FILM DIRECTOR

Paul Schrader

1946 - Today

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Paul Joseph Schrader (; born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, film director, and film critic. He first became widely known for writing the screenplay of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). He later continued his collaboration with Scorsese, writing or co-writing Raging Bull (1980), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), and Bringing Out the Dead (1999). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Schrader has received more than 3,348,039 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Paul Schrader is the 307th most popular film director (down from 279th in 2019), the 1,956th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,883rd in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul Schraders by language

Over the past year Paul Schrader has had the most page views in the with 657,558 views, followed by Italian (57,229), and French (53,248). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (122,400.00%), Malagasy (138.91%), and Galician (102.05%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Paul Schrader ranks 307 out of 2,041. Before him are Mikhail Kalatozov, Satoshi Kon, Raúl Ruiz, John Boorman, Philippe de Broca, and Jim Henson. After him are Krzysztof Zanussi, Gaspar Noé, Tengiz Abuladze, Eldar Ryazanov, Frank Borzage, and Jiří Trnka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Paul Schrader ranks 140. Before him are Ahmed Faras, Raël, George Young, Nicole Garcia, François Bozizé, and Rebiya Kadeer. After him are Anthony Daniels, Billy Preston, Candice Bergen, Héctor Yazalde, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, and Jochen Mass.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Schrader ranks 1,956 out of 20,380. Before him are Bo Diddley (1928), James Newton Howard (1951), Eric Adams (1952), Mark W. Clark (1896), Dana Elcar (1927), and Peggy Lee (1920). After him are Howard S. Becker (1928), Kevin Mitnick (1963), Fred Phelps (1929), Gigi Hadid (1995), Isaac Hayes (1942), and John Frederick Kensett (1816).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Paul Schrader ranks 81. Before him are Sam Raimi (1959), Spike Lee (1957), Roger Corman (1926), Michael Bay (1965), Stanley Kramer (1913), and Jim Henson (1936). After him are Frank Borzage (1894), Darren Aronofsky (1969), King Vidor (1894), Steven Soderbergh (1963), Garry Marshall (1934), and Leo McCarey (1898).

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Filmography

Raging Bull
Director
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Nov 14o 19807.946 / 10
First Reformed
Director
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
May 18o 20187.011 / 10
Taxi Driver
Director
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Feb 9o 19768.155 / 10