FILM DIRECTOR

Jim Jarmusch

1953 - Today

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James Robert Jarmusch ( JAR-məsh; born January 22, 1953) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films such as Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003), Broken Flowers (2005), Only Lovers Left Alive (2013), and Paterson (2016). Stranger Than Paradise was added to the National Film Registry in December 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Jarmusch has received more than 4,668,872 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Jim Jarmusch is the 89th most popular film director (up from 101st in 2019), the 600th most popular biography from United States (up from 665th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Film Director.

Jim Jarmusch is an American independent filmmaker who is most famous for his films Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, and Dead Man.

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  • 4.7M

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  • 65.70

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  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jim Jarmusch ranks 89 out of 2,041. Before him are Carlos Saura, F. W. Murnau, Peter Brook, Fred Zinnemann, Wolfgang Petersen, and Satyajit Ray. After him are Carl Theodor Dreyer, Richard Attenborough, William Friedkin, Andrzej Żuławski, Robert Bresson, and René Clair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Jim Jarmusch ranks 20. Before him are John Malkovich, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Richard Stallman, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Teresa Teng, and Benazir Bhutto. After him are Carlos Queiroz, Paul Krugman, Fatih Terim, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Daniel Passarella, and Cyndi Lauper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Jarmusch ranks 600 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Kardashian (1944), Ellen Burstyn (1932), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), Jack Kilby (1923), Allen Ginsberg (1926), and Georgia O'Keeffe (1887). After him are Art Garfunkel (1941), Goldie Hawn (1945), Ellen G. White (1827), Ice-T (1958), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), and Theodore Dreiser (1871).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jim Jarmusch ranks 18. Before him are Brian De Palma (1940), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Chuck Jones (1912), Sydney Pollack (1934), and Terry Gilliam (1940). After him are William Friedkin (1935), George Cukor (1899), Sidney Lumet (1924), Michael Mann (1943), Sam Peckinpah (1925), and Walter Hill (1942).

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Filmography

The Dead Don't Die
Director
In a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert must band together to defeat the undead.
May 15o 20195.4 / 10
Only Lovers Left Alive
Director
A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.
Dec 12o 20137.2 / 10
Paterson
Director
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.
Nov 17o 20167.1 / 10