1924 - 1978
Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pulp novel author. In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult classics, notably Glen or Glenda (1953), Jail Bait (1954), Bride of the Monster (1955), Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) and Night of the Ghouls (1959). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Wood has received more than 2,741,079 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Wood is the 149th most popular film director (down from 117th in 2019), the 1,019th most popular biography from United States (down from 773rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Film Director.
Ed Wood is most famous for his films, which are considered some of the worst films ever made.
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Among film directors, Ed Wood ranks 149 out of 1,581. Before him are Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Wong Kar-wai, Victor Sjöström, Abel Gance, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Jan Švankmajer. After him are Joris Ivens, Robert Wise, Roland Emmerich, Sergei Bondarchuk, Denis Villeneuve, and Ettore Scola.
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 143
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 144
1879 - 1960
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 145
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 146
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 147
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 148
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 149
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 150
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 151
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 152
1920 - 1994
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 153
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 154
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 155
Among people born in 1924, Ed Wood ranks 42. Before him are Amílcar Cabral, Dmitry Yazov, Roger Guillemin, Francisco Macías Nguema, Christopher Tolkien, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After him are Karmapa, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Guy Williams, Luigi Nono, and Ahmadou Ahidjo. Among people deceased in 1978, Ed Wood ranks 33. Before him are Claude François, Norman Rockwell, W. Eugene Smith, Herta Oberheuser, Jomo Kenyatta, and Nazli Sabri. After him are Harvey Milk, József Bozsik, Tamara Karsavina, Étienne Gilson, Keith Moon, and Charles Boyer.
1924 - 1973
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 36
1924 - 2020
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 37
1924 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 38
1924 - 1979
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 39
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 40
1924 - 2018
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 41
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 42
1924 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 43
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 44
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 45
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 46
1924 - 1990
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 47
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 48
1939 - 1978
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 27
1894 - 1978
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 28
1918 - 1978
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 29
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 30
1893 - 1978
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 31
1894 - 1978
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 32
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 33
1930 - 1978
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 34
1925 - 1978
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 35
1885 - 1978
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 36
1884 - 1978
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 37
1946 - 1978
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 38
1899 - 1978
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 39
Among people born in United States, Ed Wood ranks 1,019 out of 18,182. Before him are Keith Jarrett (1945), Percival Lowell (1855), Jean Webster (1876), Anne Hathaway (1982), Robert W. Holley (1922), and Chester Bennington (1976). After him are Mark David Chapman (1955), Lee Miller (1907), R. Lee Ermey (1944), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), John Holmes (1944), and Chris Isaak (1956).
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,013
1855 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,014
1876 - 1916
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 1,015
1982 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 1,016
1922 - 1993
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 1,017
1976 - 2017
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 1,018
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 1,019
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 1,020
1907 - 1977
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 1,021
1944 - 2018
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 1,022
1915 - 2008
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 1,023
1944 - 1988
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 1,024
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 1,025
Among film directors born in United States, Ed Wood ranks 42. Before him are Michael Cimino (1939), Mel Brooks (1926), D. W. Griffith (1875), Joel Schumacher (1939), Blake Edwards (1922), and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909). After him are Robert Wise (1914), William Friedkin (1935), Jonathan Demme (1944), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Robert Aldrich (1918), and Don Siegel (1912).
1939 - 2016
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 36
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 37
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 38
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 39
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 40
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 41
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 42
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 43
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 44
1944 - 2017
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 45
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 46
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 47
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 48