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Cecil B. DeMille

1881 - 1959

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Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of American cinema and the most commercially successful producer-director in film history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cecil B. DeMille has received more than 3,894,350 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Cecil B. DeMille is the 212th most popular film director (up from 234th in 2019), the 1,398th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,540th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Cecil B. DeMille ranks 212 out of 1,581. Before him are Sam Raimi, Liliana Cavani, Bertrand Tavernier, Robert Siodmak, John Sturges, and Wes Anderson. After him are Thea von Harbou, Alfonso Cuarón, Theo van Gogh, Mario Bava, Marco Ferreri, and Robert J. Flaherty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Cecil B. DeMille ranks 50. Before him are William Boeing, Emil Ludwig, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Ludwig Binswanger, Nikolai Myaskovsky, and Sveinn Björnsson. After him are Victor Klemperer, Giovanni Papini, P. G. Wodehouse, Paul Cornu, Vincenzo Lancia, and Mikhail Larionov. Among people deceased in 1959, Cecil B. DeMille ranks 29. Before him are Arthur Cecil Pigou, Ettore Majorana, Raphael Lemkin, Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, John Foster Dulles, and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax. After him are Enrico De Nicola, Alfred Kubin, Mario Lanza, Wanda Landowska, Rudolf Caracciola, and Ernest Bloch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cecil B. DeMille ranks 1,398 out of 18,182. Before him are David Morse (1953), Ken Thompson (1943), Alan Greenspan (1926), Herbert Blomstedt (1927), Walter Chrysler (1875), and Bob Saget (1956). After him are Rose Kennedy (1890), Carroll Baker (1931), Jean M. Auel (1936), Karen Grassle (1942), Héctor Elizondo (1936), and Robert Wilson (1941).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Cecil B. DeMille ranks 60. Before him are Richard Donner (1930), Alan J. Pakula (1928), Chris Columbus (1958), Sam Raimi (1959), John Sturges (1910), and Wes Anderson (1969). After him are Robert J. Flaherty (1884), Spike Lee (1957), Gus Van Sant (1952), Joseph Losey (1909), George Stevens (1904), and Richard Fleischer (1916).

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Filmography

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