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Charles Eames

Director · 57 credits · 2 in highly-rated films

Best known for Powers of Ten (1977)

Frequent collaborators: Ray Eames

Directed movies (54 total, ranked by score)

  1. Solar Do-Nothing Machine

    1990

    Documentary

    31
  2. Babbage’s Calculating Machine or Difference Engine

    1968

    32
  3. Two Baroque Churches in Germany

    1955

    33
  4. The Image of the City

    1969

    34
  5. Kaleidoscope Jazz Chair

    1960

    35
  6. The World of Franklin and Jefferson

    1973

    History

    36
  7. The World of Franklin & Jefferson: Authors of Independence and Architects of the American Experiment

    1973

    History

    37
  8. The World of Franklin and Jefferson: The Opening Of An Exhibition

    1976

    History

    38
  9. A Small Hydromedusan: Polyorchis Haplus

    1970

    39
  10. National Fisheries Center and Aquarium

    1967

    Documentary

    40
  11. Tops (from Stars of Jazz)

    1957

    41
  12. Goods: From a Three-Screen Slide Show Made for a Lecture on ""The New Covetables"" Given by Charles Eames

    1970

    42
  13. Banana Leaf

    1972

    Documentary

    43
  14. Cezanne

    1978

    Documentary

    44
  15. Textiles and Ornamental Arts of India

    1955

    45
  16. Kepler's Laws

    1974

    Documentary, History, Animation

    46
  17. Atlas: A Sketch of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

    1976

    History, Documentary, Animation

    47
  18. Clown Face!

    1971

    Documentary

    48
  19. Traveling Boy

    1950

    Animation

    49
  20. Cable: The Immediate Future

    1972

    Documentary, Animation

    50
  21. Metropolitan Overview

    1975

    Documentary

    51
  22. ECS (Eames Contact Storage)

    1961

    Documentary

    52
  23. The Smithsonian Institution

    1965

    53
  24. View from the People Wall

    1966

    Documentary

    54

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.