FILM DIRECTOR

Barry Levinson

1942 - Today

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Barry Lee Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Levinson won the Academy Award for Best Director for Rain Man (1988). His other best-known works are Diner (1982), The Natural (1984), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Bugsy (1991), and Wag the Dog (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Levinson has received more than 3,266,548 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Barry Levinson is the 219th most popular film director (up from 241st in 2019), the 1,475th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,630th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Film Director.

Barry Levinson is most famous for his work as a director and screenwriter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Barry Levinson ranks 219 out of 2,041. Before him are Mahesh Bhatt, Alfonso Cuarón, Robert Wise, Liliana Cavani, Carol Reed, and Gojko Mitić. After him are Guy Ritchie, Robert Wiene, Nanni Moretti, Tony Richardson, Chris Marker, and Mario Monicelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Barry Levinson ranks 106. Before him are Scott Wilson, Mike Newell, Jacques Dubochet, Conrad Schumann, Daniel Dennett, and Prince Michael of Kent. After him are Bob Ross, Larry Flynt, Manolo Blahnik, Kang Kek Iew, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Lee Kun-hee.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Levinson ranks 1,475 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Cotten (1905), James Patterson (1947), Rose Kennedy (1890), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Paul Stanley (1952), and David Gross (1941). After him are Tom Ford (1961), Irving Stone (1903), Margaret Hamilton (1936), Bob Ross (1942), Daniel Bell (1919), and George Clinton (1739).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Barry Levinson ranks 57. Before him are Raoul Walsh (1887), Richard Donner (1930), John G. Avildsen (1935), Vincente Minnelli (1903), Alan J. Pakula (1928), and Robert Wise (1914). After him are Nicholas Ray (1911), Arthur Penn (1922), Gus Van Sant (1952), Edwin S. Porter (1870), Michael Moore (1954), and James Ivory (1928).

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