FILM DIRECTOR

Kenneth Anger

1927 - 2023

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Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer, February 3, 1927 – May 11, 2023) was an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor, and writer. Working exclusively in short films, he produced almost 40 works beginning in 1937, nine of which have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle". Anger's films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle". He has been called "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers", with several films released before homosexuality was legalized in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Anger has received more than 1,516,927 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Kenneth Anger is the 546th most popular film director (up from 582nd in 2019), the 3,428th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,802nd in 2019) and the 135th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kenneth Anger ranks 546 out of 2,041. Before him are Dadasaheb Phalke, Wojciech Has, Lindsay Anderson, Henning Carlsen, James Wan, and Marcel L'Herbier. After him are Luigi Zampa, Ralph Bakshi, László Benedek, Martin Ritt, Ildikó Enyedi, and Uli Edel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Kenneth Anger ranks 162. Before him are Romano Scarpa, Jack Cassidy, Oleg Yefremov, Henning Carlsen, Marianne Fredriksson, and Franciszek Macharski. After him are Per Oscarsson, Joan Segarra, Megumu Tamura, Erich Probst, Franco Maria Malfatti, and Víctor Rodríguez Andrade. Among people deceased in 2023, Kenneth Anger ranks 235. Before him are Sandra Day O'Connor, Jean-Jacques Honorat, Marinho Peres, Hugh Hudson, Anton Tus, and Frederic Forrest. After him are Álvaro Colom, Richard Belzer, Carmen Sevilla, Peter Bieri, Giovanni Lodetti, and Sherif Ismail.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenneth Anger ranks 3,428 out of 20,380. Before him are Julian Rotter (1916), Teri Garr (1944), Arlene Dahl (1925), Richie Ginther (1930), Jill Clayburgh (1944), and Kathryn Morris (1969). After him are Leslie Easterbrook (1949), Thomas F. Wilson (1959), Evelyn McHale (1923), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Barbara Kruger (1945), and Cicely Tyson (1924).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Kenneth Anger ranks 135. Before him are Abel Ferrara (1951), John Milius (1944), Sam Wood (1883), Clarence Brown (1890), Jennifer Lee (1971), and Philip Kaufman (1936). After him are Martin Ritt (1914), Gore Verbinski (1964), David O. Russell (1958), Frederick Wiseman (1930), Budd Boetticher (1916), and Norman Taurog (1899).

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