1933 - Today
Sir John Boorman (; born 18 January 1933) is a British film director, best known for feature films such as Point Blank (1967), Hell in the Pacific (1968), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Excalibur (1981), The Emerald Forest (1985), Hope and Glory (1987), The General (1998), The Tailor of Panama (2001) and Queen and Country (2014). Boorman has directed 22 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory). He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Boorman has received more than 1,343,623 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John Boorman is the 320th most popular film director (down from 268th in 2019), the 1,322nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,129th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, John Boorman ranks 320 out of 1,580. Before him are Raúl Ruiz, Anthony Minghella, Alexander Sokurov, Mervyn LeRoy, Jacques Copeau, and Philippe de Broca. After him are Giuseppe De Santis, Kon Ichikawa, Mikio Naruse, Norman Jewison, Wes Anderson, and Dušan Makavejev.
1941 - 2011
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 314
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 315
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 316
1900 - 1987
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 317
1879 - 1949
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 318
1933 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 319
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 320
1917 - 1997
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 321
1915 - 2008
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 322
1905 - 1969
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 323
1926 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 324
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 325
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 326
Among people born in 1933, John Boorman ranks 119. Before him are György Konrád, Renée Taylor, Charlie Wilson, Joachim Kroll, Debra Paget, and Philippe de Broca. After him are Tomas Milian, Sacha Distel, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, Jehan Sadat, William Anders, and Franz, Duke of Bavaria.
1933 - 2019
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 113
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 114
1933 - 2010
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 115
1933 - 1991
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 116
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 117
1933 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 118
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 119
1933 - 2017
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 120
1933 - 2004
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 121
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 122
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 123
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 124
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 125
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Boorman ranks 1,322 out of 6,924. Before him are Dave Evans (1953), John Ball (1338), John Graunt (1620), John Charles (1931), Andy Summers (1942), and John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384). After him are Andrew Lincoln (1973), Idris Elba (1972), John Boyd Orr (1880), Josiah Wedgwood (1730), Claire Bloom (1931), and Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766).
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 1,316
1338 - 1381
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 1,317
1620 - 1674
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 1,318
1931 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 1,319
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 1,320
1384 - 1453
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 1,321
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1,322
1973 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1,323
1972 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 1,324
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 1,325
1730 - 1795
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 1,326
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 1,327
1766 - 1828
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 1,328
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Boorman ranks 23. Before him are Mike Newell (1942), Sam Mendes (1965), Frank Lloyd (1886), Carol Reed (1906), Ken Russell (1927), and Anthony Minghella (1954). After him are Adrian Lyne (1941), Michael Anderson (1920), John Guillermin (1925), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Peter Yates (1929), and Roland Joffé (1945).
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 17
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 18
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 19
1906 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20
1927 - 2011
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 21
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 22
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 23
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 24
1920 - 2018
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 25
1925 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 26
1914 - 2002
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 27
1929 - 2011
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 28
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 29