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FILM DIRECTOR

Jack Arnold

1916 - 1992

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Jack Arnold (born John Arnold Waks; October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992) was an American actor and film and television director, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of 1950s science fiction films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Arnold has received more than 12,180 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jack Arnold is the 606th most popular film director (up from 2,295th in 2019), the 3,964th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,834th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 12k

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  • 51.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jack Arnold ranks 606 out of 1,581Before him are George Seaton, Sergei Yutkevich, Werner Schroeter, Roger Donaldson, Jennifer Lee, and Robert Mulligan. After him are Hugh Hudson, Aleksei Yuryevich German, Tonino Delli Colli, Lawrence Kasdan, Jörn Donner, and Carmine Gallone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Jack Arnold ranks 130Before him are Ingrid Vang Nyman, Charlie Christian, David White, Jurij Brězan, Erik Nilsson, and Ri Jong-ok. After him are Halet Çambel, Ugo Locatelli, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Bismillah Khan, Paul Halmos, and Werner Bischof. Among people deceased in 1992, Jack Arnold ranks 129Before him are Giovanni Colombo, Willie Dixon, Borislav Pekić, Emilio Recoba, Michel Berger, and Hammer DeRoburt. After him are Sylvain Arend, Chuck Connors, Richard Yates, Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, and Nie Rongzhen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Arnold ranks 3,964 out of 18,182Before him are Dave Grohl (1969), Tom Atkins (1935), Lana Wood (1946), Walter Short (1880), Robert Mulligan (1925), and Sean Astin (1971). After him are Roy Buchanan (1939), Ann Morgan Guilbert (1928), Sandahl Bergman (1951), Ralph Nader (1934), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), and Dwight L. Moody (1837).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jack Arnold ranks 155Before him are Norman Taurog (1899), Martin Brest (1951), Robert Rodriguez (1968), George Seaton (1911), Jennifer Lee (1971), and Robert Mulligan (1925). After him are Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Paul Mazursky (1930), Brad Bird (1957), Stan Winston (1946), Kevin Smith (1970), and Todd Phillips (1970).

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