FILM DIRECTOR

Ray Harryhausen

1920 - 2013

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Raymond Frederick Harryhausen (June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013) was an American-British animator and special effects creator who created a form of stop motion model animation known as "Dynamation". His works include the animation for Mighty Joe Young (1949) with his mentor Willis H. O'Brien (for which the latter won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects); his first color film, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958); and Jason and the Argonauts (1963), which featured a sword fight with seven skeleton warriors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Harryhausen has received more than 1,636,102 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ray Harryhausen is the 350th most popular film director (up from 357th in 2019), the 2,269th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,336th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ray Harryhausens by language

Over the past year Ray Harryhausen has had the most page views in the with 197,243 views, followed by Japanese (29,703), and German (17,419). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (290.27%), Malagasy (108.68%), and Serbo-Croatian (52.03%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ray Harryhausen ranks 350 out of 2,041. Before him are Jean Girault, George Stevens, John Landis, Georgiy Daneliya, Stanley Donen, and Ermanno Olmi. After him are Mika Kaurismäki, Gustaf Gründgens, Guy Hamilton, Valerio Zurlini, François Ozon, and Mikio Naruse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Ray Harryhausen ranks 112. Before him are Victor Turner, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, Väinö Linna, Tonino Guerra, Meliton Kantaria, and Heinz Kessler. After him are Don Taylor, Paik Sun-yup, Mohammed Dib, Martine Carol, Zhou Xuan, and Yevgeny Dragunov. Among people deceased in 2013, Ray Harryhausen ranks 102. Before him are Nguyễn Khánh, Otfried Preußler, Glafcos Clerides, Richard Ramirez, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau. After him are Taihō Kōki, Frederik Pohl, Deanna Durbin, Tuncel Kurtiz, Alvin Lee, and Rosalía Mera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Harryhausen ranks 2,269 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Carol Gilligan (1936), Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), Othniel Charles Marsh (1831), and John Conyers (1929). After him are Joseph Kittinger (1928), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Tom Petty (1950), John Bates Clark (1847), Eazy-E (1964), and Kamehameha II (1797).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Ray Harryhausen ranks 96. Before him are Sofia Coppola (1971), Tobe Hooper (1943), Henry King (1886), George Stevens (1904), John Landis (1950), and Stanley Donen (1924). After him are Clifford Odets (1906), Irvin Kershner (1923), Saul Bass (1920), Joe Dante (1946), Robert Benton (1932), and Gerard Damiano (1928).

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Filmography

Clash of the Titans
Director
To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.
Jun 12o 19816.888 / 10
Jason and the Argonauts
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Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
Jun 19o 19637.2 / 10
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Director
When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war.
Dec 5o 19586.9 / 10