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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 1,371,737 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Derek Jarman is the 359th most popular film director (up from 531st in 2019), the 1,421st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,007th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 56.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Derek Jarman ranks 359 out of 1,581. Before him are Ken Russell, James L. Brooks, John Guillermin, Louis Delluc, Mervyn LeRoy, and Ray Harryhausen. After him are Nanni Moretti, Chen Kaige, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Ladislas Starevich, Merian C. Cooper, and Jacques Tourneur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Derek Jarman ranks 167. Before him are Valeriy Brumel, Piers Courage, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Gemma Jones, Andy Summers, and Fred Ward. After him are Don S. Davis, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Stefanie Powers, Robert F. Engle, Ricardo Rodríguez, and Piero Marini. Among people deceased in 1994, Derek Jarman ranks 89. Before him are Federica Montseny, Jérôme Lejeune, Golo Mann, Alain Cuny, Woody Strode, and Donald Judd. After him are Harry Nilsson, Dick Sargent, Roberto Burle Marx, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Jack Unterweger, and Juan Carlos Onetti.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Derek Jarman ranks 1,421 out of 7,765. Before him are Frances Fisher (1952), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Brian Aldiss (1925), Claire Bloom (1931), Paul Rodgers (1949), and Frederick Delius (1862). After him are Malcolm McLaren (1946), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Greg Lake (1947), Michael Scot (1175), Christopher Isherwood (1904), and Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Derek Jarman ranks 24. Before him are Frank Lloyd (1886), Carol Reed (1906), Sam Mendes (1965), John Boorman (1933), Ken Russell (1927), and John Guillermin (1925). After him are Anthony Minghella (1954), Michael Apted (1941), Adrian Lyne (1941), Michael Anderson (1920), David Yates (1963), and Mike Leigh (1943).

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Filmography

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