FILM DIRECTOR

James Wong

1959 - Today

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James Wong (born April 20, 1959) is an American television and film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for co-writing episodes of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files with his writing partner, Glen Morgan. Morgan and Wong are founders of the Hard Eight Pictures and co-created Space: Above and Beyond. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Wong has received more than 29,209 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Wong is the 518th most popular film director (up from 554th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, James Wong ranks 518 out of 2,041. Before him are Sam Wood, Clarence Brown, Fernando Solanas, Boris Barnet, Mike Leigh, and Néstor Almendros. After him are Luis García Berlanga, Claude Autant-Lara, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Peter Yates, Seijun Suzuki, and Tom Tykwer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, James Wong ranks 113. Before him are Vazgen Sargsyan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Baron Waqa, Anatoly Onoprienko, Andrew Fire, and Thomas Ravelli. After him are Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior, Koichi Tanaka, Marcus Miller, Ralf Moeller, Alessandro Nannini, and Pietro Vierchowod.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, James Wong ranks 20 out of 115. Before him are Carrie Lam (1957), Nora Miao (1952), Maggie Cheung (1964), Raymond Chow (1927), Jacky Cheung (1961), and Anita Mui (1963). After him are William Anders (1933), John Tong Hon (1939), John Lee Ka-chiu (1957), Eric Tsang (1953), Alan Tam (1950), and Tony Leung Ka-fai (1958).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hong Kong

Among film directors born in Hong Kong, James Wong ranks 1. After him are Johnnie To (1955), Corey Yuen (1951), Ronny Yu (1950), Wayne Wang (1949), Ringo Lam (1955), Benny Chan (1961), Stanley Tong (1960), and Peter Chan (1962).

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