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FILM DIRECTOR

George Seaton

1911 - 1979

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George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theater director. Seaton led several industry organizations, serving as a three-time president of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, president of the Writers Guild of America West and the Screen Directors Guild, and vice president of Motion Picture Relief Fund. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Seaton has received more than 185,264 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). George Seaton is the 600th most popular film director (down from 559th in 2019), the 3,922nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,589th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 51.64

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  • 27

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  • 5.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Seaton ranks 600 out of 1,581Before him are George Albert Smith, Christopher Doyle, Bernd Eichinger, Robert Rodriguez, Daniel Schmid, and Claude Pinoteau. After him are Sergei Yutkevich, Werner Schroeter, Roger Donaldson, Jennifer Lee, Robert Mulligan, and Jack Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, George Seaton ranks 139Before him are Hervé Bazin, Gabriel Almond, Leah Goldberg, Mark Bernes, Allan Pettersson, and E. F. Schumacher. After him are Yang Jiang, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Abderrahmane Farès, Nello Pagani, Pierre Harmel, and Tilly Fleischer. Among people deceased in 1979, George Seaton ranks 114Before him are Johan Borgen, Zhang Guotao, Preguinho, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Aleksei Kapler, and José María Velasco Ibarra. After him are Dirk Stikker, Vsevolod Bobrov, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Antun Augustinčić, Agop Dilâçar, and Rebecca Clarke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Seaton ranks 3,922 out of 18,182Before him are Juliette Lewis (1973), Thom Mayne (1944), Kenny Roberts (1951), Teddy Wilson (1912), Henry Armstrong (1912), and Henry Hazlitt (1894). After him are William Forsythe (1955), Patrick Wayne (1939), Linda Harrison (1945), Peggy March (1948), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), and Rob Lowe (1964).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, George Seaton ranks 152Before him are James Gunn (1966), Hal Roach (1892), Kenneth Anger (1927), Norman Taurog (1899), Martin Brest (1951), and Robert Rodriguez (1968). After him are Jennifer Lee (1971), Robert Mulligan (1925), Jack Arnold (1916), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Paul Mazursky (1930), and Brad Bird (1957).

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