FILM DIRECTOR

Melville Shavelson

1917 - 2007

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Melville Shavelson (April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melville Shavelson has received more than 90,114 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Melville Shavelson is the 1,312th most popular film director, the 8,797th most popular biography from United States and the 336th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 90k

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  • 45.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Melville Shavelson ranks 1,312 out of 2,041. Before him are Max Hardcore, Vladimir Motyl, Oumarou Ganda, Steve McQueen, Charles Reisner, and Tosca Musk. After him are Yuli Raizman, Peter Berg, Catherine Corsini, Bahman Ghobadi, Javier Aguirresarobe, and Lee Garmes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Melville Shavelson ranks 287. Before him are Amelia Piccinini, Wenche Foss, Jack Lynch, Władysław Rubin, Eugen Walaschek, and Gwendolyn Brooks. After him are Jo Stafford, Steve Cochran, Pyotr Demichev, Rufus Thomas, Birger Rosengren, and Qaysin Quli. Among people deceased in 2007, Melville Shavelson ranks 333. Before him are Heinz Schiller, José Antonio Roca, Dragutin Tadijanović, Joseph Nérette, Dmitri Prigov, and Muhammad Osman Said. After him are Seymour Benzer, Juan Valdivieso, Aleksandr Dedyushko, Bruce Bennett, Ulrich Plenzdorf, and Tamara Nosova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melville Shavelson ranks 8,797 out of 20,380. Before him are Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Cameron Boyce (1999), Jon Jones (1987), Charles Reisner (1887), Brian Benben (1956), and Sean Michaels (1958). After him are Harold Solomon (1952), Daniel von Bargen (1950), James E. Gunn (1923), Elizabeth Reaser (1975), Margaret Truman (1924), and Florence Price (1887).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Melville Shavelson ranks 336. Before him are Buddy Van Horn (1928), Neil Burger (1963), Nunnally Johnson (1897), David Frankel (1959), Max Hardcore (1956), and Charles Reisner (1887). After him are Peter Berg (1962), Lee Garmes (1898), Carl Foreman (1914), Darren Star (1961), Peter Farrelly (1956), and Robert Burks (1909).

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Filmography

Houseboat
Director
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Nov 19th 19586.4 / 10
Yours, Mine and Ours
Director
When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
Apr 24th 19686.794 / 10
It Started in Naples
Director
Mike Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, comes to Naples to settle the estate of his long estranged "black sheep" brother. Once there, he discovers that the deceased has left an 8 year old boy who is being raised by Michael's sister-in-law Lucia Curcio. To make matters worse, Lucia happens to be a sexy nightclub dancer.
Aug 6th 19606.3 / 10