1945 - Today
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, Jack Sholder ranks 1,298 out of 1,581. Before 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.
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 1,292
1921 - 2010
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 1,293
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 1,294
1921 - 2015
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 1,295
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 1,296
1899 - 1976
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 1,297
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 1,298
1938 - 2001
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 1,299
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 1,300
1917 - 2005
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 1,301
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 1,302
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 1,303
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 1,304
Among people born in 1945, Jack Sholder ranks 473. Before 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.
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 467
1945 - 2011
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 468
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 469
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 470
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 471
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 472
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 473
1945 - 2017
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 474
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 475
1945 - 2016
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 476
1945 - 2016
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 477
1945 - 2023
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 478
1945 - 2013
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 479
Among people born in United States, Jack Sholder ranks 9,124 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 9,118
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 9,119
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 9,120
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 9,121
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 9,122
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 9,123
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,124
1938 - 2001
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,125
1976 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,126
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,127
1897 - 1972
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,128
1820 - 1891
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,129
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,130
Among film directors born in United States, Jack Sholder ranks 359. Before 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).
1897 - 1977
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 353
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 354
1901 - 1974
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 355
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 356
1921 - 2015
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 357
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 358
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 359
1938 - 2001
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 360
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 361
1942 - 2010
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 362
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 363
1928 - 2021
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 364
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 365