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FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Brooks

1912 - 1992

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Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer. Nominated for eight Oscars in his career, he was best known for Blackboard Jungle (1955), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960; for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), In Cold Blood (1967) and Looking for Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Brooks has received more than 912,750 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Richard Brooks is the 292nd most popular film director (up from 300th in 2019), the 1,951st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,997th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 30

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Brooks ranks 292 out of 1,581. Before him are Darren Aronofsky, Michael Bay, Germaine Dulac, Ruggero Deodato, Yuen Woo-ping, and Garry Marshall. After him are Mike Nichols, Béla Tarr, M. Night Shyamalan, Leos Carax, Carol Reed, and Ermanno Olmi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Richard Brooks ranks 83. Before him are Michel Debré, A. E. van Vogt, Lady Bird Johnson, Woody Guthrie, Chaïm Perelman, and Arne Næss. After him are Sohn Kee-chung, Hugh Griffith, Jacques Ellul, Shoichi Nishimura, Perry Como, and Philibert Tsiranana. Among people deceased in 1992, Richard Brooks ranks 61. Before him are Markos Vafeiadis, Princess Margaret of Denmark, Takeshi Inoue, Albert King, Georges Delerue, and Dick York. After him are Väinö Linna, Nathan Milstein, Larbi Benbarek, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Nureddin al-Atassi, and Heinrich Eberbach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Brooks ranks 1,951 out of 18,182. Before him are Jessica Chastain (1977), John O'Keefe (1939), Upton Sinclair (1878), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Griffin Dunne (1955), and Thomas J. Watson (1874). After him are Hubert Humphrey (1911), Burt Bacharach (1928), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Chris Evert (1954), Ted Turner (1938), and Carol Gilligan (1936).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Richard Brooks ranks 85. Before him are Paul Schrader (1946), Steven Soderbergh (1963), Roger Corman (1926), Darren Aronofsky (1969), Michael Bay (1965), and Garry Marshall (1934). After him are Henry King (1886), John Landis (1950), Jim Henson (1936), King Vidor (1894), Frank Borzage (1894), and John Frankenheimer (1930).

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Filmography

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