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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 169,239 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Sholder is the 1,298th most popular film director (down from 1,110th in 2019), the 9,124th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,791st in 2019) and the 359th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jack Sholder ranks 1,298 out of 1,581Before him are Kwak Jae-yong, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Tom Shadyac, Gene Saks, Kurt Wimmer, and James Wong Howe. After him are Michael Ritchie, Roger Avary, Ramanand Sagar, Ken Burns, Carlos Saldanha, and Samuel Maoz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Jack Sholder ranks 473Before him are Francisco Rodríguez, Filoimea Telito, Shekhar Kapur, João de Deus Pinheiro, Steve Railsback, and Jörg Drehmel. After him are Cipriano Chemello, Chris Dreja, Muriel Casals i Couturier, Fidel Uriarte, Jim Gordon, and Huell Howser.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Sholder ranks 9,124 out of 18,182Before him are Norman Thagard (1943), Richard Fortus (1966), Martin Luther King III (1957), Jon Landau (1960), Robert Mercer (1946), and Aurora Snow (1981). After him are Michael Ritchie (1938), Ryan Hurst (1976), Sean Murray (1977), Walter Winchell (1897), George Hearst (1820), and David Costabile (1967).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jack Sholder ranks 359Before him are Nunnally Johnson (1897), Peyton Reed (1964), Leon Shamroy (1901), Tom Shadyac (1958), Gene Saks (1921), and Kurt Wimmer (1964). After him are Michael Ritchie (1938), Ken Burns (1953), Tom Mankiewicz (1942), Laura Poitras (1964), Buddy Van Horn (1928), and Greg Berlanti (1972).

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