FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Attenborough

1923 - 2014

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Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (; 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, film director, and producer. Attenborough was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), as well as life president of the Premier League club Chelsea. He joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served in the film unit, going on several bombing raids over Europe and filming the action from the rear gunner's position. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Attenborough has received more than 14,269,947 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Attenborough is the 91st most popular film director (down from 65th in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 349th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Film Director.

Richard Attenborough is most famous for his work as a director and actor. He is best known for his films Gandhi, Jurassic Park, and The Great Escape.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Attenborough ranks 91 out of 2,041. Before him are Peter Brook, Fred Zinnemann, Wolfgang Petersen, Satyajit Ray, Jim Jarmusch, and Carl Theodor Dreyer. After him are William Friedkin, Andrzej Żuławski, Robert Bresson, René Clair, George Cukor, and Sidney Lumet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Richard Attenborough ranks 24. Before him are György Ligeti, Val Logsdon Fitch, Roy Lichtenstein, Carroll Shelby, Franco Zeffirelli, and Jack Kilby. After him are Yma Sumac, Lee Teng-hui, Bert Trautmann, Alan Shepard, Antoni Tàpies, and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria. Among people deceased in 2014, Richard Attenborough ranks 25. Before him are Lauren Bacall, Shirley Temple, Virna Lisi, Alain Resnais, Bob Hoskins, and Queen Fabiola of Belgium. After him are H. R. Giger, Harold Ramis, Richard Kiel, Gary Becker, Martin Lewis Perl, and Adolfo Suárez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Attenborough ranks 437 out of 8,785. Before him are John Bowlby (1907), John Donne (1572), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Isaac Barrow (1631), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), and Elizabeth Blackwell (1821). After him are Ronald Coase (1910), Cary Grant (1904), Marie of Romania (1875), Charles Dance (1946), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), and William Pitt the Younger (1759).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Richard Attenborough ranks 8. Before him are Ridley Scott (1937), Ken Loach (1936), Alan Parker (1944), Tony Scott (1944), Christopher Nolan (1970), and Peter Brook (1925). After him are David Lean (1908), Peter Greenaway (1942), Stephen Frears (1941), Mike Newell (1942), Danny Boyle (1956), and Carol Reed (1906).

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Filmography

Jurassic Park
Director
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
Jun 11o 19938 / 10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Director
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.
May 23o 19976.5 / 10
The Great Escape
Director
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Jul 3o 19637.947 / 10