New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

FILM DIRECTOR

Peter Hyams

1943 - Today

Photo of Peter Hyams

Icon of person Peter Hyams

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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Peter Hyams by language


Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Peter Hyams ranks 546 out of 1,581Before 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.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Peter Hyams ranks 237Before 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.

Others Born in 1943

Go to all Rankings

In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Hyams ranks 3,651 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Peter Hyams ranks 143Before 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).

Filmography