FILM DIRECTOR

Iwao Takamoto

1925 - 2007

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Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 – January 8, 2007) was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He began his career as a production and character designer for Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iwao Takamoto has received more than 437,400 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Iwao Takamoto is the 1,019th most popular film director (down from 988th in 2019), the 6,487th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,478th in 2019) and the 245th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Iwao Takamoto ranks 1,019 out of 2,041Before him are Larry Cohen, John Alcott, Dominic Sena, Pyotr Todorovsky, Konstantin Lopushansky, and Peter Fleischmann. After him are Wilfred Jackson, Robert Towne, Fedor Ozep, Sergio Amidei, Archie Mayo, and Irwin Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Iwao Takamoto ranks 335Before him are Cornell Borchers, Benito Lorenzi, Jean Cau, John Baptist Wu, Pyotr Todorovsky, and James Salter. After him are Armand Razafindratandra, James Mellaart, Medgar Evers, Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas, Wolfgang Unzicker, and Klara Luchko. Among people deceased in 2007, Iwao Takamoto ranks 262Before him are Joseíto, Kerwin Mathews, Helen Walton, Josep Pintat Solans, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., and Benito Lorenzi. After him are Joey Bishop, Zahrad, Blaga Aleksova, Chrisye, John P. Ryan, and Ellen Preis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Iwao Takamoto ranks 6,487 out of 20,380Before him are Abigail Fillmore (1798), Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1886), Gayle Rubin (1949), Ron Leibman (1937), Pete Ricketts (1964), and Steve Allen (1921). After him are Estelle Parsons (1927), Bella Hadid (1996), Sarah Rafferty (1972), Wilfred Jackson (1906), George Peabody (1795), and James Jesus Angleton (1917).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Iwao Takamoto ranks 245Before him are Chris Wedge (1957), Preston Sturges (1898), Ruth Orkin (1921), Randall Wallace (1949), Larry Cohen (1936), and Dominic Sena (1949). After him are Wilfred Jackson (1906), Robert Towne (1934), Archie Mayo (1891), Irwin Allen (1916), John Berry (1917), and Candida Royalle (1950).

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