1951 - Today
Martin Brest (born August 8, 1951) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. After his feature debut, Going in Style (1979), he directed the action comedies Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Midnight Run (1988), which were critical and commercial hits. Brest then directed Scent of a Woman (1992), starring Al Pacino, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Brest has received more than 1,028,491 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Martin Brest is the 587th most popular film director (down from 582nd in 2019), the 3,856th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,755th in 2019) and the 150th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Martin Brest ranks 587 out of 1,581. Before him are Grigori Kozintsev, Henry Koster, Kenneth Anger, Gustav von Wangenheim, Norman Taurog, and Wojciech Has. After him are Aleksei Kapler, Andrzej Munk, James Wan, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Andrew Niccol, and Ted Kotcheff.
1905 - 1973
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 581
1905 - 1988
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 582
1927 - 2023
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 583
1895 - 1975
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 584
1899 - 1981
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 585
1925 - 2000
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 586
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 587
1904 - 1979
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 588
1921 - 1961
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 589
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 590
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 591
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 592
1931 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 593
Among people born in 1951, Martin Brest ranks 156. Before him are Sydne Rome, Andrei Kozyrev, Ivars Godmanis, Bob Iger, Mihai Ghimpu, and Jesse Ventura. After him are Dragan Pantelić, Francesco Moser, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Myint Swe, Kenny Roberts, and Gérard Jugnot.
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 150
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 151
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 152
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 153
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 154
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 155
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 156
1951 - 2021
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 157
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 158
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 159
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 160
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 161
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 162
Among people born in United States, Martin Brest ranks 3,856 out of 18,182. Before him are Jesse Ventura (1951), Michael Kors (1959), Thomas Curtis (1873), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), and Kyra Sedgwick (1965). After him are Chris Tucker (1971), Krist Novoselic (1965), Fats Waller (1904), Edith Wilson (1872), Kaʻahumanu (1768), and Red Auerbach (1917).
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 3,850
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 3,851
1873 - 1944
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 3,852
1880 - 1971
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 3,853
1847 - 1928
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 3,854
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 3,855
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 3,856
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 3,857
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 3,858
1904 - 1943
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 3,859
1872 - 1961
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 3,860
1768 - 1832
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 3,861
1917 - 2006
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 3,862
Among film directors born in United States, Martin Brest ranks 150. Before him are Joe Johnston (1950), John Milius (1944), James Gunn (1966), Hal Roach (1892), Kenneth Anger (1927), and Norman Taurog (1899). After him are Robert Rodriguez (1968), George Seaton (1911), Jennifer Lee (1971), Robert Mulligan (1925), Jack Arnold (1916), and Lawrence Kasdan (1949).
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 144
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 145
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 146
1892 - 1992
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 147
1927 - 2023
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 148
1899 - 1981
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 149
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 150
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 151
1911 - 1979
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 152
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 153
1925 - 2008
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 154
1916 - 1992
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 155
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 156