FILM DIRECTOR

George Stevens

1904 - 1975

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George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. He received two Academy Awards and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1953. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for A Place in the Sun (1951), and Giant (1956). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Stevens has received more than 787,262 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). George Stevens is the 345th most popular film director (down from 225th in 2019), the 2,240th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,499th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Stevens by language

Over the past year George Stevens has had the most page views in the with 102,508 views, followed by Spanish (9,422), and French (8,314). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Aragonese (628.57%), Luxembourgish (49.37%), and Hungarian (22.99%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Stevens ranks 345 out of 2,041. Before him are Tobe Hooper, Arthur Cohn, Henry King, Kira Muratova, Ivan Reitman, and Jean Girault. After him are John Landis, Georgiy Daneliya, Stanley Donen, Ermanno Olmi, Ray Harryhausen, and Mika Kaurismäki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, George Stevens ranks 84. Before him are Ba Jin, Ralph Bunche, Walther Hewel, Edmond Hamilton, Heinz Jost, and Lyudmila Rudenko. After him are María Zambrano, Yevgenia Ginzburg, Valery Chkalov, Hans Hartung, Oskar R. Lange, and Edmund Veesenmayer. Among people deceased in 1975, George Stevens ranks 63. Before him are Elijah Muhammad, Robert Stolz, Leroy Anderson, Michel Simon, Eugen Fink, and Fredric March. After him are Hans Bellmer, Ivan Maisky, Per Wahlöö, Walker Evans, Hans Swarowsky, and Hiroshi Ōshima.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Stevens ranks 2,240 out of 20,380. Before him are James Tolkan (1931), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Chris Brown (1989), Jenna Jameson (1974), Wilford Brimley (1934), and Dean Acheson (1893). After him are Rhea Seehorn (1972), Thomas Gordon (1918), Wade Williams (1961), Charles Eames (1907), John Harvey Kellogg (1852), and William M. Branham (1909).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, George Stevens ranks 93. Before him are Leo McCarey (1898), George Roy Hill (1921), Samuel Fuller (1912), Sofia Coppola (1971), Tobe Hooper (1943), and Henry King (1886). After him are John Landis (1950), Stanley Donen (1924), Ray Harryhausen (1920), Clifford Odets (1906), Irvin Kershner (1923), and Saul Bass (1920).

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Filmography

Shane
Director
A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Apr 23o 19537.427 / 10
Giant
Director
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Nov 8o 19567.626 / 10
A Place in the Sun
Director
An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
Jun 12o 19517.326 / 10