (1939), Producer
- *Drums Along the Mohawk* (1939), Producer
- *Hollywood Cavalcade* (1939), Producer
- *Here I Am a Stranger* (1939), Producer
- *The Rains Came* (1939), Producer
- *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes* (1939), Producer
- *Stanley and Livingstone* (1939), Producer
- *Hotel for Women* (1939), Producer
- *Second Fiddle* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Susannah of the Mounties* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Young Mr. Lincoln* (1939), Producer
- *The Gorilla* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Rose of Washington Square* (1939), Producer
- *The Story of Alexander Graham Bell* (1939), Producer
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1939), Executive Producer
- *Wife, Husband and Friend* (1939), Producer
- *Tail Spin* (1939), Producer
- *Jesse James* (1939), Producer
- *Kentucky* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Submarine Patrol* (1938), Producer
- *Just Around the Corner* (1938), Producer
- *Suez* (1938), Producer
- *My Lucky Star* (1938), Producer
- *Gateway* (1938), Producer
- *Little Miss Broadway* (1938), Producer
- *I'll Give a Million* (1938), Producer
- *Always Goodbye* (1938), Producer
- *Three Blind Mice* (1938), Producer
- *Josette* (1938), Executive Producer
- *Kentucky Moonshine* (1938), Producer
- *In Old Chicago* (1938), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md)
- *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1938), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Sally, Irene and Mary* (1938), Executive Producer
- *International Settlement* (1938), Producer
- *Happy Landing* (1938), Producer
- *Love and Hisses* (1937), Producer
- *Heidi* (1937), Producer
- *Lancer Spy* (1937), Executive Producer
- *Wife, Doctor and Nurse* (1937), Producer
- *Thin Ice* (1937), Producer
- *Wake Up and Live* (1937), Producer
- *Wee Willie Winkie* (1937), Producer
- *Slave Ship* (1937), Producer
- *Angel's Holiday* (1937), Producer
- *This Is My Affair* (1937), Production Manager
- *Seventh Heaven* (1937), Producer
- *Nancy Steele Is Missing!* (1937), Producer
- *Love Is News* (1937), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *On the Avenue* (1937), Producer
- *Banjo on My Knee* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Lloyd's of London* (1936), Production Manager
- *White Hunter* (1936), Producer
- *Reunion* (1936), Executive Producer
- *Pigskin Parade* (1936), Producer
- *Ladies in Love* (1936), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Ramona* (1936), Executive Producer
- *The Road to Glory* (1936), Producer
- *Sing, Baby, Sing* (1936), Producer
- *To Mary - with Love* (1936), Producer
- *Poor Little Rich Girl* (1936), Producer
- *White Fang* (1936), Producer
- *Private Number* (1936), Production Manager
- *Half Angel* (1936), Producer
- *Under Two Flags* (1936), Producer
- *The Country Beyond* (1936), Producer
- *A Message to Garcia* (1936), Producer
- *The Prisoner of Shark Island* (1936), Producer
- *It Had to Happen* (1936), Producer
- *The Littlest Rebel* (1935), Production Manager
- *Professional Soldier* (1935), Producer
- *Show Them No Mercy!* (1935), Producer
- *The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo* (1935), Producer
- *Thanks a Million* (1935), Producer
- *Metropolitan* (1935), Producer
- *Call of the Wild* (1935), Producer
- *'G' Men* (1935), Novel
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)
- *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), Producer
- *Folies Bergère de Paris* (1935), Producer
- *Clive of India* (1935), Producer
- *The Mighty Barnum* (1934), Producer
- *The Affairs of Cellini* (1934), Producer
- *Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back* (1934), Producer
- *Born to Be Bad* (1934), Producer
- *The Last Gentleman* (1934), Producer
- *The House of Rothschild* (1934), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-house-of-rothschild.md)
- *Looking for Trouble* (1934), Producer
- *Moulin Rouge* (1934), Producer
- *Lady Killer* (1933), Story
- *Gallant Lady* (1933), Producer
- *Advice to the Lovelorn* (1933), Producer
- *Blood Money* (1933), Producer
- *The Bowery* (1933), Producer
- *Baby Face* (1933), Story
- *Ex-Lady* (1933), Producer
- *The Working Man* (1933), Producer
- *42nd Street* (1933), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *Parachute Jumper* (1933), Producer
- *20,000 Years in Sing Sing* (1932), Producer
- *Three on a Match* (1932), Producer
- *The Cabin in the Cotton* (1932), Producer
- *Life Begins* (1932), Executive Producer
- *Doctor X* (1932), Executive Producer
- *The Dark Horse* (1932), Producer, Story
- *The Rich Are Always with Us* (1932), Producer
- *The Man Who Played God* (1932), Producer
- *Blonde Crazy* (1931), Executive Producer
- *The Public Enemy* (1931), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-public-enemy.md)
- *Illicit* (1931), Producer
- *Little Caesar* (1931), Producer, Additional Writing — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)
- *The Life of the Party* (1930), Writer
- *The Doorway to Hell* (1930), Executive Producer
- *Maybe It's Love* (1930), Story
- *Three Faces East* (1930), Producer
- *The Show of Shows* (1929), Producer
- *Disraeli* (1929), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/disraeli.md)
- *On With the Show!* (1929), Producer
- *Madonna of Avenue A* (1929), Story
- *Hardboiled Rose* (1929), Story
- *My Man* (1928), Story
- *Noah's Ark* (1928), Associate Producer, Story
- *The Singing Fool* (1928), Producer
- *The Terror* (1928), Producer
- *The Midnight Taxi* (1928), Story
- *State Street Sadie* (1928), Story
- *Lights of New York* (1928), Production Supervisor
- *Pay as You Enter* (1928), Story
- *Tenderloin* (1928), Story, Producer
- *Ham and Eggs at the Front* (1927), Story
- *Jaws of Steel* (1927), Writer
- *Old San Francisco* (1927), Writer, Producer
- *The Desired Woman* (1927), Associate Producer, Story
- *The First Auto* (1927), Producer, Story
- *The Black Diamond Express* (1927), Story
- *Simple Sis* (1927), Story
- *Irish Hearts* (1927), Story
- *Tracked by the Police* (1927), Story
- *The Missing Link* (1927), Scenario Writer
- *Wolf's Clothing* (1927), Screenplay
- *The Better 'Ole* (1926), Screenplay
- *Across the Pacific* (1926), Adaptation
- *So This Is Paris* (1926), Producer
- *Footloose Widows* (1926), Writer
- *The Social Highwayman* (1926), Story
- *Oh! What a Nurse!* (1926), Scenario Writer
- *The Little Irish Girl* (1926), Adaptation
- *The Cave Man* (1926), Writer
- *Lady Windermere's Fan* (1925), Producer
- *Hogan's Alley* (1925), Writer
- *Three Weeks in Paris* (1925), Scenario Writer
- *Seven Sinners* (1925), Story
- *Red Hot Tires* (1925), Story
- *The Limited Mail* (1925), Writer
- *Eve's Lover* (1925), Scenario Writer, Producer
- *A Broadway Butterfly* (1925), Writer
- *On Thin Ice* (1925), Scenario Writer
- *The Lighthouse by the Sea* (1924), Writer
- *Find Your Man* (1924), Writer
- *Sherlock's Home* (1924), Scenario Writer
- *Money to Burns* (1924), Co-Writer
- *Fighting Blood* (1923), Writer
- *Fighting Blood* (1923), Writer
- *Fighting Blood* (1923), Writer

