FILM DIRECTOR

Owen Roizman

1936 - 2023

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Owen Roizman (September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023) was an American cinematographer. He received five Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, for the films The French Connection (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Network (1976), Tootsie (1982), and Wyatt Earp (1994). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Owen Roizman has received more than 197,269 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Owen Roizman is the 1,289th most popular film director, the 8,688th most popular biography from United States and the 328th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 200k

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  • 52.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Owen Roizman ranks 1,289 out of 2,041Before him are Hossein Shahabi, Kjell Grede, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Céline Sciamma, Georgy Tovstonogov, and Peter Hall. After him are Rian Johnson, Nikos Koundouros, Rafael Gil, Iosif Kheifits, André Roosevelt, and Alain Jessua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Owen Roizman ranks 461Before him are David Hess, Nikolay Rubtsov, John Madden, David Jenkins, Kjell Grede, and Cynthia McLeod. After him are Dmitri Anosov, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, German Apukhtin, Ignacio Achúcarro, Roger Mahony, and Margaret Mahy. Among people deceased in 2023, Owen Roizman ranks 499Before him are Tim Keller, Manfred Schaefer, Ron Cephas Jones, Steve Harwell, Hossein Shahabi, and Christian Dalger. After him are Lualhati Bautista, Jan Mrvík, Miiko Taka, James McCaffrey, Max Hardcore, and Evelyn Boyd Granville.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Owen Roizman ranks 8,688 out of 20,380Before him are Kevin J. O'Connor (1963), David Cross (1964), John Layfield (1966), C. R. Hagen (1937), Anne Dudek (1975), and Donald Richie (1924). After him are Chesty Puller (1898), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Stephen F. Cohen (1938), John Holt (1923), Penny Pritzker (1959), and Proof (1973).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Owen Roizman ranks 328Before him are Julie Taymor (1952), Rebecca Miller (1962), Dudley Nichols (1895), William C. deMille (1878), Joseph Ruben (1950), and Wesley Ruggles (1889). After him are Rian Johnson (1973), Buddy Van Horn (1928), Neil Burger (1963), Nunnally Johnson (1897), David Frankel (1959), and Max Hardcore (1956).