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John Huston

1906 - 1987

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John Marcellus Huston ( HEW-stən; August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Huston has received more than 5,832,706 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). John Huston is the 110th most popular film director (down from 74th in 2019), the 757th most popular biography from United States (down from 496th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Film Director.

John Huston is most famous for directing films such as The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

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  • 64.33

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  • 63

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  • 3.93

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  • 5.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year John Huston has had the most page views in the with 822,847 views, followed by Spanish (64,336), and German (61,182). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (209.14%), Lithuanian (158.92%), and Simple English (153.60%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Huston ranks 110 out of 2,041. Before him are Walter Hill, Mel Brooks, Joris Ivens, John Carpenter, Robert Altman, and David Fincher. After him are Terrence Malick, Kenji Mizoguchi, Otar Iosseliani, Manoel de Oliveira, Jules Dassin, and Peter Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, John Huston ranks 48. Before him are Vladimir Prelog, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marcel Carné, Clyde Tombaugh, Oleg Antonov, and Empress Wanrong. After him are James E. Webb, Robert E. Howard, Marie José of Belgium, Marcelo Caetano, Estée Lauder, and Bugsy Siegel. Among people deceased in 1987, John Huston ranks 26. Before him are Fahri Korutürk, Jascha Heifetz, Lino Ventura, Lee Byung-chul, Lee Marvin, and Jacqueline du Pré. After him are Georg Wittig, Jacques Anquetil, Jean Anouilh, Andrés Segovia, Joseph Campbell, and Nobusuke Kishi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Huston ranks 757 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Paul Morphy (1837), Les Paul (1915), H. H. Holmes (1861), and Steven Weinberg (1933). After him are Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Randy Quaid (1950), Tommy Hilfiger (1951), Terrence Malick (1943), Rick Rubin (1963), and Buddy Holly (1936).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, John Huston ranks 29. Before him are Sam Peckinpah (1925), Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), John Carpenter (1948), Robert Altman (1925), and David Fincher (1962). After him are Terrence Malick (1943), Jules Dassin (1911), Howard Hawks (1896), Victor Fleming (1889), Wes Craven (1939), and William Hanna (1910).

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Filmography

The Maltese Falcon
Director
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Oct 18o 19417.726 / 10
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Director
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925, meet up with a grizzled prospector named Howard and decide to join with him in search of gold in the wilds of central Mexico. Through enormous difficulties, they eventually succeed in finding gold, but bandits, the elements, and most especially greed threaten to turn their success into disaster.
Jan 15o 19487.964 / 10
The African Queen
Director
At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.
Jan 7o 19527.353 / 10