FILM DIRECTOR

Abraham Polonsky

1910 - 1999

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Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5, 1910 – October 26, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, essayist and novelist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Body and Soul (1947). The following year, he wrote and directed Force of Evil (1948), which was later hailed by Martin Scorsese and others as one of the finest achievements of American film noir. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Polonsky has received more than 148,201 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Polonsky is the 1,042nd most popular film director (down from 873rd in 2019), the 6,665th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,724th in 2019) and the 257th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Abraham Polonsky ranks 1,042 out of 2,041. Before him are Kei Kumai, Louis Leterrier, Barbara Hammer, Pierre Tchernia, Todd Haynes, and Josef von Báky. After him are Charles Jarrott, Bill Condon, Mark L. Lester, Bruno Dumont, Grigori Roshal, and Marleen Gorris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Abraham Polonsky ranks 262. Before him are Lupita Tovar, John Wooden, László Lékai, Inge Meysel, Iuliu Baratky, and Kirk Alyn. After him are Johann Urbanek, Vladas Mikėnas, Laurance Rockefeller, Fritzi Burger, Heitor Canalli, and Adalberts Bubenko. Among people deceased in 1999, Abraham Polonsky ranks 198. Before him are Vivian Fuchs, John Berry, Rory Calhoun, Yury Malyshev, Ernest Gold, and Kirk Alyn. After him are Lester Bowie, Fritzi Burger, Tamás Mendelényi, Alain Peyrefitte, John Van Ryn, and Hideo Itokawa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Abraham Polonsky ranks 6,665 out of 20,380. Before him are Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), Hal Connolly (1931), Brock Peters (1927), Darryl Jones (1961), Kirk Alyn (1910), and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867). After him are Mary Alice (1941), Anna Schwartz (1915), Michael Harner (1929), Kim Gordon (1953), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), and Jason Lee (1970).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Abraham Polonsky ranks 257. Before him are Candida Royalle (1950), Mimi Leder (1952), Michael Chapman (1935), Stephen Sommers (1962), Barbara Hammer (1939), and Todd Haynes (1961). After him are Bill Condon (1955), Mark L. Lester (1946), Noah Baumbach (1969), Ted Wilde (1889), Zalman King (1941), and Cameron Crowe (1957).

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