1920 - 1989
Franklin James Schaffner (May 30, 1920 – July 2, 1989) was an American film, television, and stage director. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for Patton (1970), and is known for the films Planet of the Apes (1968), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Papillon (1973), and The Boys from Brazil (1978). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franklin J. Schaffner has received more than 257,257 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Franklin J. Schaffner is the 223rd most popular film director (down from 193rd in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Japan (down from 236th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Film Director.
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Among film directors, Franklin J. Schaffner ranks 223 out of 1,580. Before him are Henry Hathaway, Raoul Walsh, Terence Young, Steven Soderbergh, David Hamilton, and Edwin S. Porter. After him are Margarethe von Trotta, Roger Corman, Stanley Kramer, Věra Chytilová, Mario Monicelli, and Mauritz Stiller.
1898 - 1985
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 217
1887 - 1980
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 218
1915 - 1994
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 219
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 220
1933 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 221
1870 - 1941
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 222
1920 - 1989
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 223
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 224
1926 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 225
1913 - 2001
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 226
1929 - 2014
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 227
1915 - 2010
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 228
1883 - 1928
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 229
Among people born in 1920, Franklin J. Schaffner ranks 75. Before him are Mario Beccaria, José López Portillo y Pacheco, Chiara Lubich, Lawrence Klein, Roberto Calvi, and Ovadia Yosef. After him are Mario Benedetti, E. Donnall Thomas, Jack Elam, Gene Tierney, Edmond H. Fischer, and Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy. Among people deceased in 1989, Franklin J. Schaffner ranks 51. Before him are Cornel Wilde, John Payne, Princess Deokhye, Valentin Glushko, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, and Irving Berlin. After him are Werner Best, Charles J. Pedersen, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Minoru Genda, Jerzy Kukuczka, and A. J. Ayer.
1920 - 2003
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 69
1920 - 2004
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 70
1920 - 2008
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 71
1920 - 2013
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 72
1920 - 1982
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 73
1920 - 2013
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 74
1920 - 1989
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 75
1920 - 2009
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 76
1920 - 2012
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 77
1920 - 2003
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 78
1920 - 1991
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 79
1920 - Present
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 80
1920 - 2011
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 81
1912 - 1989
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 45
1912 - 1989
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 46
1912 - 1989
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 47
1908 - 1989
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 48
1936 - 1989
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 49
1888 - 1989
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 50
1920 - 1989
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 51
1903 - 1989
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 52
1904 - 1989
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 53
1894 - 1989
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 54
1904 - 1989
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 55
1948 - 1989
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 56
1910 - 1989
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 57
Among people born in Japan, Franklin J. Schaffner ranks 265 out of 5,560. Before him are Takehiko Kawanishi (1938), Tamon Yamaguchi (1892), Rumiko Takahashi (1957), Katō Kiyomasa (1561), Susumu Tonegawa (1939), and Nobuyuki Abe (1875). After him are Empress Genshō (680), Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358), Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887), Yoshio Fujiwara (null), Emperor Seinei (444), and Ken Noritake (1922).
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 259
1892 - 1942
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 260
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 261
1561 - 1611
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 262
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 263
1875 - 1953
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 264
1920 - 1989
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 265
680 - 748
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 266
1358 - 1408
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 267
1887 - 1990
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 268
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 269
444 - 484
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 270
1922 - 1994
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 271
Among film directors born in Japan, Franklin J. Schaffner ranks 10. Before him are Yasujirō Ozu (1903), Takeshi Kitano (1947), Kenji Mizoguchi (1898), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), and Shohei Imamura (1926). After him are Ishirō Honda (1911), Makoto Shinkai (1973), Kon Ichikawa (1915), Mikio Naruse (1905), Satoshi Kon (1963), and Mamoru Oshii (1951).
1903 - 1963
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 4
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 5
1898 - 1956
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 6
1932 - 2013
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 7
1916 - 1996
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 8
1926 - 2006
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 9
1920 - 1989
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 10
1911 - 1993
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 11
1973 - Present
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 12
1915 - 2008
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 13
1905 - 1969
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 14
1963 - 2010
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 15
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 16