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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 51,785 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Birt Acres is the 1,400th most popular film director, the 10,246th most popular biography from United States and the 390th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 52k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Birt Acres ranks 1,400 out of 1,581Before him are Niki Caro, Andy Tennant, André Roosevelt, Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Haifaa al-Mansour, and Kevin S. Bright. After him are William Daniels, Hal Hartley, Val Guest, Hito Steyerl, Flora Gomes, and Albert Pyun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Birt Acres ranks 104Before him are Aristarkh Belopolsky, Giuseppe Veronese, William C. Gorgas, Gottlieb Haberlandt, Hans Jæger, and Dukinfield Henry Scott. After him are Johan Ludvig Heiberg, George Whitefield Chadwick, Queenie Newall, and Edward Carson. Among people deceased in 1918, Birt Acres ranks 162Before him are Harold Lockwood, John Antoine Nau, Amalie Materna, Anna Held, George Reid, and Walter Rauschenbusch. After him are Joseph F. Smith, Reggie Pridmore, J. Donald Cameron, Jakob Jakobsen, Gaston Salmon, and John Redmond.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Birt Acres ranks 10,246 out of 18,182Before him are Andrea Leeds (1914), Tim Kring (1957), Richelle Mead (1976), Stone Gossard (1966), Carol Shields (1935), and Evelyne Hall (1909). After him are Edward James Roye (1815), Elihu B. Washburne (1816), Dan Osman (1963), Olivia Munn (1980), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), and Dean Smith (1931).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Birt Acres ranks 390Before him are James Algar (1912), Lisa Cholodenko (1964), Erle C. Kenton (1896), John R. Leonetti (1956), Andy Tennant (1955), and Kevin S. Bright (1954). After him are William Daniels (1901), Hal Hartley (1959), Albert Pyun (1953), Jack Smith (1932), Rick Rosenthal (1949), and Victor Salva (1958).

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