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FILM DIRECTOR

Norman Taurog

1899 - 1981

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Norman Rae Taurog (February 23, 1899 – April 7, 1981) was an American film director and screenwriter. From 1920 to 1968, Taurog directed 180 films. At the age of 32, he received the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy (1931), becoming the youngest person to win the award for eight and a half decades until Damien Chazelle won for La La Land in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Taurog has received more than 246,624 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Taurog is the 585th most popular film director (down from 492nd in 2019), the 3,822nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,175th in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Norman Taurog ranks 585 out of 1,581. Before him are Jean-Marc Vallée, Artavazd Peleshyan, Grigori Kozintsev, Henry Koster, Kenneth Anger, and Gustav von Wangenheim. After him are Wojciech Has, Martin Brest, Aleksei Kapler, Andrzej Munk, James Wan, and Oliver Hirschbiegel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Norman Taurog ranks 136. Before him are Yaakov Dori, Qu Qiubai, Carlos Chávez, Richard Hartshorne, Domingo Tejera, and Sára Salkaházi. After him are Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, Johan Grøttumsbråten, Li Lisan, Helge Ingstad, Pierre Victor Auger, and C. S. Forester. Among people deceased in 1981, Norman Taurog ranks 102. Before him are Jean Eustache, Mariama Bâ, Robert Montgomery, Walter Heitler, Roman Rudenko, and Zdeněk Burian. After him are Marcel Bezençon, Mostafa Chamran, Boris Polevoy, Ivan Eklind, Lydia Lopokova, and Jim Davis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Taurog ranks 3,822 out of 18,182. Before him are William Joseph Simmons (1880), Gary Snyder (1930), Darlene Conley (1934), Carlos Lopes (1947), Lobo (1943), and Miriam Hopkins (1902). After him are Thomas E. Dewey (1902), Ryan Phillippe (1974), John Doman (1945), Suge Knight (1965), William Cranch Bond (1789), and Brian Kobilka (1955).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Norman Taurog ranks 149. Before him are Peter Hyams (1943), Joe Johnston (1950), John Milius (1944), James Gunn (1966), Hal Roach (1892), and Kenneth Anger (1927). After him are Martin Brest (1951), Robert Rodriguez (1968), George Seaton (1911), Jennifer Lee (1971), Robert Mulligan (1925), and Jack Arnold (1916).

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Filmography

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