FILM DIRECTOR

James Marsh

1963 - Today

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James Marsh (born 30 April 1963) is a British film and documentary director best known for his work on Man on Wire, which won the 2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and The Theory of Everything, the multi-award-winning biopic of physicist Stephen Hawking released in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Marsh has received more than 16,801 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. James Marsh is the 1,719th most popular film director (down from 1,435th in 2019), the 6,046th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,047th in 2019) and the 130th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 17k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, James Marsh ranks 1,719 out of 2,041. Before him are Lesli Linka Glatter, Hal Hartley, David Dhawan, Sam Esmail, Mohammad Rasoulof, and Brad Silberling. After him are Antonia Bird, Mia Hansen-Løve, Tate Taylor, Jennifer Lynch, Harold Prince, and Errol Morris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, James Marsh ranks 659. Before him are Gintautas Umaras, Markus Wasmeier, Brad Silberling, John Ventimiglia, Arnold Vanderlyde, and Guildo Horn. After him are Petra Pau, Ed Lu, Martin Bashir, Corinne Maier, Rajmond Debevec, and Charles Ingram.

Others Born in 1963

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Marsh ranks 6,046 out of 8,785. Before him are George Don (1798), Eric Bristow (1957), Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (1947), Vince Cable (1943), Alan Bush (1900), and Lesley Sharp (1960). After him are John Laurie (1897), Antonia Bird (1951), Shaun Murphy (1982), Charlotte Despard (1844), Catherine Cookson (1906), and Henry Cockburn (1921).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, James Marsh ranks 130. Before him are David Mackenzie (1966), Trevor Nunn (1940), Ken Hughes (1922), Kevin Macdonald (1967), Rupert Sanders (1971), and Simon Wells (1961). After him are Antonia Bird (1951), Simon Curtis (1960), Julien Temple (1953), Miguel Sapochnik (1974), Laurence Rees (1957), and Adam Curtis (1955).

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Filmography

A Few Good Men
Director
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Dec 11o 19927.539 / 10
Gladiator
Director
Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing - where punches can kill.
Mar 6o 19927.6 / 10
Twin Peaks
Director
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
8.3 / 10