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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 1,398,554 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Anger is the 583rd most popular film director (down from 510th in 2019), the 3,812th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,267th in 2019) and the 148th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kenneth Anger ranks 583 out of 1,581Before him are Zoltán Fábri, Lewis Gilbert, Jean-Marc Vallée, Artavazd Peleshyan, Grigori Kozintsev, and Henry Koster. After him are Gustav von Wangenheim, Norman Taurog, Wojciech Has, Martin Brest, Aleksei Kapler, and Andrzej Munk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Kenneth Anger ranks 159Before him are Geneviève Page, Leontyne Price, Roger Walkowiak, Theodore Maiman, Ahmad Jannati, and Joan Segarra. After him are Ales Adamovich, Elvin Jones, Erich Probst, Tom Bosley, Friedrich Hirzebruch, and Juan Alonso. Among people deceased in 2023, Kenneth Anger ranks 147Before him are Ruud Geels, Jim Brown, George Pell, Ferran Olivella, Josep Maria Fusté, and Shane MacGowan. After him are Hubert Reeves, Albert Azaryan, Juliette Mayniel, Peter Bieri, Guy Marchand, and Deniz Baykal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kenneth Anger ranks 3,812 out of 18,182Before him are Frances Cleveland (1864), Hank Azaria (1964), Bruce Cabot (1904), Bob Iger (1951), David White (1916), and Rick Barry (1944). After him are Robert Brout (1928), Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), Philip Baker Hall (1931), William Joseph Simmons (1880), Gary Snyder (1930), and Darlene Conley (1934).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Kenneth Anger ranks 148Before him are Jim Abrahams (1944), Peter Hyams (1943), Joe Johnston (1950), John Milius (1944), James Gunn (1966), and Hal Roach (1892). After him are Norman Taurog (1899), Martin Brest (1951), Robert Rodriguez (1968), George Seaton (1911), Jennifer Lee (1971), and Robert Mulligan (1925).

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