1957 - Today
David Silverman (born March 15, 1957) is an American animator who has directed numerous episodes of the animated television series The Simpsons, as well as its 2007 film adaptation. Silverman was involved with the series from the very beginning, animating all of the original short Simpsons cartoons that aired on The Tracey Ullman Show. He went on to serve as director of animation for several years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Silverman has received more than 48,683 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). David Silverman is the 1,627th most popular film director (down from 1,382nd in 2019), the 12,949th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,096th in 2019) and the 488th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, David Silverman ranks 1,627 out of 1,581. Before him are John August, Peter Cattaneo, Jonathan Glazer, Greig Fraser, Michel Franco, and Hannes Holm. After him are Chetan Anand, Valérie Donzelli, B. R. Chopra, Kevin Lima, Michael Glawogger, and Zeki Demirkubuz.
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 1,621
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 1,622
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 1,623
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 1,624
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 1,625
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 1,626
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 1,627
1915 - 1997
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 1,628
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.26
Rank: 1,629
1914 - 2008
HPI: 36.21
Rank: 1,630
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.18
Rank: 1,631
1959 - 2014
HPI: 36.17
Rank: 1,632
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.15
Rank: 1,633
Among people born in 1957, David Silverman ranks 575. Before him are Nasser Shabani, Alexander Beilinson, Martinho Ndafa Kabi, Vyacheslav Yanovskiy, Sato Kilman, and Dwane Casey. After him are Robin Cousins, Sabine John, Terry McAuliffe, Phil Murphy, Ángel Herrera Vera, and Poly Styrene.
1957 - 2020
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 569
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.50
Rank: 570
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.48
Rank: 571
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.42
Rank: 572
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 573
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.36
Rank: 574
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 575
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.25
Rank: 576
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.22
Rank: 577
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.11
Rank: 578
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.09
Rank: 579
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 580
1957 - 2011
HPI: 35.96
Rank: 581
Among people born in United States, David Silverman ranks 12,949 out of 18,182. Before him are Carmel Myers (1899), Audrey Niffenegger (1963), George Walton (1741), Chris Hansen (1959), Mark Webber (1980), and Gene Raymond (1908). After him are Gideon Welles (1802), Bob Armstrong (1939), Lauren Faust (1974), Betty Wright (1953), Dane Clark (1912), and Derek Fisher (1974).
1899 - 1980
HPI: 36.33
Rank: 12,943
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 12,944
1741 - 1804
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 12,945
1959 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 12,946
1980 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 12,947
1908 - 1998
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 12,948
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 12,949
1802 - 1878
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 12,950
1939 - 2020
HPI: 36.31
Rank: 12,951
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.30
Rank: 12,952
1953 - 2020
HPI: 36.30
Rank: 12,953
1912 - 1998
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 12,954
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 12,955
Among film directors born in United States, David Silverman ranks 488. Before him are Darren Lynn Bousman (1979), Michael Dante DiMartino (1974), Harmony Korine (1973), Billy Ray (2000), Callie Khouri (1957), and John August (1970). After him are Kevin Lima (1962), Scott Silver (1964), Bud Yorkin (1926), Zak Penn (1968), Jeffrey Lieber (1969), and John Carl Buechler (1952).
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.70
Rank: 482
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.69
Rank: 483
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.68
Rank: 484
2000 - Present
HPI: 36.64
Rank: 485
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.57
Rank: 486
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 487
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 488
1962 - Present
HPI: 36.18
Rank: 489
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.06
Rank: 490
1926 - 2015
HPI: 36.05
Rank: 491
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.02
Rank: 492
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.95
Rank: 493
1952 - 2019
HPI: 35.91
Rank: 494