FILM DIRECTOR

Curtis Hanson

1945 - 2016

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Curtis Lee Hanson (March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born in Reno, Nevada, Hanson grew up in Los Angeles. After dropping out of high school, Hanson worked as photographer and editor for Cinema magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curtis Hanson has received more than 1,343,588 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Curtis Hanson is the 491st most popular film director (down from 431st in 2019), the 3,121st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,833rd in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Curtis Hanson ranks 491 out of 2,041. Before him are Renny Harlin, Jörn Donner, Jim Abrahams, Louis Delluc, Grigori Aleksandrov, and John Waters. After him are Alf Sjöberg, Alexander Kluge, Richard Thorpe, Pierre Woodman, Abel Ferrara, and Jean-Daniel Cadinot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Curtis Hanson ranks 203. Before him are Dimitar Penev, Roger Chartier, Michael J. Smith, Nigel Terry, Nick Simper, and Stephen Stills. After him are Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Michael Bishop, Maryla Rodowicz, Divine, and Driss Jettou. Among people deceased in 2016, Curtis Hanson ranks 155. Before him are Peter Vaughan, Rudolf E. Kálmán, Abe Vigoda, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Götz George, and Rudi Altig. After him are Ferdinand Kübler, Richard Adams, Peter Shaffer, Ilse Aichinger, Bill Nunn, and Artur Fischer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Curtis Hanson ranks 3,121 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Harlow (1905), Eric Stoltz (1961), Carla Gugino (1971), Grandma Moses (1860), Leon Czolgosz (1873), and Maila Nurmi (1922). After him are Ernest King (1878), Sandra Dee (1942), Mary-Louise Parker (1964), Karch Kiraly (1960), Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977), and Richard Thorpe (1896).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Curtis Hanson ranks 127. Before him are John Hughes (1950), Robert Rossen (1908), Richard Lester (1932), Edward Zwick (1952), Jim Abrahams (1944), and John Waters (1946). After him are Richard Thorpe (1896), Abel Ferrara (1951), John Milius (1944), Sam Wood (1883), Clarence Brown (1890), and Jennifer Lee (1971).

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