FILM DIRECTOR

Charles Crichton

1910 - 1999

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Charles Ainslie Crichton (6 August 1910 – 14 September 1999) was an English film director and editor. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire, he became best known for directing many comedies produced at Ealing Studios and had a 40-year career editing and directing many films and television programmes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Crichton has received more than 340,303 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Charles Crichton is the 869th most popular film director (up from 885th in 2019), the 2,997th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,128th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 340k

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  • 49.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Charles Crichton ranks 869 out of 2,041Before him are Shinobu Hashimoto, Eugeniusz Bodo, Wolfgang Becker, Kim Ki-young, Eli Roth, and Jeannot Szwarc. After him are Michael Winner, Jack Clayton, Yevgeni Bauer, Esfir Shub, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Jonathan Nolan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Charles Crichton ranks 219Before him are Carlo Ceresoli, Ma Zhongying, Robert Cummings, Saint Alphonsa, Walter Thiel, and Carlos Marcello. After him are Robert Buron, Edmund Leach, Donald Watson, Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Katalin Karády, and Willy Ronis. Among people deceased in 1999, Charles Crichton ranks 162Before him are Henry Carlsson, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Alfred Bickel, Art Farmer, Zuleykha Seyidmammadova, and Jehan Buhan. After him are Lee Falk, Galina Bystrova, Joshua Nkomo, Johannes Käbin, Annibale Frossi, and Fritz Honegger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Crichton ranks 2,997 out of 8,785Before him are Sidney Robinson (1876), John Robison (1739), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), Piers Morgan (1965), and Ronald Lacey (1935). After him are Michael Winner (1935), Jack Clayton (1921), Richard Dadd (1817), Derek Bell (1941), William Langland (1332), and Rowland Hill (1795).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Charles Crichton ranks 65Before him are Sally Potter (1949), Edmund Goulding (1891), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Mick Jackson (1943), Ronald Neame (1911), and Steven Knight (1959). After him are Michael Winner (1935), Jack Clayton (1921), Jonathan Nolan (1976), Martin McDonagh (1970), Anthony Harvey (1930), and Jack Cardiff (1914).

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