FILM DIRECTOR

Derek Jarman

1942 - 1994

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Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English artist, film maker, costume designer, stage designer, writer, poet, gardener, and gay rights activist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Derek Jarman has received more than 1,466,617 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Derek Jarman is the 477th most popular film director (down from 358th in 2019), the 1,784th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,416th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 54.84

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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Derek Jarman ranks 477 out of 2,041Before him are Michael Radford, John Hughes, Robert Rossen, Richard Lester, Moshé Mizrahi, and Larisa Shepitko. After him are André Hunebelle, John Badham, Edward Zwick, George P. Cosmatos, Juraj Jakubisko, and Fernando Meirelles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Derek Jarman ranks 213Before him are Leo Nucci, Vyacheslav Zudov, Hayedeh, John Sulston, Anatoli Bugorski, and Rupert Sheldrake. After him are Oscar Bonavena, Curtis Mayfield, Heidi Brühl, Takao Nishiyama, Gabriele Veneziano, and Oliviero Toscani. Among people deceased in 1994, Derek Jarman ranks 122Before him are Heinz Rühmann, Enrique Líster, Woody Strode, Giovanni Spadolini, Manfred Wörner, and Claude Akins. After him are Zail Singh, Motoo Kimura, Stephen Cole Kleene, Dean Rusk, John Edward Williams, and Frederick Copleston.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Derek Jarman ranks 1,784 out of 8,785Before him are Henry More (1614), Raymond Williams (1921), William Buckland (1784), David Roberts (1796), Stephen Toulmin (1922), and William Jones (1675). After him are Shakin' Stevens (1948), Clarke Abel (1780), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Robert Palmer (1949), and Asma al-Assad (1975).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Derek Jarman ranks 30Before him are Roland Joffé (1945), Sam Mendes (1965), John Guillermin (1925), Michael Anderson (1920), David Yates (1963), and Ken Russell (1927). After him are John Badham (1939), Michael Apted (1941), Mike Leigh (1943), Peter Yates (1929), Ken Annakin (1914), and Paul W. S. Anderson (1965).

Filmography