FILM DIRECTOR

John Hillcoat

1961 - Today

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John Hillcoat (born 14 August 1961) is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and music video director. His early work includes the 1988 prison film Ghosts... of the Civil Dead, as well as music videos for bands such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hillcoat has received more than 722,085 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Hillcoat is the 1,613th most popular film director (down from 1,308th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Australia (down from 265th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Australian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Hillcoat ranks 1,613 out of 2,041. Before him are Alain Guiraudie, Hito Steyerl, Brenda Chapman, Daniel Espinosa, Ruben Fleischer, and John Singleton. After him are Rick Rosenthal, Baran bo Odar, Adam Shankman, Fernando León de Aranoa, Rakhshān Banietemad, and Rory Kennedy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, John Hillcoat ranks 540. Before him are María Barranco, Sergei Gorlukovich, Louis-Paul M'Fédé, Michie Tomizawa, Santiago Lange, and Timothy Geithner. After him are Bob Loughman, Yutaka Ikeuchi, Sheila Kelley, Natalia Shaposhnikova, Ron Klain, and Ann Cusack.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, John Hillcoat ranks 403 out of 1,143. Before him are Frank Gambale (1958), Bill Hunter (1940), Coral Browne (1913), Phil Dent (1950), John Landy (1930), and Wendy Turnbull (1952). After him are Mina Wylie (1891), Joshua Kennedy (1982), Dunc Gray (1906), Virgil Donati (1958), Norman Thomas Gilroy (1896), and Sylvia Lance Harper (1895).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Australia

Among film directors born in Australia, John Hillcoat ranks 16. Before him are Phillip Noyce (1950), John Seale (1942), Fred Schepisi (1939), Leigh Whannell (1977), Gillian Armstrong (1950), and James McTeigue (1967). After him are Craig Gillespie (1967), Cate Shortland (1968), Greig Fraser (1975), Stephan Elliott (1964), Justin Kurzel (1974), and David Michôd (1972).

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