FILM DIRECTOR

Barry Ackroyd

1954 - Today

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Barry Ackroyd (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer and director. Ackroyd has frequently worked with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film The Hurt Locker, and with Greengrass on the critically acclaimed 2013 biographical thriller Captain Phillips, the former earning him a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Ackroyd has received more than 283,524 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Barry Ackroyd is the 1,005th most popular film director (up from 1,110th in 2019), the 3,409th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,810th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 280k

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  • 55.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Barry Ackroyd ranks 1,005 out of 2,041. Before him are Štefan Uher, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Roy Ward Baker, Jean-Marie Poiré, Mike Figgis, and Randal Kleiser. After him are Shinya Tsukamoto, Chris Wedge, Preston Sturges, Ruth Orkin, Janusz Kamiński, and Randall Wallace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Barry Ackroyd ranks 305. Before him are Dmitry Kiselyov, Trevor Rabin, Alois Estermann, Huub Rothengatter, Jozef Barmoš, and Annette Haven. After him are Robert Menasse, René Girard, Joe Jackson, Philippe Bergeroo, Fiorella Mannoia, and Adrian Vandenberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barry Ackroyd ranks 3,409 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward William Lane (1801), Kate Greenaway (1846), Mike Figgis (1948), William Rutter Dawes (1799), Barry Flanagan (1941), and Lee Kerslake (1947). After him are Charles Hutton (1737), Stephen Moyer (1969), Leo Sayer (1948), Philip Barker-Webb (1793), Michael Frayn (1933), and Storm Thorgerson (1944).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Barry Ackroyd ranks 78. Before him are Benjamin Glazer (1887), Peter R. Hunt (1925), Tony Kaye (1952), Nick Park (1958), Roy Ward Baker (1916), and Mike Figgis (1948). After him are John Alcott (1930), Charles Jarrott (1927), Gerry Anderson (1929), Freddie Francis (1917), Mark Herman (1954), and Joe Wright (1972).

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