FILM DIRECTOR

Carl Foreman

1914 - 1984

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Carl Foreman, CBE (July 23, 1914 – June 26, 1984) was an American screenwriter and film producer who wrote the award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai and High Noon, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Foreman has received more than 358,133 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Carl Foreman is the 1,319th most popular film director (down from 1,260th in 2019), the 8,841st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,756th in 2019) and the 339th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Carl Foremen by language

Over the past year Carl Foreman has had the most page views in the with 45,763 views, followed by German (5,428), and Spanish (2,556). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Luxembourgish (78.50%), Hebrew (69.03%), and German (68.10%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Carl Foreman ranks 1,319 out of 2,041. Before her are Yuli Raizman, Peter Berg, Catherine Corsini, Bahman Ghobadi, Javier Aguirresarobe, and Lee Garmes. After her are Darren Star, Peter Farrelly, Jonathan Lynn, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Andrzej Sekuła, and Robert Burks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Carl Foreman ranks 340. Before her are Heidi Kabel, Louis Gabrillargues, Yuri Linnik, Sven Fahlman, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, and Jack Parsons. After her are Robert Alda, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Billy Eckstine, Estelle Reiner, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and Kay Stammers. Among people deceased in 1984, Carl Foreman ranks 224. Before her are Shelly Manne, Henry Wilcoxon, Yvon Petra, Nikolai Tomsky, Machito, and Peggy Ann Garner. After her are Wilhelm Müller, Héctor Hernández, Alberta Hunter, Ken Armstrong, William D'Amico, and Renato Perona.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Foreman ranks 8,841 out of 20,380. Before her are Allen Toussaint (1938), Gabrielle Union (1972), Angus King (1944), Lee Garmes (1898), James Comey (1960), and Ben Cardin (1943). After her are Darren Star (1961), Richard Dysart (1929), William Stanley Haseltine (1835), Peter Farrelly (1956), Alan Washbond (1899), and Jo Stafford (1917).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Carl Foreman ranks 339. Before her are David Frankel (1959), Max Hardcore (1956), Charles Reisner (1887), Melville Shavelson (1917), Peter Berg (1962), and Lee Garmes (1898). After her are Darren Star (1961), Peter Farrelly (1956), Robert Burks (1909), Steve Miner (1951), Frank Pierson (1925), and Douglas Trumbull (1942).

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Filmography

High Noon
Director
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
Jun 9o 19527.688 / 10
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Director
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Oct 11o 19577.835 / 10
The Guns of Navarone
Director
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Apr 27o 19617.316 / 10