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FILM DIRECTOR

Guy Maddin

1956 - Today

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Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated filmmakers. Maddin has directed twelve feature films and numerous short films, in addition to publishing three books and creating a host of installation art projects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guy Maddin has received more than 426,004 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Guy Maddin is the 1,649th most popular film director (down from 1,442nd in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from Canada (down from 680th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Guy Maddin ranks 1,649 out of 1,581. Before him are Małgorzata Szumowska, John Carl Buechler, Rajkumar Hirani, Aditya Chopra, Athina Rachel Tsangari, and Dean DeBlois. After him are Paul Weitz, Thomas Langmann, Sebastian Schipper, Rupert Wyatt, Jan Hřebejk, and Neil LaBute.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Guy Maddin ranks 589. Before him are Anita Hill, Gulshan Kumar, Melissa Belote, Brahmanandam, Laimutė Baikauskaitė, and Peter Norvig. After him are Květa Jeriová, Erhard Wunderlich, Charlie Crist, Debby Boone, Andrea Levy, and K. A. Applegate.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Guy Maddin ranks 776 out of 1,350. Before him are Lauren Lee Smith (1980), Jeremy Wotherspoon (1976), Grant Fuhr (1962), Alaina Huffman (1980), Natasha St-Pier (1981), and Dean DeBlois (1970). After him are Eric Lamaze (1968), Jonathan Frid (1924), Erik Mongrain (1980), Debbi Wilkes (1946), Eric Lindros (1973), and Snow (1969).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Guy Maddin ranks 26. Before him are Roger Avary (1965), David Furnish (1962), Brad Wright (1961), Bruce LaBruce (1964), Philippe Falardeau (1968), and Dean DeBlois (1970). After him are Danny Antonucci (1957), Michelle MacLaren (1965), Evan Goldberg (1982), and Martin Wood (2000).

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Filmography

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