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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 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). George Stevens is the 225th most popular film director (up from 243rd in 2019), the 1,499th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,592nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 59.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, George Stevens ranks 225 out of 1,581Before him are Spike Lee, Gus Van Sant, Joseph Losey, Anatole Litvak, Terence Young, and Douglas Sirk. After him are Frank Darabont, Miklós Jancsó, Richard Fleischer, Margarethe von Trotta, Barbet Schroeder, and Lucio Fulci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, George Stevens ranks 58Before him are Donald O. Hebb, Serge Lifar, Otto Robert Frisch, Peter Lorre, Ernst-Günther Schenck, and Leopold Trepper. After him are Charles J. Pedersen, Elyesa Bazna, Arshile Gorky, Ralph Bellamy, František Plánička, and Luigi Dallapiccola. Among people deceased in 1975, George Stevens ranks 46Before him are Chivu Stoica, François Tombalbaye, Rex Stout, Bernard Herrmann, Carlo Levi, and Vicente Feola. After him are P. G. Wodehouse, Elijah Muhammad, Leroy Anderson, Luigi Dallapiccola, Edward Tatum, and Thornton Wilder.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Stevens ranks 1,499 out of 18,182Before him are Lloyd Bridges (1913), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), Samuel C. C. Ting (1936), George Papandreou (1952), Richard Ramirez (1960), and Robert J. Shiller (1946). After him are Sonny Rollins (1930), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), Virginia Cherrill (1908), Chris Cornell (1964), Joseph Franklin Rutherford (1869), and Anthony Kiedis (1962).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, George Stevens ranks 65Before him are Wes Anderson (1969), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Robert J. Flaherty (1884), Spike Lee (1957), Gus Van Sant (1952), and Joseph Losey (1909). After him are Richard Fleischer (1916), Arthur Penn (1922), Raoul Walsh (1887), John G. Avildsen (1935), Barry Levinson (1942), and Stanley Donen (1924).

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