FILM DIRECTOR

Joseph Sargent

1925 - 2014

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Joseph Sargent (born Giuseppe Danielle Sorgente; July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014) was an American film director. Though he directed many television movies, his best known feature-length works were arguably the action movie White Lightning starring Burt Reynolds, the biopic MacArthur starring Gregory Peck, and the horror anthology Nightmares. His most popular feature film was the subway thriller The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Sargent has received more than 345,470 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Joseph Sargent is the 998th most popular film director (down from 929th in 2019), the 6,379th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,105th in 2019) and the 237th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joseph Sargent ranks 998 out of 2,041. Before him are Sergey Obraztsov, Sergei Solovyov, John M. Stahl, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Mikhail Kozakov, and James Wong Howe. After him are Štefan Uher, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Roy Ward Baker, Jean-Marie Poiré, Mike Figgis, and Randal Kleiser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Joseph Sargent ranks 327. Before him are Syed Nazrul Islam, Albert Eschenmoser, José Beyaert, Luigi Carpaneda, Josep Pintat Solans, and Bernardo Ruiz. After him are Peter Seeberg, Cornell Borchers, Benito Lorenzi, Jean Cau, John Baptist Wu, and Pyotr Todorovsky. Among people deceased in 2014, Joseph Sargent ranks 291. Before him are Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Mohammed Fahim, Ara Shiraz, Tullio Regge, Étienne Mourrut, and Bobby Womack. After him are Victor J. Stenger, Cornell Borchers, Gerald Guralnik, Alakbar Mammadov, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and Takako Doi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Sargent ranks 6,379 out of 20,380. Before him are Bo Goldman (1932), Mother Angelica (1923), Louis Calhern (1895), Edwin Stanton (1814), Corbin Bleu (1989), and Helene Hanff (1916). After him are Robert Ryman (1930), Jane Colden (1724), Thelma Todd (1906), Steven Culp (1955), Bernadette Peters (1948), and Joseph Sweeney (1884).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joseph Sargent ranks 237. Before him are Gary Ross (1956), Gregg Toland (1904), Hamilton Luske (1903), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Harry Beaumont (1888), and Stuart Gordon (1947). After him are Randal Kleiser (1946), Chris Wedge (1957), Preston Sturges (1898), Ruth Orkin (1921), Randall Wallace (1949), and Larry Cohen (1936).

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