FILM DIRECTOR

Jack Sholder

1945 - Today

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Jack Sholder (born June 8, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a retired American director, best known for his work in the horror film genre, notably Alone in the Dark, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, The Hidden, and Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies. In the DVD commentary of The Hidden, Jack Sholder states that his favorite film director is Jean Renoir. In September 2004, he joined the faculty of Western Carolina University in the Department of Stage and Screen, retiring in 2017. During his interview for Behind the Curtain Part II (2012), he confessed that of all the films he had made, Arachnid (2001) was his least favorite. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Sholder has received more than 188,118 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jack Sholder is the 1,264th most popular film director (up from 1,295th in 2019), the 8,423rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,105th in 2019) and the 318th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 45.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

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  • 2.58

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jack Sholder ranks 1,264 out of 2,041. Before him are Terry George, Marion Hänsel, Yōjirō Takita, Shyam Benegal, Lewis Teague, and Pablo Larraín. After him are Jaume Balagueró, Jon Amiel, Bennett Miller, Chris Buck, Leigh Whannell, and Frank Tashlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Jack Sholder ranks 511. Before him are Frank Hansen, Maria Rohm, Daniel Ona Ondo, Jim Gordon, Johan Devrindt, and Diane Sawyer. After him are George Pataki, Micky Dolenz, Mwanza Mukombo, Rick Berman, John H. Coates, and João de Deus Pinheiro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Sholder ranks 8,423 out of 20,380. Before him are Earl Monroe (1944), Glenn Medeiros (1970), Lewis Teague (1938), Savannah (1970), David M. Brown (1956), and Annette Rogers (1913). After him are Whittaker Chambers (1901), Debi Mazar (1964), David Paymer (1954), L. J. Smith (1965), James C. Collins (1958), and William Alston (1921).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jack Sholder ranks 318. Before him are Sam Simon (1955), Eric Kripke (1974), J. Searle Dawley (1877), Corey Allen (1934), Aaron Norris (1951), and Lewis Teague (1938). After him are Bennett Miller (1966), Chris Buck (1958), Frank Tashlin (1913), Julie Taymor (1952), Rebecca Miller (1962), and Dudley Nichols (1895).

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