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FILM DIRECTOR

Joe Dante

1946 - Today

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Joseph James Dante Jr. (; born November 28, 1946) is an American film director, producer, editor and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Dante has received more than 1,504,243 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Joe Dante is the 393rd most popular film director (up from 435th in 2019), the 2,549th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,828th in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Film Director.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joe Dante ranks 393 out of 1,581. Before him are John McTiernan, Sam Wood, Jerzy Hoffman, Yuri Norstein, Mario Camus, and Shin Sang-ok. After him are Karel Reisz, Claude Zidi, Kaneto Shindo, Maurice Pialat, Donald P. Bellisario, and J. J. Abrams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Joe Dante ranks 170. Before him are Krister Henriksson, Alison Steadman, Jan Kodeš, Ian McDonald, Peter Sutcliffe, and Sue Lyon. After him are Ahmed Faras, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Tom Savini, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Petre Roman, and Michael Radford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Dante ranks 2,549 out of 18,182. Before him are Melvil Dewey (1851), Debra Winger (1955), Alfred Bester (1913), Anna May Wong (1905), Shannen Doherty (1971), and Sue Lyon (1946). After him are Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Taylor Swift (1989), Chris Rock (1965), John Grinder (1940), Don McLean (1945), and Rodney Alcala (1943).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joe Dante ranks 112. Before him are Irvin Kershner (1923), Gene Deitch (1924), Sofia Coppola (1971), Robert Benton (1932), John McTiernan (1951), and Sam Wood (1883). After him are Donald P. Bellisario (1935), J. J. Abrams (1966), Delmer Daves (1904), Douglas Trumbull (1942), Richard Thorpe (1896), and Curtis Hanson (1945).

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