FILM DIRECTOR

Mike Hodges

1932 - 2022

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Michael Tommy Hodges (29 July 1932 – 17 December 2022) was a British screenwriter, film and television director, playwright and novelist. His films as writer/director include Get Carter (1971), Pulp (1972), The Terminal Man (1974) and Black Rainbow (1989). He co-wrote and was the original director on Damien: Omen II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Hodges has received more than 356,806 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mike Hodges is the 1,368th most popular film director (down from 1,353rd in 2019), the 4,684th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,728th in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

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  • 44.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mike Hodges ranks 1,368 out of 2,041. Before him are Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Robert Surtees, Attila Dargay, Gabriele Muccino, Usmar Ismail, and Taylor Sheridan. After him are Brett Ratner, Yılmaz Erdoğan, A. Edward Sutherland, Gregg Araki, Judd Apatow, and Dave Filoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Mike Hodges ranks 460. Before him are Antonio Maspes, Mehmood, Malcolm Bradbury, Lamar Hunt, John McNally, and John Jakes. After him are Gay Talese, Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, Gösta Sandberg, Ahmet Berman, Ann-Sofi Pettersson, and Nasif Estéfano. Among people deceased in 2022, Mike Hodges ranks 501. Before him are Billy Bingham, Bernhard Germeshausen, Keith Levene, Benjamin Kogo, Kazimierz Zimny, and John McNally. After him are Henry Lincoln, Bjarni Tryggvason, Jose Maria Sison, Ned Rorem, Walter Abish, and Amos Sawyer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mike Hodges ranks 4,684 out of 8,785. Before him are Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736), Guy Chambers (1963), Princess Claire of Belgium (1974), Karim Ahmad Khan (1970), Michael Jayston (1935), and Hugh Hopper (1945). After him are George Henry Lewes (1817), Doug Sampson (1957), Nigel Marven (1960), Anthony Shaffer (1926), John Wilbye (1574), and John James Shepherd (1884).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Mike Hodges ranks 101. Before him are Richard Eyre (1943), Peter Hall (1930), Steve McQueen (1969), Jonathan Lynn (1943), Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), and Michael Caton-Jones (1957). After him are A. Edward Sutherland (1895), Geoffrey Unsworth (1914), Basil Dearden (1911), Michael Winterbottom (1961), Stuart Baird (1947), and Irving Rapper (1898).

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Filmography

Flash Gordon
Director
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Sep 1st 19806.2 / 10
Get Carter
Director
Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who murdered his sibling and why.
Feb 3rd 19717 / 10
Croupier
Director
Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.
Jun 25th 19986.727 / 10