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FILM DIRECTOR

George Albert Smith

1864 - 1959

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George Albert Smith (4 January 1864 – 17 May 1959) was an English stage hypnotist, psychic, magic lantern lecturer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, inventor and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Albert Smith has received more than 304,591 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). George Albert Smith is the 594th most popular film director (up from 752nd in 2019), the 2,231st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,662nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 20

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Albert Smith ranks 594 out of 1,581Before him are Aleksei Kapler, Andrzej Munk, James Wan, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Andrew Niccol, and Ted Kotcheff. After him are Christopher Doyle, Bernd Eichinger, Robert Rodriguez, Daniel Schmid, Claude Pinoteau, and George Seaton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, George Albert Smith ranks 90Before him are Eemil Nestor Setälä, Michael Mayr, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, Nathan Birnbaum, Frances Cleveland, and Tsuda Umeko. After him are Toktogul Satylganov, Marguerite Durand, Akashi Motojiro, Ricarda Huch, Futabatei Shimei, and Guy Ropartz. Among people deceased in 1959, George Albert Smith ranks 81Before him are S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Eduard van Beinum, Georges Lefebvre, Reuven Shiloah, José Vasconcelos, and Bak Jungyang. After him are Henri Vidal, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Giovanni Pastrone, Aleksandr Khinchin, Kafū Nagai, and Charles Vidor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Albert Smith ranks 2,231 out of 7,765Before him are Samuel Clarke (1675), Thomas Bradwardine (1300), Phil Taylor (1960), Edward Hardwicke (1932), Joey Dunlop (1952), and Charles Lamb (1775). After him are Prasutagus (50), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), George Romney (1734), Rachel Ward (1957), Miriam Margolyes (1941), and Roger Cotes (1682).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, George Albert Smith ranks 45Before him are Michael Powell (1905), Paul Greengrass (1955), Ken Annakin (1914), John Glen (1932), Norman McLaren (1914), and Lewis Gilbert (1920). After him are Hugh Hudson (1936), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Robert Stevenson (1905), Steven Knight (1959), Terence Fisher (1904), and J. Stuart Blackton (1875).

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