1954 - 2008
Anthony Minghella, (6 January 1954 – 18 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The English Patient (1996). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Minghella has received more than 1,997,651 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Anthony Minghella is the 315th most popular film director (up from 390th in 2019), the 1,305th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,578th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Anthony Minghella ranks 315 out of 1,580. Before him are Shin Sang-ok, Chris Columbus, Bo Widerberg, Frank Borzage, Sam Raimi, and Raúl Ruiz. After him are Alexander Sokurov, Mervyn LeRoy, Jacques Copeau, Philippe de Broca, John Boorman, and Giuseppe De Santis.
1926 - 2006
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 309
1958 - Present
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 310
1930 - 1997
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 311
1894 - 1962
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 312
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 313
1941 - 2011
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 314
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 315
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 316
1900 - 1987
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 317
1879 - 1949
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 318
1933 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 319
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 320
1917 - 1997
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 321
Among people born in 1954, Anthony Minghella ranks 65. Before him are Ilan Ramon, Kathleen Turner, Steve Morse, Jorge Jesus, Chris Evert, and Katey Sagal. After him are Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, Hrant Dink, Phil Rudd, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Chris Gardner, and Fernando Santos. Among people deceased in 2008, Anthony Minghella ranks 76. Before him are Henry Molaison, Rajko Mitić, Cyd Charisse, Joseph M. Juran, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, and Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah. After him are Kon Ichikawa, Bettie Page, Bernardin Gantin, Eva Dahlbeck, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, and Henri Salvador.
1954 - 2003
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 59
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 60
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 61
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 62
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 63
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 64
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 65
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 66
1954 - 2007
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 67
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 68
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 69
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 70
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 71
1926 - 2008
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 70
1922 - 2008
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 71
1922 - 2008
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 72
1904 - 2008
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 73
1923 - 2008
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 74
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 75
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 76
1915 - 2008
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 77
1923 - 2008
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 78
1922 - 2008
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 79
1920 - 2008
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 80
1910 - 2008
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 81
1917 - 2008
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 82
Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Minghella ranks 1,305 out of 6,924. Before him are Stephen Fry (1957), Richard Adams (1920), Rosemary Harris (1927), James Mirrlees (1936), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), and Marc Bolan (1947). After him are Allen Carr (1934), Philip Sidney (1554), Lorna Wing (1928), Max Mosley (1940), John Henry Poynting (1852), and Gerald Gardner (1884).
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,299
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,300
1927 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,301
1936 - 2018
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,302
1884 - 1966
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,303
1947 - 1977
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,304
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,305
1934 - 2006
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,306
1554 - 1586
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 1,307
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 1,308
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 1,309
1852 - 1914
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 1,310
1884 - 1964
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 1,311
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Anthony Minghella ranks 22. Before him are David Hamilton (1933), Mike Newell (1942), Sam Mendes (1965), Frank Lloyd (1886), Carol Reed (1906), and Ken Russell (1927). After him are John Boorman (1933), Adrian Lyne (1941), Michael Anderson (1920), John Guillermin (1925), J. Lee Thompson (1914), and Peter Yates (1929).
1933 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 17
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 18
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 19
1906 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20
1927 - 2011
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 21
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 22
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 23
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 24
1920 - 2018
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 25
1925 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 26
1914 - 2002
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 27
1929 - 2011
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 28