FILM DIRECTOR

Herschell Gordon Lewis

1926 - 2016

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Herschell Gordon Lewis (June 15, 1926 – September 26, 2016) was an American filmmaker, best known for creating the "splatter" subgenre of horror films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herschell Gordon Lewis has received more than 476,782 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Herschell Gordon Lewis is the 1,130th most popular film director (down from 983rd in 2019), the 7,314th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,467th in 2019) and the 280th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Herschell Gordon Lewis by language

Over the past year Herschell Gordon Lewis has had the most page views in the with 48,464 views, followed by Japanese (4,934), and German (3,990). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (115.44%), Luxembourgish (77.45%), and Arabic (67.37%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Herschell Gordon Lewis ranks 1,130 out of 2,041. Before him are Matteo Garrone, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Morten Tyldum, August Blom, Alan Taylor, and Rex Ingram. After him are Luis Alcoriza, Maurice Cloche, Pete Docter, Shawn Levy, Wally Pfister, and Alan Ball.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Herschell Gordon Lewis ranks 369. Before him are José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Andrea Kékesy, Metaksia Simonyan, Pedro Dellacha, Ray McAnally, and Salma Khadra Jayyusi. After him are Giovanni Viola, Alfonso Sastre, David Tudor, Fred Ramdat Misier, Rino Ferrario, and Gu Chaohao. Among people deceased in 2016, Herschell Gordon Lewis ranks 363. Before him are Mark Dvoretsky, Alfred G. Knudson, Ottavio Bugatti, Ursula Franklin, Pauline Oliveros, and Kurt Svensson. After him are Henning Enoksen, Marni Nixon, Vera Henriksen, Anthony D. Smith, Eri Klas, and Joe Sutter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herschell Gordon Lewis ranks 7,314 out of 20,380. Before him are Tony Trabert (1930), Nancy Walker (1922), Patrick St. Esprit (1954), Patrick Rothfuss (1973), Barbara Morgan (1951), and Beverly Sills (1929). After him are Jeffrey Combs (1954), Jane Pierce (1806), John Hawkes (1959), Anna Sui (1952), Will Wright (1960), and Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Herschell Gordon Lewis ranks 280. Before him are Monte Hellman (1932), Caleb Deschanel (1944), Andrew Stanton (1965), James Foley (1953), James Algar (1912), and Alan Taylor (1959). After him are Pete Docter (1968), Wally Pfister (1961), Alan Ball (1957), Ron Clements (1953), Chuck Russell (1958), and Jon Turteltaub (1963).

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Filmography

Blood Feast
Director
In the sleepy suburbs of Miami, seemingly normal Egyptian immigrant Fuad Ramses runs a successful catering business. He also murders young women and plans to use their body parts to revive the goddess Ishtar. The insane Ramses hypnotizes a socialite in order to land a job catering a party for her debutante daughter, Suzette Fremont, and turns the event into an evening of gruesome deaths, bloody dismemberment and ritual sacrifice.
Jul 6o 19634.713 / 10
Two Thousand Maniacs!
Director
Six people are lured into a small Deep South town for a Centennial celebration where the residents proceed to kill them one by one as revenge for the town's destruction during the Civil War.
Mar 20o 19645.509 / 10
The Wizard of Gore
Director
A TV talk-show hostess and her boyfriend investigate a shady magician whom has the ability to hypnotize and control the thoughts of people in order to stage gory on-stage illusions using his powers of mind bending.
Oct 23o 19705.4 / 10