Rudyard Kipling

Career timeline

1. 1865 · Born

   Born in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India [now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India]

2. 1915 · Screen debut

   A Fool There Was (Movie)

3. 1936 · Died

   January 18, 1936

4. 1967 · Breakthrough

   The Jungle Book (Movie)

5. 2026 · Latest release

   The Boots on the Western Front (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1910s

3 1920s

3 1930s

1 1940s

2 1950s

3 1960s

9 1970s

7 1980s

11 1990s

2 2000s

6 2010s

2 2020s

• Adventure21
• Drama20
• Family20
• Animation19
• Comedy4
• Kids3

Highest-rated title The Man Who Would Be King 1975 7.5 Most popular title The Jungle Book 2016 6.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Rudyard Kipling in our catalogue.

Herbert Wise

2 titles together

1. 2020 Mowgli's 4D Jungle Adventure Movie
2. 2018 Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle 6.5 Movie
3. 2016 The Jungle Book 6.9 Movie
4. 2013 The Jungle Book: The Movie Movie
5. 2008 Just So Stories TV
6. 2006 Jungle Book 3D Rikki-Tikki-Tavi To The Rescue Movie
7. 1998 The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story 5.7 Movie
8. 1997 The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo 5.8 Movie
9. 1995 Jungle Book Movie
10. 1994 The Jungle Book 6.0 Movie
11. 1992 Jungleboek TV
12. 1991 Kim Movie
13. 1990 Jungle Book 5.3 Movie
14. 1990 The Jungle Book Movie
15. 1984 Kim Movie
16. 1982 Stalky & Co TV
17. 1977 Captains Courageous Movie
18. 1976 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Movie
19. 1973 The Adventures of Mowgli 6.9 Movie
20. 1973 Elephant Boy TV
21. 1967 The Jungle Book 7.3 Movie
22. 1951 Soldiers Three Movie
23. 1950 Kim 6.5 Movie
24. 1942 Jungle Book 6.4 Movie
25. 1939 The Light That Failed Movie
26. 1937 Captains Courageous 7.4 Movie

1. 2013 Scape Movie
2. 2012 Rudyard Kipling's Mark of the Beast Movie
3. 1993 They Movie
4. 1988 The Cat Who Walked by Herself Movie
5. 1984 How the First Letter Was Written Movie
6. 1976 Mowgli's Brothers Movie
7. 1975 The Man Who Would Be King 7.5 Movie
8. 1968 The Cat That Walked by Himself Movie
9. 1967 The Jungle Book 7.3 Movie
10. 1964 The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling TV
11. 1937 Wee Willie Winkie 6.7 Movie
12. 1923 The Light That Failed Movie
13. 1915 A Fool There Was 5.1 Movie

1. 2026 The Boots on the Western Front Movie
2. 1996 Captains Courageous 6.5 Movie
3. 1992 The Jungle Book Movie
4. 1989 Maggie Movie
5. 1983 Just So Stories TV
6. 1982 American Playhouse TV
7. 1977 Childhood TV
8. 1975 The White Seal Movie
9. 1975 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 6.4 Movie
10. 1922 Fulta Fisher's Boarding House Movie
11. 1921 Without Benefit of Clergy Movie

1. 2010 The Jungle Book TV
2. 1973 Elephant Boy TV

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