FILM DIRECTOR

Don Siegel

1912 - 1991

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Donald Siegel ( SEE-gəl; October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991) was an American film director and producer. Siegel was described by The New York Times as "a director of tough, cynical and forthright action-adventure films whose taut plots centered on individualistic loners". He directed the science-fiction horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), as well as five films with Clint Eastwood, including the police thriller Dirty Harry (1971) and the prison drama Escape from Alcatraz (1979). He also directed John Wayne's final film, the Western The Shootist (1976). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Siegel has received more than 1,320,487 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Don Siegel is the 179th most popular film director (down from 177th in 2019), the 1,185th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,152nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Film Director.

Don Siegel is most famous for being a director and screenwriter. He directed movies such as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Dirty Harry," and "The Shootist."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Don Siegel ranks 179 out of 2,041. Before him are Genndy Tartakovsky, Nagisa Oshima, Jacques Rivette, Gordon Parks, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Jerzy Skolimowski. After him are Alejandro González Iñárritu, Francesco Rosi, Blake Edwards, Theo van Gogh, Kathryn Bigelow, and Jean Vigo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Don Siegel ranks 55. Before him are Minoru Yamasaki, Patrick White, Lev Gumilyov, Sonja Henie, Gordon Parks, and Cornel Wilde. After him are John Payne, Elsa Morante, Pedro Armendáriz, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Ertuğrul Osman, and Salvador Luria. Among people deceased in 1991, Don Siegel ranks 39. Before him are Jean Tinguely, Martha Graham, Claudio Arrau, Wilhelm Kempff, Stan Getz, and Leo Fender. After him are Gino Colaussi, James Irwin, Tom of Finland, Gene Tierney, Ivan Kozhedub, and Salvador Luria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Siegel ranks 1,185 out of 20,380. Before him are George Armitage Miller (1920), Lisa Kudrow (1963), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), Leo Fender (1909), Joe Jackson (1928), and William Fichtner (1956). After him are Donna Haraway (1944), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Sissy Spacek (1949), George Papandreou (1952), George Stinney (1929), and Edward Emerson Barnard (1857).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Don Siegel ranks 45. Before him are Jonathan Demme (1944), Frances Marion (1888), Ed Wood (1924), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), Joel Schumacher (1939), and Gordon Parks (1912). After him are Blake Edwards (1922), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Henry Hathaway (1898), Chris Columbus (1958), Wes Anderson (1969), and Raoul Walsh (1887).

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