FILM DIRECTOR

Caleb Deschanel

1944 - Today

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Joseph Caleb Deschanel (born September 21, 1944) is an American cinematographer and director of film and television. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography six times. He is a member of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress, representing the American Society of Cinematographers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caleb Deschanel has received more than 2,843,274 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Caleb Deschanel is the 1,112th most popular film director (down from 950th in 2019), the 7,227th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,248th in 2019) and the 275th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 2.8M

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  • 54.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Caleb Deschanel ranks 1,112 out of 2,041. Before him are Pavel Lungin, Peter Del Monte, Willis H. O'Brien, Agustí Villaronga, Monte Hellman, and Edgar Wright. After him are Vladimir Naumov, Ali Hatami, Şerif Gören, Armand Gatti, Brian Yuzna, and John Grierson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Caleb Deschanel ranks 503. Before him are Dale Dye, Volodymyr Kaplychnyi, Jean-Louis Debré, Jaan Talts, Kevin Tighe, and Miklós Páncsics. After him are Ali Hatami, Florin Gheorghiu, Şerif Gören, Edith McGuire, Chris Roberts, and Kjartan Fløgstad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Caleb Deschanel ranks 7,227 out of 20,380. Before him are Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), David Belasco (1853), Lewis Binford (1932), Polly Holliday (1937), Janis Ian (1951), and Ted Raimi (1965). After him are Brenda Bakke (1963), Jack Lousma (1936), Little Eva (1943), Dan Lauria (1947), John O'Hara (1905), and Joseph Banks Rhine (1895).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Caleb Deschanel ranks 275. Before him are Gregory La Cava (1892), Alan Crosland (1894), David Twohy (1955), Peter Del Monte (1943), Willis H. O'Brien (1886), and Monte Hellman (1932). After him are Andrew Stanton (1965), James Foley (1953), James Algar (1912), Alan Taylor (1959), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), and Pete Docter (1968).

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