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FILM DIRECTOR

John Alcott

1930 - 1986

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John Alcott, BSC (27 November 1930 – 28 July 1986) was an English cinematographer known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey Unsworth in mid-shoot, A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), the film for which he won his Oscar, and The Shining (1980). Alcott died from a heart attack in Cannes, France, in July 1986; he was 55. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Alcott has received more than 219,411 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Alcott is the 652nd most popular film director (up from 730th in 2019), the 2,428th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,618th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 50.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Alcott ranks 652 out of 1,581. Before him are Frances Marion, J. Stuart Blackton, John Madden, Andrew Blake, James Whale, and Nancy Meyers. After him are Pierre Granier-Deferre, Uli Edel, Ronald Neame, João César Monteiro, Bryan Singer, and Dan O'Bannon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Alcott ranks 255. Before him are Frank Carlucci, Christian Tumi, Kalevi Sorsa, Donn F. Eisele, José Ramón Machado Ventura, and Julián Herranz Casado. After him are Yi-Fu Tuan, Chuck Daly, Naomi Shemer, Tadao Kobayashi, Tommy Flanagan, and Carmen Sevilla. Among people deceased in 1986, John Alcott ranks 123. Before him are Hoàng Văn Thái, Vasily Ignatenko, Ivan Papanin, Moses Finley, Peter Pears, and Lili Kraus. After him are David Cooper, Yasuzo Masumura, Moderato Wisintainer, James H. Wilkinson, Anatoly Marchenko, and Herma Szabo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Alcott ranks 2,428 out of 7,765. Before him are William Nicholson (1753), Patricia Routledge (1929), Josephine Tey (1896), James Whale (1889), W. V. D. Hodge (1903), and William Kingdon Clifford (1845). After him are Samantha Bond (1961), Edmund Crouchback (1245), Henry Cole (1808), Peter Cheyney (1896), William Langland (1332), and L. S. Lowry (1887).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Alcott ranks 54. Before him are Robert Stevenson (1905), Steven Knight (1959), Terence Fisher (1904), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), John Madden (1949), and James Whale (1889). After him are Ronald Neame (1911), Jack Clayton (1921), Stephen Daldry (1960), Sally Potter (1949), Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), and Richard Marquand (1937).

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Filmography

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