FILM DIRECTOR

Howard Zieff

1927 - 2009

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Howard Burton Zieff (October 21, 1927 – February 22, 2009) (pronounced Zeef) was an American director, television commercial director, and advertising photographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Zieff has received more than 136,269 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Howard Zieff is the 1,438th most popular film director (down from 1,317th in 2019), the 10,043rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,309th in 2019) and the 384th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Howard Zieff ranks 1,438 out of 2,041. Before him are Zhang Shichuan, Robert Schwentke, René Vautier, Zoltán Huszárik, Vincenzo Natali, and Ismail Merchant. After him are Pablo Berger, Alfred Braun, Dan Gilroy, Egon Günther, Lisa Cholodenko, and Boris Sagal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Howard Zieff ranks 424. Before him are Michael Constantine, Walter Bahr, Gábor Benedek, John Rhodes, Elio Morille, and Anjali Devi. After him are Peter Matthiessen, Egon Günther, Jiří Pešek, Ernesto Formenti, George Hunter, and Mose Allison. Among people deceased in 2009, Howard Zieff ranks 340. Before him are Mildred Cohn, Chris Connor, Lou Albano, Stephen Gately, Nikolay Anikin, and Shyamala Gopalan. After him are Rolf Rüssmann, Zygmunt Chychła, Jackie Pretorius, Kálmán Markovits, Takashi Ishimoto, and Kristina Brenk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard Zieff ranks 10,043 out of 20,380. Before him are Anthony Rapp (1971), Richard A. Falk (1930), Kirk Acevedo (1971), Clifford Truesdell (1919), Carlos Alazraqui (1962), and Mike Vogel (1979). After him are George Maharis (1928), Jay Hernandez (1978), Mike Campbell (1950), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Gloria Hendry (1949), and David Simon (1960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Howard Zieff ranks 384. Before him are Michael Ritchie (1938), Victor Schertzinger (1888), Melvin Frank (1913), Patty Jenkins (1971), Jay Roach (1957), and Vincenzo Natali (1969). After him are Dan Gilroy (1959), Lisa Cholodenko (1964), Raja Gosnell (1958), Vincent Sherman (1906), Rowland V. Lee (1891), and Joseph Pevney (1911).

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