FILM DIRECTOR

Mario Van Peebles

1957 - Today

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Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957) is an American film director and actor best known for appearing in Heartbreak Ridge in 1986 and known for directing and starring in New Jack City in 1991 and USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Van Peebles has received more than 3,285,943 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Mario Van Peebles is the 1,091st most popular film director (down from 984th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 233rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Mexican Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mario Van Peebles by language

Over the past year Mario Van Peebles has had the most page views in the with 409,319 views, followed by French (31,137), and Italian (22,881). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (122.79%), Simple English (119.54%), and Serbian (104.25%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mario Van Peebles ranks 1,091 out of 2,041. Before him are Joe Ranft, Ivan Perestiani, Leopold Lindtberg, Robert Parrish, Freddie Francis, and Harold Becker. After him are Rodrigo García, Lloyd Kaufman, Erik Ode, Jean Dréville, Fernando Birri, and Mark Herman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Mario Van Peebles ranks 288. Before him are Rabih Abou-Khalil, Evangelos Venizelos, Peter Englund, Ingrid Auerswald, Kevin McHale, and Alexandra Marinina. After him are LeVar Burton, Vinny Appice, Nancy Cartwright, Mario Grech, Shlomo Mintz, and Masaru Uchiyama.

Others Born in 1957

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Mario Van Peebles ranks 264 out of 729. Before him are Félix María Zuloaga (1813), Eiza González (1990), Carlos Aguiar Retes (1950), Dionisio Mejía (1907), Alberto Suárez Inda (1939), and Gloria Trevi (1968). After him are Manuel María Lombardini (1802), Raúl Cárdenas (1928), Enrique Borja (1945), Martín Luis Guzmán (1887), Elpidia Carrillo (1961), and Juan Bautista Topete (1821).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Mexico

Among film directors born in Mexico, Mario Van Peebles ranks 6. Before him are Guillermo del Toro (1964), Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963), Alfonso Cuarón (1961), Emilio Fernández (1904), and Arturo Ripstein (1943). After him are Guillermo Navarro (1955), Rodrigo Prieto (1965), Jorge Fons (1939), Carlos Reygadas (1971), and Michel Franco (1979).

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Filmography

Ali
Director
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Dec 10o 20016.76 / 10
Highlander: The Final Dimension
Director
Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano. When an evil immortal named Kane kills the old wizard, the resulting battle leaves him buried in an underground cave. When Kane resurfaces in the 20th century to create havoc, it's up to McLeod to stop him.
Nov 29o 19944.722 / 10
Jaws: The Revenge
Director
After another deadly shark attack, Ellen Brody decides she has had enough of New England's Amity Island and moves to the Caribbean to join her son, Michael, and his family. But a great white shark has followed her there, hungry for more lives.
Jul 17o 19874.056 / 10