FILM DIRECTOR

Birt Acres

1854 - 1918

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Birt Acres (23 July 1854 – 27 December 1918) was an American and British photographer and film pioneer. Among his contributions to the early film industry are the first working 35 mm camera in Britain (Wales), and Birtac, the first daylight loading home movie camera and projector. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Birt Acres has received more than 55,132 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Birt Acres is the 1,473rd most popular film director (down from 1,394th in 2019), the 10,432nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,223rd in 2019) and the 398th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Birt Acres ranks 1,473 out of 2,041. Before him are Joseph Kosinski, Brian Helgeland, Giorgio Capitani, Bill Plympton, Peyton Reed, and Haifaa al-Mansour. After him are Olivier Megaton, Mike Flanagan, Vadim Perelman, Gene Saks, Mick Garris, and V. Shantaram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Birt Acres ranks 120. Before him are Dukinfield Henry Scott, Ernest Belfort Bax, Rafael López Gutiérrez, Jan Sztolcman, Hjalmar Mellin, and Queenie Newall. After him are Annie Lorrain Smith, Arthur Barclay, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Edward Carson, George Whitefield Chadwick, and Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone. Among people deceased in 1918, Birt Acres ranks 177. Before him are George Reid, Anna Held, Walter Chaffe, Grove Karl Gilbert, Jakob Jakobsen, and Joseph F. Smith. After him are Arthur O'Hara Wood, J. Donald Cameron, Amalie Materna, Walter Rauschenbusch, Ernie Parker, and Gaston Salmon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Birt Acres ranks 10,432 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeremy Allen White (1991), Sterling Price (1809), Debbi Peterson (1961), Bill Plympton (1946), Peyton Reed (1964), and Barry Diller (1942). After him are Walker Percy (1916), Adolph Kiefer (1918), Robert Gordon (1947), George Luks (1867), Kirk Cameron (1970), and Warren Kealoha (1903).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Birt Acres ranks 398. Before him are Edward Sedgwick (1889), Charles Band (1951), Joseph Kosinski (1974), Brian Helgeland (1961), Bill Plympton (1946), and Peyton Reed (1964). After him are Mike Flanagan (1978), Gene Saks (1921), Mick Garris (1951), Victor Salva (1958), Kurt Wimmer (1964), and Kelly Reichardt (1964).

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