FILM DIRECTOR

Gregory La Cava

1892 - 1952

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Gregory La Cava (March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952) was an American film director of Italian descent best known for his films of the 1930s, including My Man Godfrey and Stage Door, which earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best Director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory La Cava has received more than 149,007 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gregory La Cava is the 1,100th most popular film director (down from 965th in 2019), the 7,132nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,346th in 2019) and the 269th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gregory La Cava ranks 1,100 out of 2,041. Before him are Erik Ode, Jean Dréville, Fernando Birri, Mark Herman, Francis Girod, and Roman Viktyuk. After him are Alan Crosland, Joe Wright, Elvira Notari, David Twohy, Jonas Åkerlund, and Pavel Lungin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Gregory La Cava ranks 236. Before him are Guido Boni, Leon Kozłowski, Julia Faye, Valerio Arri, Ronald Rawson, and Hilding Rosenberg. After him are Boris Hagelin, Rex Ingram, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, Philippe Cattiau, Manilal Gandhi, and Anders Larsson. Among people deceased in 1952, Gregory La Cava ranks 141. Before him are Stafford Cripps, Richard Johansson, Frederic G. Kenyon, Louis Wirth, Ronald Rawson, and Curly Howard. After him are Katherine Sophie Dreier, Sándor Pósta, Carlo Agostini, Henriette Roland Holst, Billy Hughes, and László Berti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory La Cava ranks 7,132 out of 20,380. Before him are Vinny Appice (1957), Stephen Decatur (1779), Dale Dye (1944), Nancy Cartwright (1957), J. E. Freeman (1946), and Steve Aoki (1977). After him are Katie Ledecky (1997), Alex Cord (1933), David Conrad (1967), James Rumbaugh (1947), Gayle Hunnicutt (1943), and Doc Rivers (1961).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Gregory La Cava ranks 269. Before him are Cameron Crowe (1957), Byron Haskin (1899), Joe Ranft (1960), Robert Parrish (1916), Harold Becker (1928), and Lloyd Kaufman (1945). After him are Alan Crosland (1894), David Twohy (1955), Peter Del Monte (1943), Willis H. O'Brien (1886), Monte Hellman (1932), and Caleb Deschanel (1944).

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