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 82,772 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Herbert Brenon is the 779th most popular film director (up from 902nd in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 183rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Herbert Brenon ranks 779 out of 2,041. Before him are Boris Kaufman, Andrew V. McLaglen, Giuseppe Rotunno, Antoine Fuqua, Péter Bacsó, and Ted Post. After him are Mark Robson, Bryan Singer, Joseph Vilsmaier, George Pal, Emil Loteanu, and Masoud Kimiai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Herbert Brenon ranks 132. Before him are W. C. Fields, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Nikolai Podvoisky, Margit Kaffka, Louis Wolheim, and William Joseph Simmons. After him are Lipót Fejér, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Joseph Grew, Ernest Oppenheimer, Cora Sandel, and Lajos Bíró. Among people deceased in 1958, Herbert Brenon ranks 104. Before him are Marcel Pilet-Golaz, Karl Arnold, Billy Meredith, Armas Järnefelt, Otto Witte, and Ferdinand Bruckner. After him are Marcel Cachin, László Hudec, Harry Cohn, Goro Yamada, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, and Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Herbert Brenon ranks 157 out of 549. Before him are Michael William Balfe (1808), Brendan Behan (1923), William Howard Russell (1820), Jane Wilde (1821), Ronnie Drew (1934), and Edward Sabine (1788). After him are William Orpen (1878), John de Robeck (1862), George Browne (1698), Mary Harris Jones (1837), John Ellis (1710), and Dorothea Jordan (1761).

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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

Peter Pan
Director
Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.
Dec 29o 19247 / 10
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Director
A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.
Apr 14o 19287.2 / 10
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Mar 6o 19134.3 / 10