FILM DIRECTOR

Errol Morris

1948 - Today

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Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of their subjects, and the invention of the Interrotron. In 2003, his The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. His film The Thin Blue Line placed fifth on a Sight & Sound poll of the greatest documentaries ever made. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Errol Morris has received more than 1,811,616 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Errol Morris is the 1,725th most popular film director (down from 1,597th in 2019), the 13,278th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,552nd in 2019) and the 504th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 47.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Errol Morris ranks 1,725 out of 2,041. Before him are James Marsh, Antonia Bird, Mia Hansen-Løve, Tate Taylor, Jennifer Lynch, and Harold Prince. After him are Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krzysztof Krauze, Simon Curtis, Julien Temple, Miguel Sapochnik, and Diao Yinan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Errol Morris ranks 736. Before him are Sheila Jeffreys, Jacky Duguépéroux, Sandy Jardine, Fred Newhouse, Karel Neffe, and Takashi Kuwahara. After him are N. T. Wright, Tino Insana, Slavko Obadov, Eladio Reyes, Leonid Levin, and Charles D. Walker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Errol Morris ranks 13,278 out of 20,380. Before him are Ruthie Tompson (1910), Sandy Duncan (1946), Randy Jackson (1956), Kevin Poulsen (1965), Bernie Worrell (1944), and Bud Jamison (1894). After him are Chris Pontius (1974), Lucas Grabeel (1984), Peter Hermann (1967), Carl Shy (1908), Earl Palmer (1924), and Mark Van Doren (1894).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Errol Morris ranks 504. Before him are Hal Hartley (1959), Sam Esmail (1977), Brad Silberling (1963), Tate Taylor (1969), Jennifer Lynch (1968), and Harold Prince (1928). After him are Dean Devlin (1962), Harmony Korine (1973), Lucien Hubbard (1888), David Nutter (1960), John Sayles (1950), and James Frawley (1936).

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