FILM DIRECTOR

Martin Ritt

1914 - 1990

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Martin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre and television. He was known mainly as an auteur of socially-conscious dramas and literary adaptations, described by Stanley Kauffmann as "one of the most underrated American directors, superbly competent and quietly imaginative." Ritt was an actor-turned-director with the Federal Theater Project and Group Theatre, becoming assistant to Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio. After a promising television directing career was cut short by the Second Red Scare, Ritt made his first film Edge of the City (1957). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Ritt has received more than 431,519 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Martin Ritt is the 550th most popular film director (down from 501st in 2019), the 3,461st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,220th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Martin Ritts by language

Over the past year Martin Ritt has had the most page views in the with 58,323 views, followed by French (9,613), and Italian (8,784). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (112.21%), Basque (97.05%), and Simple English (81.21%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Martin Ritt ranks 550 out of 2,041. Before him are James Wan, Marcel L'Herbier, Kenneth Anger, Luigi Zampa, Ralph Bakshi, and László Benedek. After him are Ildikó Enyedi, Uli Edel, Zoltán Fábri, Gore Verbinski, David O. Russell, and Anja Breien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Martin Ritt ranks 141. Before him are Ralph Erskine, George Tabori, Unity Mitford, Jerry Siegel, Dobri Dobrev, and Akira Matsunaga. After him are Yuri Levitan, Anatole Abragam, Henri Langlois, Joe Shuster, Tito Okello, and Albert Soboul. Among people deceased in 1990, Martin Ritt ranks 107. Before him are Stefano Casiraghi, Berta Karlik, Xavier Cugat, Rashad Khalifa, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, and Wolfgang Schmieder. After him are Del Shannon, Matvey Blanter, Irene Dunne, Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia, Naoto Tajima, and Peter Wessel Zapffe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Ritt ranks 3,461 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian Kobilka (1955), Percy Sledge (1941), Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (1822), Stephen Curry (1988), Alexander Cartwright (1820), and Gig Young (1913). After him are Sonny Landham (1941), Victoria Nuland (1961), Billy Blanks (1955), Teresa Wright (1918), Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895), and David Blaine (1973).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Martin Ritt ranks 136. Before him are John Milius (1944), Sam Wood (1883), Clarence Brown (1890), Jennifer Lee (1971), Philip Kaufman (1936), and Kenneth Anger (1927). After him are Gore Verbinski (1964), David O. Russell (1958), Frederick Wiseman (1930), Budd Boetticher (1916), Norman Taurog (1899), and Jerome Robbins (1918).

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Filmography

Hombre
Director
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
Mar 21o 19677.046 / 10
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Director
British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Dec 16o 19657.1 / 10
Hud
Director
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
May 28o 19637.3 / 10