FILM DIRECTOR

Ben Sharpsteen

1895 - 1980

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Benjamin Sharpsteen (November 4, 1895 – December 20, 1980) was an American film director and producer for Disney. He directed 31 films between 1920 and 1980. Sharpsteen created a museum documenting the history of California's first millionaire, Sam Brannan, and the history of the Upper Napa Valley as well as more on Sharpsteen's life and work at the Sharpsteen Museum located in Calistoga, California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Sharpsteen has received more than 171,534 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ben Sharpsteen is the 946th most popular film director (up from 948th in 2019), the 6,041st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,233rd in 2019) and the 222nd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 49.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ben Sharpsteen ranks 946 out of 2,041. Before him are Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Hamo Beknazarian, Carlo Di Palma, Mark Donskoy, Jasmila Žbanić, and Hideo Nakata. After him are Giorgi Shengelaia, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Peter R. Hunt, Xie Jin, Erika Lust, and Matt Reeves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Ben Sharpsteen ranks 206. Before him are Melville J. Herskovits, Olga Spessivtseva, Liane Haid, José Díaz, Hans Rosbaud, and Georg Muche. After him are Jack Northrop, Andreas Alföldi, Johann Nepomuk David, Florence Vidor, Ali Mansur, and Morris Kirksey. Among people deceased in 1980, Ben Sharpsteen ranks 194. Before him are Toshiko Yuasa, Mia May, Jacqueline Cochran, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Uttam Kumar, and Petar Trifunović. After him are Charley Borah, László Szollás, Vasja Pirc, Helmut Käutner, Gaetano Belloni, and Héctor Socorro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Sharpsteen ranks 6,041 out of 20,380. Before him are Walter Burley Griffin (1876), John William Casilear (1811), Geraldine Ferraro (1935), Kim Dickens (1965), Stan Hansen (1949), and Lupe Ontiveros (1942). After him are Willie Colón (1950), W. C. Handy (1873), Al Corley (1956), Anthony Downs (1930), Justin Gatlin (1982), and Roger McGuinn (1942).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Ben Sharpsteen ranks 222. Before him are Chad Stahelski (1968), Tay Garnett (1894), Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949), John Lee Hancock (1956), Ralph Nelson (1916), and Paul Morrissey (1938). After him are Matt Reeves (1966), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Shane Black (1961), Spike Jonze (1969), David Miller (1909), and John Flynn (1932).

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Filmography

Santa's Workshop
Director
Santa's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.
Dec 10th 19326.6 / 10
The Grasshopper and the Ants
Director
As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves
Feb 10th 19346.5 / 10
The Wise Little Hen
Director
Join Donald Duck in his debut in the classic animated short The Wise Little Hen. The Little Hen is planting corn and would like to have help from Peter Pig and Donald Duck, but they refuse stating they each have a "tummy ache." When it comes time to harvest the corn, Peter Pig and Donald still refuse to help the Hen, so she and her chicks do the harvest by themselves. Finally, the hen cooks the corn and offers some to Donald and Peter Pig, but when they look more carefully they discover a surprise.
Jun 8th 19346.471 / 10