## Gallery

- ![Darryl F. Zanuck](https://film.one/media/person/105042/gallery-2ff23a90bb01.jpg) Darryl F. Zanuck — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Darryl_F._Zanuck_1964.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of a dinner given by the motion picture industry to mark Adolph Zukor's 25th anniversary in the industry. The event was held at The Trocadero in 1936. Fro](https://film.one/media/person/105042/gallery-bd034b2ff61d.jpg) Photo of a dinner given by the motion picture industry to mark Adolph Zukor's 25th anniversary in the industry. The event was held at The Trocadero in 1936. Fro — Acme Newspictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Adolph_Zukor_anniversary_1936.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Darryl Zanuck grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Brentwood, California. December 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/105042/gallery-618daf770c80.jpg) Darryl Zanuck grave at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Brentwood, California. December 2011. — Meribona, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Darryl_Zanuck_grave_at_Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery_in_Brentwood%2C_California.JPG/1280px-Darryl_Zanuck_grave_at_Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery_in_Brentwood%2C_California.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Darryl F. Zanuck](https://film.one/media/person/105042/gallery-d8e129abe3e0.jpg) Darryl F. Zanuck — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1963: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Longest Day*
- 1936: Best Story (nominated), for *G Men*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1954: Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (won)

### Other awards — 4 won

- David di Donatello for Best International Film 1963: David di Donatello for Best International Film (won)
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1951: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (won)
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1945: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (won)
- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1938: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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