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FILM DIRECTOR

David Hamilton

1933 - 2016

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hamilton has received more than 63,709 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. David Hamilton is the 246th most popular film director (down from 222nd in 2019), the 1,051st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 976th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 64k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David Hamilton ranks 246 out of 1,581Before him are John G. Avildsen, Barry Levinson, Jane Campion, Mikhail Kalatozov, Stanley Donen, and Mauritz Stiller. After him are Gojko Mitić, Věra Chytilová, Martin Campbell, Edward Dmytryk, Karel Zeman, and Edwin S. Porter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, David Hamilton ranks 88Before him are Piero Manzoni, Jerzy Kosiński, Lamine Diack, Yuri Oganessian, Nino Vaccarella, and Peter Mansfield. After him are Cees Nooteboom, Teresa Berganza, Manu Dibango, Walter Kasper, Lea Massari, and Godfried Danneels. Among people deceased in 2016, David Hamilton ranks 82Before him are Walter Kohn, Michel Butor, Edgar Mitchell, Chyna, Yasuo Takamori, and Thomas Schelling. After him are Corry Brokken, Edward Albee, Seymour Papert, Tony Burton, Glenn Frey, and Maria Teresa de Filippis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Hamilton ranks 1,051 out of 7,765Before him are Charles Spearman (1863), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), George Biddell Airy (1801), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), and Alan Parsons (1948). After him are Michael Houghton (1949), Kim Wilde (1960), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Stewart Granger (1913), Mary Ann Nichols (1845), and Twiggy (1949).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, David Hamilton ranks 16Before him are Peter Greenaway (1942), Guy Ritchie (1968), Danny Boyle (1956), Tony Richardson (1928), Mike Newell (1942), and Stephen Frears (1941). After him are John Schlesinger (1926), Frank Lloyd (1886), Carol Reed (1906), Sam Mendes (1965), John Boorman (1933), and Ken Russell (1927).

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