1977 - Today
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre as the co-creator of the Saw and Insidious franchises and the creator of The Conjuring Universe. The lattermost is the highest-grossing horror franchise at over $2 billion. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Wan has received more than 10,983,367 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). James Wan is the 590th most popular film director (up from 627th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Malaysian Film Director.
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Among film directors, James Wan ranks 590 out of 1,581. Before him are Gustav von Wangenheim, Norman Taurog, Wojciech Has, Martin Brest, Aleksei Kapler, and Andrzej Munk. After him are Oliver Hirschbiegel, Andrew Niccol, Ted Kotcheff, George Albert Smith, Christopher Doyle, and Bernd Eichinger.
1895 - 1975
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 584
1899 - 1981
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 585
1925 - 2000
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 586
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 587
1904 - 1979
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 588
1921 - 1961
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 589
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 590
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 591
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 592
1931 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 593
1864 - 1959
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 594
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 595
1949 - 2011
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 596
Among people born in 1977, James Wan ranks 42. Before him are Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Milo Ventimiglia, Hasan Salihamidžić, and Arash. After him are Brock Lesnar, Maryam Mirzakhani, Tom Welling, Daddy Yankee, Tom Brady, and John Mayer.
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 36
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 37
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 38
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 39
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 40
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 41
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 42
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 43
1977 - 2017
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 44
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 45
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 46
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 47
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 48
Among people born in Malaysia, James Wan ranks 19 out of 74. Before him are Yusof Ishak (1910), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Wu Lien-teh (1879), Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Anwar Ibrahim (1947), and Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796). After him are Iskandar of Johor (1932), Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), Tsai Ming-liang (1957), Ling Liong Sik (1943), and Devan Nair (1923).
1910 - 1970
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 13
1895 - 1960
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 14
1879 - 1960
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 15
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 17
1796 - 1854
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 18
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 19
1932 - 2010
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 20
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 21
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 22
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 23
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 24
1923 - 2005
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 25
Among film directors born in Malaysia, James Wan ranks 1. After him are Tsai Ming-liang (1957).