FILM DIRECTOR

Douglas Trumbull

1942 - 2022

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Douglas Hunt Trumbull (; April 8, 1942 – February 7, 2022) was an American film director and visual effects supervisor, who pioneered innovative methods in special effects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas Trumbull has received more than 649,436 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Douglas Trumbull is the 1,335th most popular film director (down from 416th in 2019), the 8,994th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,732nd in 2019) and the 345th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Douglas Trumbulls by language

Over the past year Douglas Trumbull has had the most page views in the with 89,566 views, followed by Japanese (5,749), and German (5,303). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (97.12%), Basque (52.51%), and Egyptian Arabic (43.54%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Douglas Trumbull ranks 1,335 out of 2,041. Before him are Steve Miner, Aleksandr Zarkhi, Jerzy Antczak, Aleksandr Alov, Piotr Szulkin, and Frank Pierson. After him are Peter Medak, Kurt Neumann, Bent Hamer, William Desmond Taylor, D. A. Pennebaker, and Walter Lassally.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Douglas Trumbull ranks 588. Before him are Mirko Sandić, Annette Funicello, Jan Olsson, Kazimierz Barburski, Edmond Baraffe, and Andraé Crouch. After him are Michele Lee, Molly Peters, Neil Kinnock, Eddie Kramer, Honorino Landa, and Ion Drîmbă. Among people deceased in 2022, Douglas Trumbull ranks 483. Before him are John Emery, Gianni Celati, John Powell, Roberto Maroni, Raffaele La Capria, and Keto Losaberidze. After him are Kathleen Booth, Kiril Dojčinovski, Viacheslav Semenov, Fabián O'Neill, Wolfgang Fahrian, and Jürgen Nöldner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas Trumbull ranks 8,994 out of 20,380. Before him are Stacy Valentine (1970), Dolores Fuller (1923), Skin Diamond (1987), Andraé Crouch (1942), Willard Metcalf (1858), and Sheldon Leonard (1907). After him are Richard Neal (1949), Minka Kelly (1980), Michele Lee (1942), Virginia Bruce (1909), Billy West (1952), and James Fifer (1930).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Douglas Trumbull ranks 345. Before him are Carl Foreman (1914), Darren Star (1961), Peter Farrelly (1956), Robert Burks (1909), Steve Miner (1951), and Frank Pierson (1925). After him are D. A. Pennebaker (1925), Howard Deutch (1950), Scott Derrickson (1966), Mark Sandrich (1900), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), and Alexander Hall (1894).

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Filmography

2001: A Space Odyssey
Director
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Apr 2o 19688.08 / 10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Director
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Dec 14o 19777.358 / 10
Blade Runner
Director
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Jun 25o 19827.933 / 10