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FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Anderson

1920 - 2018

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Michael Joseph Anderson (30 January 1920 – 25 April 2018) was an English film and television director. His career spanned nearly 50 years across three countries, working at various times in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Anderson has received more than 28,065 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Anderson is the 406th most popular film director (down from 338th in 2019), the 1,589th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,378th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 28k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Anderson ranks 406 out of 1,581. Before him are Donald P. Bellisario, J. J. Abrams, Neil Jordan, Alexandre Astruc, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Marc Allégret. After him are Jan Troell, David Yates, Gustaf Gründgens, Jerzy Stuhr, Michael Radford, and Alain Tanner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Michael Anderson ranks 127. Before him are Heinz Kessler, Mohammed Dib, Guido Cantelli, Zhou Xuan, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and Albert Memmi. After him are Paik Sun-yup, Richard Adams, Yegor Ligachyov, Miguel Delibes, Dick Francis, and Yevgeny Dragunov. Among people deceased in 2018, Michael Anderson ranks 111. Before him are Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Kim Jong-pil, Alan Baker, Maria Bueno, Margot Kidder, and Darío Castrillón Hoyos. After him are Michael Halliday, Jozef Adamec, Raymond Chow, Kira Muratova, José Antonio Abreu, and Adem Demaçi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Anderson ranks 1,589 out of 7,765. Before him are James Edward Smith (1759), Steve Hackett (1950), Walter Bagehot (1826), Howard Staunton (1810), Gerald Gardner (1884), and Ian Kershaw (1943). After him are James Fox (1939), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Joan of the Tower (1321), David Yates (1963), George Stubbs (1724), and James Herriot (1916).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Michael Anderson ranks 28. Before him are Ken Russell (1927), John Guillermin (1925), Derek Jarman (1942), Anthony Minghella (1954), Michael Apted (1941), and Adrian Lyne (1941). After him are David Yates (1963), Mike Leigh (1943), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Roland Joffé (1945), and Nicolas Roeg (1928).

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Filmography

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