FILM DIRECTOR

Gregory Hoblit

1944 - Today

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Gregory Hoblit (born November 27, 1944) is an American film director, television director and television producer. He is known for directing the feature films Primal Fear (1996), Fallen (1998), Frequency (2000), Hart's War (2002), Fracture (2007), and Untraceable (2008). He has won nine Emmy Awards for directing and producing, an accolade which includes work on the television series Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, and Hooperman, and the television film Roe vs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory Hoblit has received more than 329,518 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory Hoblit is the 856th most popular film director (down from 754th in 2019), the 5,394th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,843rd in 2019) and the 207th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gregory Hoblits by language

Over the past year Gregory Hoblit has had the most page views in the with 42,502 views, followed by French (6,427), and Italian (5,363). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (138.82%), Ukrainian (73.88%), and Georgian (52.05%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gregory Hoblit ranks 856 out of 2,041. Before him are Cristian Mungiu, Ronald Neame, Steven Knight, Hasse Ekman, Phillip Noyce, and Jamie Uys. After him are Jan Němec, Krsto Papić, J. A. Bayona, Ronny Yu, Jean Becker, and Yash Chopra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Gregory Hoblit ranks 409. Before him are Yoshio Kikugawa, Sandra Bem, Leonard Peltier, Pat Martino, Francis Lee, and Ulli Lommel. After him are Uschi Glas, František Pospíšil, Monica Bleibtreu, Antal Nagy, Jimmy Johnstone, and Julio Montero Castillo.

Others Born in 1944

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory Hoblit ranks 5,394 out of 20,380. Before him are Charlotte Stewart (1941), Ad Reinhardt (1913), Brad Harris (1933), Mona Simpson (1957), Frank James (1843), and Henry Cowell (1897). After him are Mary Elizabeth Winstead (1984), Vivien Thomas (1910), Robert Chartoff (1933), Paula Kelly (1942), John Drew Barrymore (1932), and Spotted Elk (1826).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Gregory Hoblit ranks 207. Before him are Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Gordon Douglas (1907), Hal Roach (1892), George Marshall (1891), Timothy Treadwell (1957), and Irwin Winkler (1931). After him are Eli Roth (1972), Mitchell Leisen (1898), Bob Gale (1951), Catherine Hardwicke (1955), Jack Bender (1949), and Godfrey Reggio (1940).

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Filmography

Fracture
Director
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.
Apr 19o 20077.282 / 10
Primal Fear
Director
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.
Mar 6o 19967.655 / 10
The Strain
Director
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
7.475 / 10