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 1,208,891 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

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Curtis Hansons by language

Over the past year Curtis Hanson has had the most page views in the with 159,449 views, followed by French (15,379), and Italian (11,104). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (61.87%), Lower Sorbian (49.89%), and Simple English (38.11%)

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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Filmography

8 Mile
Director
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
Nov 8o 20027.1 / 10
L.A. Confidential
Director
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Sep 19o 19977.792 / 10
In Her Shoes
Director
Irresponsible party girl, Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer, Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.
Oct 7o 20056.2 / 10