FILM DIRECTOR

Neil Jordan

1950 - Today

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Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. He first achieved recognition for his short story collection, Night in Tunisia, which won the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1979. After a stint working at RTÉ, he made his directorial debut with the 1982 film Angel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Jordan has received more than 1,524,644 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Neil Jordan is the 374th most popular film director (up from 401st in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 81st in 2019) and the most popular Irish Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Neil Jordan ranks 374 out of 2,041. Before him are Veljko Bulajić, Alexander Sokurov, Héctor Babenco, Leos Carax, Alexandre Astruc, and Alain Tanner. After him are Veit Harlan, Giuseppe De Santis, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, J. Lee Thompson, Saul Bass, and Alexander Korda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Neil Jordan ranks 116. Before him are Ken Kutaragi, Steve McCurry, Nancy Allen, Frank Stallone, Loredana Bertè, and Ernesto Samper. After him are Roberto Bettega, Péter Esterházy, Vagit Alekperov, Camarón de la Isla, Willy DeVille, and Juan Gabriel.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Neil Jordan ranks 78 out of 549. Before him are Peter Lacy (1678), Brenda Fricker (1945), James Barry (1795), Saint Fiacre (607), Vergilius of Salzburg (700), and Brigid of Kildare (451). After him are James Hoban (1762), Fionnula Flanagan (1941), Conor McGregor (1988), George Johnstone Stoney (1826), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), and Eliza Lynch (1833).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ireland

Among film directors born in Ireland, Neil Jordan ranks 1. After him are Jim Sheridan (1949), Herbert Brenon (1880), Steve Barron (1956), Rex Ingram (1892), William Desmond Taylor (1872), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), and John Moore (1970).

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