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FILM DIRECTOR

Allan Dwan

1885 - 1981

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Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Allan Dwan has received more than 249,720 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Dwan is the 637th most popular film director (up from 716th in 2019), the 202nd most popular biography from Canada (up from 228th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Canadian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Allan Dwan ranks 637 out of 1,581Before him are Otakar Vávra, Kevin Smith, Majid Majidi, Henri Colpi, Percy Adlon, and André Delvaux. After him are Terence Fisher, Steno, Ivan Pyryev, Fatih Akin, Henning Carlsen, and Alberto Cavalcanti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Allan Dwan ranks 127Before him are Abdurauf Fitrat, Georges Mandel, Paul Leni, Eino Rahja, Charles Dullin, and Ruben Sevak. After him are Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval, Ralph Rose, Sigrid Hjertén, Sun Chuanfang, Blas Infante, and Arturo Rawson. Among people deceased in 1981, Allan Dwan ranks 110Before him are Mostafa Chamran, Boris Polevoy, Ivan Eklind, Lydia Lopokova, Jim Davis, and Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia. After him are Terry Fox, Agniya Barto, Michele Andreolo, Paul Anspach, Durgabai Deshmukh, and Mario Camerini.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Allan Dwan ranks 202 out of 1,350Before him are Harold Innis (1894), Alanis Morissette (1974), Paul Haggis (1953), Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886), Bobby Hull (1939), and Jeff Wall (1946). After him are Mary Simon (1947), Nathan Fillion (1971), Ethel Smith (1907), Naomi Klein (1970), Raymond Massey (1896), and John van 't Schip (1963).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Allan Dwan ranks 13Before him are Denys Arcand (1941), Arthur Hiller (1923), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Ted Kotcheff (1931), and Paul Haggis (1953). After him are Richard Williams (1933), Mark Robson (1913), Shawn Levy (1968), Jason Reitman (1977), Robert Lepage (1957), and Mary Harron (1953).

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