1943 - Today
Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer known for directing 1977 conspiracy thriller film Capricorn One (which he also wrote), the 1981 science fiction-thriller Outland, the 1984 science fiction film 2010: The Year We Make Contact (a sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death (both starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), and the horror films The Relic and End of Days. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Hyams has received more than 749,042 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Hyams is the 546th most popular film director (up from 610th in 2019), the 3,651st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,983rd in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Peter Hyams ranks 546 out of 1,581. Before him are Philip Kaufman, Friz Freleng, Gore Verbinski, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ildikó Enyedi, and Jim Abrahams. After him are Avi Arad, Vicente Aranda, Jim Sheridan, Tom Tykwer, Osamu Dezaki, and Géza von Radványi.
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 540
1906 - 1995
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 541
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 542
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 543
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 544
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 545
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 546
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 547
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 548
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 549
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 550
1943 - 2011
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 551
1907 - 1986
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 552
Among people born in 1943, Peter Hyams ranks 237. Before him are Larry Clark, Joyce Meyer, Stanley Fischer, Gil Amelio, Paul Freeman, and Randall Duk Kim. After him are Tuesday Weld, Osamu Dezaki, Surayud Chulanont, Jack Nance, Albert Pintat, and Ma'ruf Amin.
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 231
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 232
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 233
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 234
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 235
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 236
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 237
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 238
1943 - 2011
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 239
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 240
1943 - 1996
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 241
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 242
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 243
Among people born in United States, Peter Hyams ranks 3,651 out of 18,182. Before him are Randall Duk Kim (1943), Jim Abrahams (1944), David Lewis (1941), John Wesley Hardin (1853), Steven Van Zandt (1950), and Laura Bridgman (1829). After him are Alice B. Toklas (1877), Kathleen Freeman (1919), Edmund Gettier (1927), Evelyn Nesbit (1884), Chrissie Hynde (1951), and Fulton J. Sheen (1895).
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,645
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,646
1941 - 2001
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,647
1853 - 1895
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,648
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,649
1829 - 1889
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 3,650
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 3,651
1877 - 1967
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 3,652
1919 - 2001
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 3,653
1927 - 2021
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 3,654
1884 - 1967
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 3,655
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 3,656
1895 - 1979
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 3,657
Among film directors born in United States, Peter Hyams ranks 143. Before him are Natacha Rambova (1897), Larry Clark (1943), Philip Kaufman (1936), Friz Freleng (1906), Gore Verbinski (1964), and Jim Abrahams (1944). After him are Joe Johnston (1950), John Milius (1944), James Gunn (1966), Hal Roach (1892), Kenneth Anger (1927), and Norman Taurog (1899).
1897 - 1966
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 137
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 138
1936 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 139
1906 - 1995
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 140
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 141
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 142
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 143
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 144
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 145
1966 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 146
1892 - 1992
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 147
1927 - 2023
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 148
1899 - 1981
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 149