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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 device for his style of filmmaking. In 2003, his documentary film 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 1,679,576 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Errol Morris is the 1,603rd most popular film director (down from 1,459th in 2019), the 12,581st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,044th in 2019) and the 476th most popular American Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

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  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Errol Morris ranks 1,603 out of 1,581. Before him are Adam Curtis, Karan Johar, Pablo Berger, Władysław Pasikowski, Amy Heckerling, and Mani Ratnam. After him are Frank Coraci, Tom DiCillo, Dustin Lance Black, Stephen Gaghan, Mark Pellington, and Naoko Yamada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Errol Morris ranks 659. Before him are Cliff Thorburn, Robert Ouko, Wolf Blitzer, Lynne Thigpen, Amani Abeid Karume, and Judith Miller. After him are Guy Gardner, Raymond Keene, Mariann Aalda, Takashi Kuwahara, Dan Issel, and Teresa Graves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Errol Morris ranks 12,581 out of 18,182. Before him are Gus Hutchison (1937), Amy Heckerling (1954), Madge Evans (1909), Ty Pennington (1964), Roy Tarpley (1964), and Lisa Boyle (1964). After him are Hugh McCulloch (1808), Mitch Daniels (1949), Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), Kathleen Blanco (1942), LisaGay Hamilton (1964), and Frank Coraci (1966).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Errol Morris ranks 476. Before him are Kasi Lemmons (1961), Brenda Chapman (1962), James Frawley (1936), Nimród Antal (1973), Brad Silberling (1963), and Amy Heckerling (1954). After him are Frank Coraci (1966), Tom DiCillo (1953), Dustin Lance Black (1975), Stephen Gaghan (1965), Mark Pellington (1962), and Darren Lynn Bousman (1979).

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