FILM DIRECTOR

Ernest B. Schoedsack

1893 - 1979

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Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979) was an American motion picture cinematographer, producer, and director. Schoedsack worked as a cameraman in World War I, where he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. At the conclusion of the war, he stayed in Europe to further his career. He worked on several films with Merian C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest B. Schoedsack has received more than 138,381 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ernest B. Schoedsack is the 822nd most popular film director (down from 748th in 2019), the 5,203rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,817th in 2019) and the 201st most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ernest B. Schoedsack ranks 822 out of 2,041. Before him are Aleksander Ford, Sion Sono, Sean S. Cunningham, Andrew Davis, Urban Gad, and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. After him are Max Fleischer, Julio Medem, Eduard Tisse, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Gordon Douglas, and Hal Roach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ernest B. Schoedsack ranks 180. Before him are László Hudec, Aleksandr Gauk, Oskari Friman, Willy Böckl, Ralph Linton, and Charley Chase. After him are Ernst Grünfeld, Amílcar Barbuy, J. G. Strijdom, Hilda Geiringer, Konstantin Muraviev, and Enrique Peñaranda. Among people deceased in 1979, Ernest B. Schoedsack ranks 162. Before him are Antonina Makarova, Alfred Deller, Mahmoud Taleghani, Rebecca Clarke, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, and František Kriegel. After him are Antonio María Barbieri, Marcel Jouhandeau, Grant Green, Leandro Remondini, Heinz Erhardt, and Tommaso Landolfi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernest B. Schoedsack ranks 5,203 out of 20,380. Before him are Tony Visconti (1944), Ken Walsh (1945), Andrew Davis (1946), William Porter (1926), Alan Ruck (1956), and Harry Cohn (1891). After him are Frankie Avalon (1940), Gustave Gilbert (1911), Gary Cole (1956), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Ralph Ellison (1914), and Joe E. Brown (1891).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Ernest B. Schoedsack ranks 201. Before him are Bryan Singer (1965), Kevin Smith (1970), Martin Brest (1951), George Sidney (1916), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), and Andrew Davis (1946). After him are Gordon Douglas (1907), Hal Roach (1892), George Marshall (1891), Timothy Treadwell (1957), Irwin Winkler (1931), and Gregory Hoblit (1944).

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