FILM DIRECTOR

John Madden

1949 - Today

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John Philip Madden (born 8 April 1949) is an English director of stage, film, television, and radio. He is known for directing Shakespeare in Love (1998), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Madden has received more than 12,395,763 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Madden is the 620th most popular film director (up from 647th in 2019), the 2,300th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,412th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Maddens by language

Over the past year John Madden has had the most page views in the with 978,438 views, followed by Italian (11,384), and French (6,801). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (92.83%), Galician (78.85%), and Egyptian Arabic (64.29%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Madden ranks 620 out of 2,041. Before him are Jim Sheridan, Jean Rollin, Georges Franju, Andrew Birkin, Tran Anh Hung, and Richard C. Sarafian. After him are Paul Greengrass, Arnold Fanck, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Sergei Gerasimov, Peter Hyams, and Yuri Ilyenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, John Madden ranks 247. Before him are Alaa Hussein Ali, Erik Estrada, Ibrahim Mahlab, Sotiris Kaiafas, Jim Sheridan, and Niels Arestrup. After him are Conny Torstensson, Mustafa Denizli, Veronica Cartwright, Jim Carroll, Kiran Bedi, and Rob Cohen.

Others Born in 1949

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Madden ranks 2,300 out of 8,785. Before him are John Terry (1980), Sylvester McCoy (1943), Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Joseph Raphson (1648), and Alan Gardiner (1879). After him are Al Stewart (1945), David Stirling (1915), Paul Greengrass (1955), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Lullus (710), and Jackie Oliver (1942).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Madden ranks 48. Before him are Lewis Gilbert (1920), Michael Powell (1905), Norman McLaren (1914), Nicolas Roeg (1928), John Glen (1932), and Andrew Birkin (1945). After him are Paul Greengrass (1955), Robert Stevenson (1905), Terence Davies (1945), Richard Marquand (1937), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), and James Whale (1889).

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Filmography

The Replacements
Director
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that impossible dream hinges on whether his replacements can hunker down and do the job. So, McGinty dusts off his secret dossier of ex-players who never got a chance (or screwed up the one they were given) and knits together a bad-dream team of guys who just may give the Sentinels their title shot.
Aug 11o 20006.634 / 10
Little Giants
Director
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?
Oct 14o 19946.458 / 10
All Madden
Director
Centered largely on the 30 years after his Hall of Fame coaching career, this FOX Sports documentary explores football icon John Madden’s extraordinary impact on America’s most popular sport, the indelible mark he made on broadcast television and how he revolutionized the video game industry.
Dec 25o 20218.375 / 10