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FILM DIRECTOR

Herbert Brenon

1880 - 1958

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Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through 1940. Brenon was among the early filmmakers who, before the rise of corporate film production, was a genuine "auteur", controlling virtually all creative and technical components in crafting his pictures. The quality of Brenon's artistic output rivaled that of film pioneer D. W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Brenon has received more than 77,912 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Herbert Brenon is the 905th most popular film director (down from 764th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 157th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Herbert Brenon ranks 905 out of 1,581. Before him are Ringo Lam, Laura Mulvey, Tadashi Imai, Oldřich Lipský, Rustam Ibragimbekov, and Mark Donskoy. After him are Cristian Mungiu, Yves Boisset, Marlen Khutsiev, Gregg Toland, Randal Kleiser, and Tatyana Lioznova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Herbert Brenon ranks 146. Before him are Philibert Jacques Melotte, Conrad Albrecht, Seán O'Casey, Viggo Larsen, Harold Rainsford Stark, and Jacob Epstein. After him are Jean Alexandre Barré, Hans Moser, Louis Hémon, Joe May, Lipót Fejér, and Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans. Among people deceased in 1958, Herbert Brenon ranks 120. Before him are Henryk Arctowski, Carl Westergren, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Geoff Bent, John Marshall, and Ferdinand Bruckner. After him are Nikolay Zabolotsky, Feodor Gladkov, Harry Cohn, Arvid Holmberg, Estelle Taylor, and Norman Bel Geddes.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Herbert Brenon ranks 184 out of 501. Before him are Richard Todd (1919), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Robert Mallet (1810), William Thompson (1775), and Andrew Scott (1976). After him are Yvonne Farrell (1951), Jane Wilde (1821), Richard Steele (1672), Tim O'Reilly (1954), Patrick Hillery (1923), and William Trevor (1928).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ireland

Among film directors born in Ireland, Herbert Brenon ranks 3. Before him are Neil Jordan (1950) and Jim Sheridan (1949). After him are Steve Barron (1956), Rex Ingram (1892), William Desmond Taylor (1872), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), and John Moore (1970).

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Filmography

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