FILM DIRECTOR

Preston Sturges

1898 - 1959

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Preston Sturges (; born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director. He is credited as being the first screenwriter to find success as a director. Prior to Sturges, other Hollywood directors (such as Charlie Chaplin, D. W. Griffith and Frank Capra) had directed films from their own scripts; however, Sturges is often regarded as the first Hollywood figure to establish success as a screenwriter and then move into directing his own scripts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Preston Sturges has received more than 809,339 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Preston Sturges is the 1,008th most popular film director (down from 936th in 2019), the 6,444th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,202nd in 2019) and the 240th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 810k

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  • 48.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Preston Sturges ranks 1,008 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean-Marie Poiré, Mike Figgis, Randal Kleiser, Barry Ackroyd, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Chris Wedge. After him are Ruth Orkin, Janusz Kamiński, Randall Wallace, Med Hondo, Larry Cohen, and John Alcott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Preston Sturges ranks 203. Before him are Harry Patch, Ariel Durant, Philippe Hériat, Shirley Booth, Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia, and Jim Fouché. After him are Roald Larsen, Richmond Landon, Edward Lawry Norton, Zhu Ziqing, Hugh O'Flaherty, and Stefanos Stefanopoulos. Among people deceased in 1959, Preston Sturges ranks 149. Before him are Molla Mallory, Carl Switzer, Vitaly Bianki, Akaki Chkhenkeli, Walter Bathe, and Stanley Spencer. After him are Ruben Lagus, Roald Larsen, Abdulla Shaig, Paul Rivet, Lyda Borelli, and Kay Kendall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Preston Sturges ranks 6,444 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Virginia Hall (1906), Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Aaron Sorkin (1961), William Dwight Whitney (1827), and Earl Tupper (1907). After him are Charles Stark Draper (1901), Robert Preston (1918), James Jamerson (1936), Ruth Orkin (1921), Louise Lasser (1939), and Joe Hunt (1919).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Preston Sturges ranks 240. Before him are Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Harry Beaumont (1888), Stuart Gordon (1947), Joseph Sargent (1925), Randal Kleiser (1946), and Chris Wedge (1957). After him are Ruth Orkin (1921), Randall Wallace (1949), Larry Cohen (1936), Dominic Sena (1949), Iwao Takamoto (1925), and Wilfred Jackson (1906).

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