FILM DIRECTOR

Oscar Apfel

1878 - 1938

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Oscar C. Apfel (January 17, 1878 – March 21, 1938) was an American film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Apfel has received more than 75,509 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Oscar Apfel is the 1,491st most popular film director (down from 1,359th in 2019), the 10,510th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,768th in 2019) and the 408th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Oscar Apfel ranks 1,491 out of 2,041. Before him are Srđan Dragojević, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Doris Dörrie, Lav Diaz, Ari Aster, and Tom Mankiewicz. After him are Eytan Fox, Subhash Ghai, Alik Sakharov, Tom Shadyac, Don Coscarelli, and Euzhan Palcy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Oscar Apfel ranks 230. Before him are Richard Meinertzhagen, Charles Hefferon, Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Gyula Kakas, Katie Johnson, and Léon Binoche. After him are George M. Cohan, Johannes Terwogt, Léon Thiébaut, Leopold Löwenheim, Garrett Serviss, and Gaston Salmon. Among people deceased in 1938, Oscar Apfel ranks 214. Before him are James Scott, Jacob Opdahl, Jean-Guy Gautier, Alma Gluck, Tom Crean, and William Glackens. After him are Karl Malmström, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Pauline Frederick, Thomas Dewing, Arthur Barclay, and Lascelles Abercrombie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oscar Apfel ranks 10,510 out of 20,380. Before him are Ari Aster (1986), Napoleon Chagnon (1938), Tom Mankiewicz (1942), John Isner (1985), C. Henry Gordon (1883), and John Anderson (1922). After him are Blanche Barton (1961), Rick Adelman (1946), Scott Steiner (1962), Michelle Hurst (1953), Milton Sills (1882), and Ricardo Cortez (1900).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Oscar Apfel ranks 408. Before him are Victor Salva (1958), Kurt Wimmer (1964), Kelly Reichardt (1964), Dennis Muren (1946), Ari Aster (1986), and Tom Mankiewicz (1942). After him are Eytan Fox (1964), Tom Shadyac (1958), Barrie M. Osborne (1944), Al Parker (1952), Shirley Clarke (1919), and Ward Kimball (1914).

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Filmography

Manhattan Melodrama
Director
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
May 4th 19347 / 10
Five Star Final
Director
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Sep 26th 19316.554 / 10
Hell's Highway
Director
A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
Sep 23rd 19326.1 / 10