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FILM DIRECTOR

Arthur Hiller

1923 - 2016

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Arthur Hiller, (November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian television and film director with over 33 films to his credit during a 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Hiller has received more than 722,537 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Arthur Hiller is the 499th most popular film director (down from 455th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Canada (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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  • 720k

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Arthur Hiller ranks 499 out of 1,581Before him are Olivier Assayas, Adam McKay, Walter Frentz, Richard Lester, Ernst Marischka, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa. After him are Mauro Bolognini, Abel Ferrara, Martin Ritt, Taylor Hackford, Chuck Lorre, and George P. Cosmatos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Arthur Hiller ranks 144Before him are Lindsay Anderson, Seijun Suzuki, Pahiño, Gordon Mitchell, Shmuel Eisenstadt, and Edward Mulhare. After him are Antonio Quarracino, Faas Wilkes, Igor Shafarevich, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Ahmet Ertegun, and Diana Douglas. Among people deceased in 2016, Arthur Hiller ranks 159Before him are Rudi Altig, Götz George, Arnold Palmer, Nimr al-Nimr, Abe Vigoda, and Gregorio Conrado Álvarez. After him are Roger Y. Tsien, Ilse Aichinger, Mahasweta Devi, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, S. R. Nathan, and Marc Riboud.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Arthur Hiller ranks 151 out of 1,350Before him are Henry Taube (1915), Eugene Levy (1946), Joe Shuster (1914), Deanna Durbin (1921), Raymond Burr (1917), and Marie Dressler (1868). After him are Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Chris Benoit (1967), Robert D. Hare (1934), Shulamith Firestone (1945), James Doohan (1920), and Brian Mulroney (1939).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Arthur Hiller ranks 8Before him are David Cronenberg (1943), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Edward Dmytryk (1908), Jack L. Warner (1892), Norman Jewison (1926), and Denys Arcand (1941). After him are Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Ted Kotcheff (1931), Paul Haggis (1953), Allan Dwan (1885), and Richard Williams (1933).

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