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FILM DIRECTOR

Lewis Gilbert

1920 - 2018

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Lewis Gilbert (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter who directed more than 40 films during six decades; among them such varied titles as Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Alfie (1966), Educating Rita (1983) and Shirley Valentine (1989), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Gilbert has received more than 501,128 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Lewis Gilbert is the 578th most popular film director (down from 538th in 2019), the 2,177th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,033rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 500k

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  • 51.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lewis Gilbert ranks 578 out of 1,581Before him are Thelma Schoonmaker, Sergei Solovyov, John Glen, Carlo Lizzani, Norman McLaren, and Zoltán Fábri. After him are Jean-Marc Vallée, Artavazd Peleshyan, Grigori Kozintsev, Henry Koster, Kenneth Anger, and Gustav von Wangenheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Lewis Gilbert ranks 177Before him are Schubert Gambetta, Stan Ockers, Machiko Hasegawa, Josip Manolić, Marie Tharp, and Cornelius Ryan. After him are William Conrad, Milton George Henschel, José Gonzalvo, George Shultz, Mahendra of Nepal, and Jack Lord. Among people deceased in 2018, Lewis Gilbert ranks 171Before him are Vladimir Voinovich, Sridevi, Eddie Clarke, Roger Piantoni, Roger Bannister, and Barbara Harris. After him are Reinhard Hardegen, William Goldman, Leila Abashidze, Zhores Medvedev, Peter Mayle, and Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lewis Gilbert ranks 2,177 out of 7,765Before him are Shane MacGowan (1957), Christine McVie (1943), Reginald Doherty (1872), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), Joseph Larmor (1857), and Norman McLaren (1914). After him are Edward Cave (1691), John Ford (1586), Nassau William Senior (1790), Ian Khama (1953), Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210), and Toby Jones (1966).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Lewis Gilbert ranks 44Before him are Anthony Asquith (1902), Michael Powell (1905), Paul Greengrass (1955), Ken Annakin (1914), John Glen (1932), and Norman McLaren (1914). After him are George Albert Smith (1864), Hugh Hudson (1936), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Robert Stevenson (1905), Steven Knight (1959), and Terence Fisher (1904).

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