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Conrad Hall

1926 - 2003

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Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was a French Polynesian-born American cinematographer. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he became widely prominent as a cinematographer earning numerous accolades including three Academy Awards (with ten nominations), three BAFTA Awards and five American Society of Cinematographers Awards. Hall won three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), American Beauty (1999), and Road to Perdition (2002). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conrad Hall has received more than 1,062,949 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Conrad Hall is the 5,704th most popular writer (down from 5,224th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from French Polynesia (down from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Writer.

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  • 52.63

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Conrad Hall ranks 5,704 out of 7,302. Before him are Ágnes Gergely, Abraham Cowley, Federigo Tozzi, Ivan Dmitriev, Claude McKay, and Antoni Słonimski. After him are Henry Ward Beecher, Manuel Rivas, Peider Lansel, Peter Morgan, Georgi Gospodinov, and Sarmad Kashani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Conrad Hall ranks 420. Before him are A. N. R. Robinson, John Gardner, John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, Alison Lurie, Nikos Koundouros, and Tom Tryon. After him are Darleane C. Hoffman, H. R. Haldeman, Ralph Abernathy, Klaus Schütz, Torfi Bryngeirsson, and Lily Carlstedt. Among people deceased in 2003, Conrad Hall ranks 299. Before him are Robert John Braidwood, Halima Nosirova, Donald Regan, Robert Atkins, Anne Gwynne, and German Apukhtin. After him are Jan-Just Bos, Curt Hennig, Valentin Gavrilov, Sven Fahlman, Carol Shields, and Bruno Boni.

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In French Polynesia

Among people born in French Polynesia, Conrad Hall ranks 9 out of 24. Before him are Pōmare I (1742), Pōmare II (1782), Tarita Teriipaia (1941), Édouard Fritch (1952), Oscar Temaru (1944), and Fabrice Santoro (1972). After him are Jocelyne LaGarde (1924), Karina Lombard (1969), Pascal Vahirua (1966), Marama Vahirua (1980), Norbert Hauata (1979), and Nicolas Vallar (1983).

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Among WRITERS In French Polynesia

Among writers born in French Polynesia, Conrad Hall ranks 1. 

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