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 film and television director, considered 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 13,322 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jack Arnold is the 723rd most popular film director (down from 605th in 2019), the 4,582nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,953rd in 2019) and the 179th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jack Arnold ranks 723 out of 2,041. Before him are Steno, Tatyana Lioznova, Charles Vidor, Otakar Vávra, Corey Yuen, and Maurice Tourneur. After him are Emile Ardolino, Clyde Geronimi, Alexei Uchitel, Dan O'Bannon, Rudolph Maté, and Hans Hass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Jack Arnold ranks 148. Before him are José López Rega, Jurij Brězan, Carlo Rustichelli, Wan Li, Keenan Wynn, and Françoise Giroud. After him are Arie van Vliet, Evelyn Keyes, Paul Halmos, Dom Mintoff, Anton Diffring, and Werner Bischof. Among people deceased in 1992, Jack Arnold ranks 137. Before him are Lenny Montana, Machiko Hasegawa, Wilfried Dietrich, Karl Deutsch, Chris McCandless, and Marsha P. Johnson. After him are Harald Sæverud, Sylvain Arend, Piotr Jaroszewicz, Arthur Cronquist, Richard Yates, and Mihailo Lalić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Arnold ranks 4,582 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Adelstein (1969), John Carroll Lynch (1963), Chris Farley (1964), Ronald Graham (1935), Richard Sears (1861), and Tommy Aldridge (1950). After him are Theodore Gill (1837), Buster Douglas (1960), Michael V. Gazzo (1923), Aidan Quinn (1959), Tom Mix (1880), and Carmine Appice (1946).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jack Arnold ranks 179. Before him are Aaron Russo (1943), John Stagliano (1951), Fred Niblo (1874), Dorothy Arzner (1897), David Chase (1945), and Barry Sonnenfeld (1953). After him are Emile Ardolino (1943), Dan O'Bannon (1946), Ryan Murphy (1965), Bob Rafelson (1933), William Cameron Menzies (1896), and George Seaton (1911).

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