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 16,021 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Marshes by language

Over the past year James Marsh has had the most page views in the with 4,128 views, followed by Spanish (2,503), and Russian (2,395). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (80.10%), Finnish (56.02%), and German (24.13%)

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

The Night Of
Director
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
7.974 / 10
The Theory of Everything
Director
The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.
Nov 26o 20147.86 / 10
Man on Wire
Director
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour of performing on the wire, 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan, he was arrested. This fun and spellbinding documentary chronicles Philippe Petit's "highest" achievement.
Aug 1o 20087.397 / 10