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FILM DIRECTOR

Mitchell Leisen

1898 - 1972

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James Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mitchell Leisen has received more than 129,636 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Mitchell Leisen is the 862nd most popular film director (down from 687th in 2019), the 5,628th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,456th in 2019) and the 219th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 130k

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  • 48.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mitchell Leisen ranks 862 out of 1,581Before him are Yash Chopra, Tran Anh Hung, Bob Rafelson, Pyotr Todorovsky, Shane Black, and Cary Joji Fukunaga. After him are Ludwig Berger, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Christophe Gans, Rob Marshall, John Lee Hancock, and Stuart Gordon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Mitchell Leisen ranks 168Before him are Emmanuel Bove, Aksel Airo, Vasily Lebedev-Kumach, Félix Sesúmaga, Renée Adorée, and Bessie Love. After him are Fedde Schurer, Agnes Ayres, Reino Ragnar Lehto, Erik Abrahamsson, Roald Larsen, and Hal B. Wallis. Among people deceased in 1972, Mitchell Leisen ranks 152Before him are Louis J. Mordell, Edward Cook, Bernabé Ferreyra, Moe Berg, Abeid Karume, and Vera Inber. After him are Brandon deWilde, Gustav Wiederkehr, Romas Kalanta, Harold Rainsford Stark, Prithviraj Kapoor, and Louise Arner Boyd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mitchell Leisen ranks 5,628 out of 18,182Before him are Frank Thomas (1912), Shane Black (1961), Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977), Wes Unseld (1946), Betty Robinson (1911), and Jeffrey Donovan (1968). After him are Walter Tewksbury (1876), Amber Valletta (1974), Dexter Holland (1965), William Eggleston (1939), Gordon Tullock (1922), and Janet Reno (1938).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Mitchell Leisen ranks 219Before him are Paul Morrissey (1938), Dorothy Arzner (1897), Robert Towne (1934), Bob Rafelson (1933), Shane Black (1961), and Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977). After him are Rob Marshall (1960), John Lee Hancock (1956), Stuart Gordon (1947), Irwin Allen (1916), Abraham Polonsky (1910), and Gary Ross (1956).

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