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FILM DIRECTOR

Bob Rafelson

1933 - 2022

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Robert Jay Rafelson (February 21, 1933 – July 23, 2022) was an American film director, writer and producer. He is regarded as one of the key figures in the founding of the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s. Among his best-known films as a director include those made as part of the company he co-founded, Raybert/BBS Productions, Five Easy Pieces (1970) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) as well as acclaimed later films, The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) and Mountains of the Moon (1990). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Rafelson has received more than 565,067 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Rafelson is the 858th most popular film director (down from 719th in 2019), the 5,604th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,668th in 2019) and the 216th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bob Rafelson ranks 858 out of 1,581Before him are Raymond Bernard, Christian Petzold, Ferzan Özpetek, Robert Towne, Yash Chopra, and Tran Anh Hung. After him are Pyotr Todorovsky, Shane Black, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Mitchell Leisen, Ludwig Berger, and Pasquale Festa Campanile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Bob Rafelson ranks 271Before him are Nicolae Rainea, Ayako Wakao, Jonathan Penrose, Titus Buberník, H. D. Deve Gowda, and James Wolfensohn. After him are Wayne Rogers, Najah al-Attar, René Felber, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Nicholas Pileggi, and Haruo Remeliik. Among people deceased in 2022, Bob Rafelson ranks 262Before him are Amos Sawyer, Bo Hopkins, Titus Buberník, Petar Skansi, Vittorio Adorni, and Loretta Lynn. After him are Guy Lafleur, Michel Deguy, Louie Anderson, Rupiah Banda, Akira Takarada, and Zhang Jie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Rafelson ranks 5,604 out of 18,182Before him are Taraji P. Henson (1970), Richard Jaeckel (1926), Levon Helm (1940), Sarah Goodridge (1788), Robert David Hall (1947), and Robert Leckie (1920). After him are David Dinkins (1927), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Edward Livingston (1764), Marcus Hurley (1883), Jude Ciccolella (1947), and Hendrik Wade Bode (1905).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Bob Rafelson ranks 216Before him are Alexander Mackendrick (1912), Budd Boetticher (1916), George Sidney (1916), Paul Morrissey (1938), Dorothy Arzner (1897), and Robert Towne (1934). After him are Shane Black (1961), Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977), Mitchell Leisen (1898), Rob Marshall (1960), John Lee Hancock (1956), and Stuart Gordon (1947).

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