1933 - 2016
David Hamilton (15 April 1933 – 25 November 2016) was a British photographer and film director best known for his photography of young women and girls, mostly in the nude. His signature soft focus style was called the "Hamilton Blur", which was erroneously thought to be achieved by smearing Vaseline on the lens of his camera. It was not created that way. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hamilton has received more than 56,496 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). David Hamilton is the 222nd most popular film director (down from 217th in 2019), the 976th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 956th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, David Hamilton ranks 222 out of 1,580. Before him are Barry Levinson, Mario Bava, Henry Hathaway, Raoul Walsh, Terence Young, and Steven Soderbergh. After him are Edwin S. Porter, Franklin J. Schaffner, Margarethe von Trotta, Roger Corman, Stanley Kramer, and Věra Chytilová.
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 216
1914 - 1980
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 217
1898 - 1985
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 218
1887 - 1980
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 219
1915 - 1994
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 220
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 221
1933 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 222
1870 - 1941
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 223
1920 - 1989
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 224
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 225
1926 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 226
1913 - 2001
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 227
1929 - 2014
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 228
Among people born in 1933, David Hamilton ranks 81. Before him are Richard R. Ernst, Michel Hidalgo, Mathieu Kérékou, John Mayall, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Godfried Danneels. After him are Jeremy Brett, Teresa Berganza, Jerzy Kosiński, Robert Curl, Jean-Claude Brialy, and Liliana Cavani. Among people deceased in 2016, David Hamilton ranks 72. Before him are Edgar Mitchell, Michel Tournier, Keith Emerson, Thomas Schelling, Ahmed Zewail, and Gabriele Amorth. After him are Iolanda Balaș, Tony Burton, Kenny Baker, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Michal Kováč, and Marvin Minsky.
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 75
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 76
1933 - 2015
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 77
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 78
1933 - 1995
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 79
1933 - 2019
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 80
1933 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 81
1933 - 1995
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 82
1933 - Present
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 83
1933 - 1991
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 84
1933 - Present
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 85
1933 - 2007
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 86
1933 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 87
1930 - 2016
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 66
1924 - 2016
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 67
1944 - 2016
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 68
1921 - 2016
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 69
1946 - 2016
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 70
1925 - 2016
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 71
1933 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 72
1936 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 73
1937 - 2016
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 74
1934 - 2016
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 75
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 76
1930 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 77
1927 - 2016
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 78
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hamilton ranks 976 out of 6,924. Before him are W. O. Bentley (1888), Derek Barton (1918), Dirk Bogarde (1921), Bob Hope (1903), Oliver Smithies (1925), and Henry Royce (1863). After him are Penda of Mercia (606), Charles George Gordon (1833), Jeremy Brett (1933), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), George Shaw (1751), and Alasdair MacIntyre (1929).
1888 - 1971
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 970
1918 - 1998
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 971
1921 - 1999
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 972
1903 - 2003
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 973
1925 - 2017
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 974
1863 - 1933
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 975
1933 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 976
606 - 655
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 977
1833 - 1885
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 978
1933 - 1995
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 979
1519 - 1536
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 980
1751 - 1813
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 981
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 982
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, David Hamilton ranks 16. Before him are Peter Greenaway (1942), Guy Ritchie (1968), Danny Boyle (1956), Tony Richardson (1928), John Schlesinger (1926), and Stephen Frears (1941). After him are Mike Newell (1942), Sam Mendes (1965), Frank Lloyd (1886), Carol Reed (1906), Ken Russell (1927), and Anthony Minghella (1954).
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 10
1968 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 11
1956 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 12
1928 - 1991
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 13
1926 - 2003
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 15
1933 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 17
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 18
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 19
1906 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20
1927 - 2011
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 21
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 22