FILM DIRECTOR

James Gunn

1966 - Today

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James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with Tromeo and Juliet (1996). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Gunn has received more than 15,230,179 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). James Gunn is the 674th most popular film director (down from 561st in 2019), the 4,256th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,705th in 2019) and the 168th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, James Gunn ranks 674 out of 2,041. Before him are Stephen Hopkins, Joe Johnston, Baz Luhrmann, Alexander Payne, Tomoyuki Tanaka, and Andrew Niccol. After him are W. S. Van Dyke, Burt Kennedy, Vilgot Sjöman, Majid Majidi, Ruy Guerra, and Billy Hayes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, James Gunn ranks 107. Before him are Teddy Sheringham, Moustafa Madbouly, Rainn Wilson, Thomas Doll, Sergei Stanishev, and Toby Jones. After him are Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Carola Häggkvist, Freddy Rincón, Ben Miller, Inessa Kravets, and Jonathan Edwards.

Others Born in 1966

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Gunn ranks 4,256 out of 20,380. Before him are Gregory Jarvis (1944), Samuel Little (1940), Paul Shenar (1936), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Jordan Rudess (1956), and Beatrice Straight (1914). After him are Eric Carmen (1949), Roy Rogers (1911), Chris Hardwick (1971), Morgan Robertson (1861), Connie Booth (1944), and Wallace Beery (1885).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, James Gunn ranks 168. Before him are Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), Andrew Blake (1947), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Richard Linklater (1960), Joe Johnston (1950), and Alexander Payne (1961). After him are W. S. Van Dyke (1889), Burt Kennedy (1922), Billy Hayes (1947), Paul Mazursky (1930), Aaron Russo (1943), and John Stagliano (1951).

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