FILM DIRECTOR

James Algar

1912 - 1998

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James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Algar has received more than 110,325 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). James Algar is the 1,123rd most popular film director (up from 1,370th in 2019), the 7,283rd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,924th in 2019) and the 278th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, James Algar ranks 1,123 out of 2,041. Before him are Brian Yuzna, John Grierson, Fred Schepisi, Andrew Stanton, Roman Abelevich Kachanov, and James Foley. After him are Matteo Garrone, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Morten Tyldum, August Blom, Alan Taylor, and Rex Ingram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, James Algar ranks 307. Before him are Walter J. Ong, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Natalia Dudinskaya, Erik Larsson, Simón Lecue, and Anton Buttigieg. After him are Virgilio Piñera, Tibor Berczelly, Dagny Carlsson, Leslie Johnson, Harry Klinefelter, and Daniel Mann. Among people deceased in 1998, James Algar ranks 232. Before him are Viljo Heino, Stokely Carmichael, Cesare Perdisa, Anna Maria Ortese, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, and Ferenc Sidó. After him are Patricia Hayes, Giovanni Valetti, Betty Carter, Wendy O. Williams, Alice Faye, and Charles Lang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Algar ranks 7,283 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Beth Peil (1940), James Foley (1953), Tim Daly (1956), James Hall (1811), Maude Fealy (1883), and Bill Maher (1956). After him are Frank Norris (1870), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), Pauline Oliveros (1932), Larry Graham (1946), Malcolm Browne (1931), and Michael Stonebraker (1943).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, James Algar ranks 278. Before him are Peter Del Monte (1943), Willis H. O'Brien (1886), Monte Hellman (1932), Caleb Deschanel (1944), Andrew Stanton (1965), and James Foley (1953). After him are Alan Taylor (1959), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Pete Docter (1968), Wally Pfister (1961), Alan Ball (1957), and Ron Clements (1953).

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