FILM DIRECTOR

Joe Wright

1972 - Today

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Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Wright has received more than 4,406,192 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Joe Wright is the 1,102nd most popular film director (down from 1,006th in 2019), the 3,742nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,502nd in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joe Wright ranks 1,102 out of 2,041. Before him are Fernando Birri, Mark Herman, Francis Girod, Roman Viktyuk, Gregory La Cava, and Alan Crosland. After him are Elvira Notari, David Twohy, Jonas Åkerlund, Pavel Lungin, Peter Del Monte, and Willis H. O'Brien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Joe Wright ranks 171. Before him are Drea de Matteo, Kirill Petrenko, Junko Takeuchi, Craig Jones, Eli Cohen, and Sergei Magnitsky. After him are Ramon Menezes, Jenny McCarthy, Tego Calderón, RedOne, Leonor Varela, and Michael Lucas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joe Wright ranks 3,742 out of 8,785. Before him are Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), Angela Mortimer (1932), Jeremy Wade (1956), Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), Matthew Parker (1504), and Edwin Atherstone (1788). After him are Ninian (360), Cynewulf (900), Tanith Lee (1947), Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), and Steve Redgrave (1962).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Joe Wright ranks 84. Before him are Barry Ackroyd (1954), John Alcott (1930), Charles Jarrott (1927), Gerry Anderson (1929), Freddie Francis (1917), and Mark Herman (1954). After him are Edgar Wright (1974), John Grierson (1898), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Douglas Slocombe (1913), Ivor Montagu (1904), and Duncan Jones (1971).

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Filmography

Pride & Prejudice
Director
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
Sep 16th 20058.072 / 10
Darkest Hour
Director
In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
Nov 22nd 20177.352 / 10
Black Mirror
Director
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
8.3 / 10