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FILM DIRECTOR

Edward Dmytryk

1908 - 1999

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Edward Dmytryk (September 4, 1908 – July 1, 1999) was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He was known for his 1940s noir films and received an Oscar nomination for Best Director for Crossfire (1947). In 1947, he was named as one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of blacklisted film industry professionals who refused to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in their investigations during the McCarthy-era Red Scare. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Dmytryk has received more than 558,456 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Edward Dmytryk is the 250th most popular film director (up from 305th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Canada (up from 76th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Edward Dmytryk ranks 250 out of 1,581. Before him are Stanley Donen, Mauritz Stiller, David Hamilton, Gojko Mitić, Věra Chytilová, and Martin Campbell. After him are Karel Zeman, Edwin S. Porter, Hideaki Anno, Robert Wiene, Joe D'Amato, and Márta Mészáros.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Edward Dmytryk ranks 68. Before him are Virginia Cherrill, Carlos Arias Navarro, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Tameo Ide, Don Ameche, and Leroy Anderson. After him are Max Bill, Cus D'Amato, Tex Avery, Amintore Fanfani, Lionel Stander, and André Martinet. Among people deceased in 1999, Edward Dmytryk ranks 48. Before him are Adolfo Bioy Casares, Daniel Nathans, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, George C. Scott, and John F. Kennedy Jr.. After him are Fabrizio De André, Joe D'Amato, Bernard Buffet, Rafael Alberti, Amintore Fanfani, and João Figueiredo.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Edward Dmytryk ranks 69 out of 1,350. Before him are Sidney Altman (1939), Mike Myers (1963), Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), David H. Hubel (1926), and Linda Evangelista (1965). After him are John Charles Fields (1863), Mylène Farmer (1961), Norman Bethune (1890), Avril Lavigne (1984), A. E. van Vogt (1912), and Wayne Gretzky (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Edward Dmytryk ranks 4. Before him are James Cameron (1954), David Cronenberg (1943), and Denis Villeneuve (1967). After him are Jack L. Warner (1892), Norman Jewison (1926), Denys Arcand (1941), Arthur Hiller (1923), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Ted Kotcheff (1931), and Paul Haggis (1953).

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Filmography

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