FILM DIRECTOR

Frances Marion

1888 - 1973

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Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens; November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. During the course of her career, she wrote over 325 scripts. She was the first writer to win two Academy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances Marion has received more than 264,631 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Frances Marion is the 148th most popular film director (up from 645th in 2019), the 991st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,268th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frances Marions by language

Over the past year Frances Marion has had the most page views in the with 27,568 views, followed by Spanish (3,135), and Chinese (2,373). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (181.44%), Croatian (138.65%), and Egyptian Arabic (109.26%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Frances Marion ranks 148 out of 2,041. Before her are Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Max Reinhardt, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Jonathan Demme. After her are Louis Malle, Ettore Scola, Victor Sjöström, Ed Wood, Alexander Dovzhenko, and Shohei Imamura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Frances Marion ranks 42. Before her are Abul Kalam Azad, Katherine Mansfield, Georges Bernanos, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Vladimir K. Zworykin, and Ossip Zadkine. After her are Josef Albers, Ernst Heinkel, Ernst Kretschmer, Carin Göring, August Kubizek, and Irving Berlin. Among people deceased in 1973, Frances Marion ranks 50. Before her are Lex Barker, Dickinson W. Richards, Ingeborg Bachmann, W. H. Auden, Edward G. Robinson, and Elsa Schiaparelli. After her are Frank Costello, Howard H. Aiken, Leo Strauss, Emmy Göring, Asger Jorn, and Periyar E. V. Ramasamy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Marion ranks 991 out of 20,380. Before her are Cormac McCarthy (1933), Matt Groening (1954), Nat Turner (1800), Martha Graham (1894), Éamon de Valera (1882), and James Tobin (1918). After her are Grant Wood (1891), Dennis Tito (1940), Mel Ferrer (1917), Tori Amos (1963), Daniel Goleman (1946), and Anton LaVey (1930).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Frances Marion ranks 40. Before her are Wes Craven (1939), William Hanna (1910), George A. Romero (1940), D. W. Griffith (1875), Michael Cimino (1939), and Jonathan Demme (1944). After her are Ed Wood (1924), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), Joel Schumacher (1939), Gordon Parks (1912), Don Siegel (1912), and Blake Edwards (1922).

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Filmography

The Champ
Director
Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence — his young son, T.J. Although Billy has had custody of T.J. since his wife, Annie, left the family years ago, her return prompts a new struggle for the former fighter. Determined to hold on to his son, Billy gets back into the ring to try and recapture his past success.
Jul 10o 19796.992 / 10
Camille
Director
Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.
Dec 26o 19367.034 / 10
The Wind
Director
When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.
Sep 15o 19287.452 / 10