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 547,041 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Lewis Gilbert is the 574th most popular film director (up from 577th in 2019), the 2,154th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,171st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lewis Gilbert ranks 574 out of 2,041. Before him are Oliver Hirschbiegel, Franco Rossi, Peter Stein, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Elmar Klos, and André Delvaux. After him are Roger Donaldson, Rintaro, Frederick Wiseman, Budd Boetticher, Henri Colpi, and Carlo Lizzani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Lewis Gilbert ranks 186. Before him are C. R. Rao, James Doohan, Georges Marchais, Celia Sánchez, Harold Sakata, and Osvaldo Cavandoli. After him are Frances Ames, Richard E. Bellman, Yves Robert, Cornelius Ryan, Gordon Gould, and Koichi Tohei. Among people deceased in 2018, Lewis Gilbert ranks 169. Before him are Robert Indiana, Roger Bannister, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Avicii, Serge Dassault, and Antonio Valentín Angelillo. After him are Nicolas Roeg, Karl Lehmann, Kim Larsen, Joseph Joffo, Serhiy Tkach, and Kirin Kiki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lewis Gilbert ranks 2,154 out of 8,785. Before him are Jack Higgins (1929), Bob Anderson (1931), Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914), David Gemmell (1948), Bobby Sands (1954), and Hilton Valentine (1943). After him are John Leslie (1766), Edmund Gunter (1581), Maryam d'Abo (1960), Steve Jones (1955), Charles Kingsley (1819), and Thomas Otway (1652).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Lewis Gilbert ranks 42. Before him are Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Hugh Hudson (1936), George Albert Smith (1864), David Byrne (1952), Chris Menges (1940), and Anthony Asquith (1902). After him are Michael Powell (1905), Norman McLaren (1914), Nicolas Roeg (1928), John Glen (1932), Andrew Birkin (1945), and John Madden (1949).

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