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 431,653 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

  • 430k

    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 2,041. Before 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 335. Before 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 262. Before 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 20,380. Before 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).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Iwao Takamoto ranks 245. Before 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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Filmography

Hong Kong Phooey
Director
Penrod Pooch leaps into action as Hong Kong Phooey to fight villains.
6.2 / 10
Jabberjaw
Director
Jabberjaw (a 15-foot air-breathing great white shark) and The Neptunes (a rock group made up of four teenagers — Biff, Shelly, Bubbles and Clamhead) travel to various underwater cities where they encounter and deal with assorted megalomaniacs and supervillains who want to conquer the undersea world.
6.6 / 10
Speed Buggy
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Set in an assortment of locations around the world, the series follows three teenagers (Mark, Debbie, and Tinker) and a talking dune buggy as they partake in various adventures.
7.4 / 10