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FILM DIRECTOR

Jay Roach

1957 - Today

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Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Austin Powers film series, Meet the Parents, Dinner for Schmucks, The Campaign, Trumbo, and Bombshell.Roach also earned critical acclaim for directing and producing the political television drama films Recount, Game Change, and All the Way. He produced the films under his Everyman Pictures banner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jay Roach has received more than 2,532,266 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jay Roach is the 1,285th most popular film director (down from 1,097th in 2019), the 8,997th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,657th in 2019) and the 352nd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jay Roach ranks 1,285 out of 1,581. Before him are Pablo Larraín, Michael Winterbottom, Guillermo Navarro, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Hwang Dong-hyuk, and Geoff Murphy. After him are Nunnally Johnson, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Peyton Reed, Péter Bacsó, Leon Shamroy, and Vladimir Motyl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Jay Roach ranks 372. Before him are Mark Mancina, Bill Laimbeer, Roza Rymbayeva, Mitsuko Horie, Dwight Lodeweges, and Clara Ponsatí. After him are Peter Müller, Ikuo Takahara, Ge You, Othmar Karas, Martin Luther King III, and Porfirio Armando Betancourt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jay Roach ranks 8,997 out of 18,182. Before him are Elaine Stewart (1930), Doug Collins (1951), Jim Backus (1913), Margaret Qualley (1994), Brad Wilk (1968), and Charles Sibley (1917). After him are Nunnally Johnson (1897), John Cregan (1878), Nicholas Colasanto (1924), Guy Siner (1947), Thomas Dewing (1851), and Raphael Tracey (1904).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jay Roach ranks 352. Before him are Dan Gilroy (1959), Jon Watts (1981), D. A. Pennebaker (1925), Kelly Reichardt (1964), Gregg Araki (1959), and Robert Surtees (1906). After him are Nunnally Johnson (1897), Peyton Reed (1964), Leon Shamroy (1901), Tom Shadyac (1958), Gene Saks (1921), and Kurt Wimmer (1964).

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Filmography

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