FILM DIRECTOR

Gillian Armstrong

1950 - Today

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Gillian May Armstrong (born 18 December 1950) is an Australian feature film and documentary director, best known for My Brilliant Career, Little Women, The Last Days of Chez Nous, and Mrs. Soffel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gillian Armstrong has received more than 378,099 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Gillian Armstrong is the 1,543rd most popular film director (down from 1,333rd in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Australia (down from 274th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Australian Film Director.

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  • 380k

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  • 42.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gillian Armstrong ranks 1,543 out of 2,041. Before her are Niki Caro, Martha Coolidge, Tom McGrath, Bimal Roy, Jan Kounen, and Hannes Holm. After her are Damián Szifron, Jerry Adler, Gareth Edwards, Marc Webb, Brad Wright, and Jean-François Richet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Gillian Armstrong ranks 606. Before her are John Byrne, Anthimos Kapsis, Sheila Young, Harriet Harman, Gerd Zewe, and Lansana Kouyaté. After her are Victoria Tennant, Cristóbal Montoro, Tomás Herrera Martínez, Harald Hein, Wilner Nazaire, and Jorge Del Castillo.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Gillian Armstrong ranks 366 out of 1,143. Before her are Warwick Brown (1949), Essie Davis (1970), Joan Hartigan (1912), Harold Hardwick (1888), Indiana Evans (1990), and Damon Herriman (1970). After her are Troy Bayliss (1969), Jacinda Barrett (1972), Kim So-hyun (1999), Greg Norman (1955), Sullivan Stapleton (1977), and David Gulpilil (1953).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, Gillian Armstrong ranks 14. Before her are John Farrow (1904), Russell Mulcahy (1953), Phillip Noyce (1950), John Seale (1942), Fred Schepisi (1939), and Leigh Whannell (1977). After her are James McTeigue (1967), John Hillcoat (1961), Craig Gillespie (1967), Cate Shortland (1968), Greig Fraser (1975), and Stephan Elliott (1964).

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Filmography

Little Women
Director
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.
Dec 21o 19947.3 / 10
Death Defying Acts
Director
On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician.
Sep 13o 20075.99 / 10
Charlotte Gray
Director
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.
Dec 28o 20016.1 / 10