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FILM DIRECTOR

Martin Brest

1951 - Today

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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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  • 1.0M

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  • 51.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Martin Brest ranks 587 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Martin Brest ranks 156Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Brest ranks 3,856 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Martin Brest ranks 150Before 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).

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