FILM DIRECTOR

Edmund Goulding

1891 - 1959

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Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British screenwriter and film director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 silent film Three Live Ghosts alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwick. Also in the early 1920s he wrote several screenplays for star Mae Murray for films directed by her then husband Robert Z. Leonard. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Goulding has received more than 187,134 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Goulding is the 809th most popular film director (down from 769th in 2019), the 2,826th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,721st in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Edmund Goulding ranks 809 out of 2,041. Before him are Pierre Schoendoerffer, Luis Trenker, Russell Mulcahy, Alain Cavalier, Edgar G. Ulmer, and Claude Miller. After him are Ulu Grosbard, Vladimir Gardin, Gulzar, Matthew Vaughn, Ari Folman, and Edgar Reitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Edmund Goulding ranks 169. Before him are Camille Mandrillon, David Sarnoff, Harold Jeffreys, Ferdinand Bruckner, Miguel Pro, and Carl Spaatz. After him are Karl Allmendinger, Harry Cohn, Joe E. Brown, George Marshall, Charles Journet, and Anatoly Pepelyayev. Among people deceased in 1959, Edmund Goulding ranks 115. Before him are Kathryn Adams, William J. Donovan, Albert Namatjira, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Heleno de Freitas, and Mutara III Rudahigwa. After him are Pierre Frieden, Charles Starkweather, Friedrich Waismann, Maxwell Anderson, Benjamin Christensen, and Franz Blücher.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Goulding ranks 2,826 out of 8,785. Before him are Hamilton Harty (1879), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), C. Aubrey Smith (1863), Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864), Henry Daniell (1894), and Joe Fry (1915). After him are Ian Hart (1964), Tommy Flanagan (1965), Ernest Starling (1866), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), Rebecca Clarke (1886), and Mary Dyer (1611).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Edmund Goulding ranks 60. Before him are James Whale (1889), Stephen Daldry (1960), Terence Fisher (1904), Laura Mulvey (1941), Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), and Sally Potter (1949). After him are Matthew Vaughn (1971), Mick Jackson (1943), Ronald Neame (1911), Steven Knight (1959), Charles Crichton (1910), and Michael Winner (1935).

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Filmography

Grand Hotel
Director
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
May 25th 19326.9 / 10
Nightmare Alley
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Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
Oct 9th 19477.117 / 10
Dark Victory
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Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she has a brain tumor by her doctor, Frederick Steele, Judith becomes distraught. After she decides to have surgery to remove the tumor, Judith realizes she is in love with Dr. Steele, but more troubling medical news may sabotage her new relationship, and her second chance at life.
Apr 20th 19397 / 10