1930 - 2021
Richard Donner (born Richard Donald Schwartzberg; April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021) was an American filmmaker and film producer. He directed several financially successful films during the New Hollywood period. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Donner has received more than 3,007,852 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Richard Donner is the 195th most popular film director (down from 184th in 2019), the 1,221st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,184th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Film Director.
Richard Donner is most famous for directing the 1978 film Superman.
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Among film directors, Richard Donner ranks 195 out of 1,581. Before him are Stanley Kramer, Nicholas Ray, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Jerzy Skolimowski, Michael Moore, and Lewis Milestone. After him are Shohei Imamura, Jean Negulesco, Alan J. Pakula, Otto Preminger, Chris Columbus, and Lev Kuleshov.
1913 - 2001
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 189
1911 - 1979
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 190
1893 - 1953
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 191
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 192
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 193
1895 - 1980
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 194
1930 - 2021
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 195
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 196
1900 - 1993
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 197
1928 - 1998
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 198
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 199
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 200
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 201
Among people born in 1930, Richard Donner ranks 73. Before him are Akira Suzuki, Luce Irigaray, Gérard Genette, Derek Walcott, Pierre Bergé, and Ivan Silayev. After him are Sonia Rykiel, Gaafar Nimeiry, Ben Gazzara, Buck Henry, Michel Serres, and Zhores Alferov. Among people deceased in 2021, Richard Donner ranks 75. Before him are Bernard Tapie, Jean-Claude Carrière, Hal Holbrook, Giampiero Boniperti, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, and Nelson Freire. After him are Ei-ichi Negishi, János Kornai, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Joan Didion, Abdul Qadeer Khan, and Ed Asner.
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 67
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 68
1930 - 2018
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 69
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 70
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 71
1930 - 2023
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 72
1930 - 2021
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 73
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 74
1930 - 2009
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 75
1930 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 76
1930 - 2020
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 77
1930 - 2019
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 78
1930 - 2019
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 79
1943 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 69
1931 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 70
1925 - 2021
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 71
1928 - 2021
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 72
1927 - 2021
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 73
1944 - 2021
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 74
1930 - 2021
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 75
1935 - 2021
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 76
1928 - 2021
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 77
1943 - 2021
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 78
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 79
1936 - 2021
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 80
1929 - 2021
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 81
Among people born in United States, Richard Donner ranks 1,221 out of 18,182. Before him are John Gotti (1940), Nicholas Ray (1911), Vera Miles (1929), Will Durant (1885), Michael Moore (1954), and William Randolph Hearst (1863). After him are Lawrence Klein (1920), James Spader (1960), Jackie Coogan (1914), Uma Thurman (1970), Condoleezza Rice (1954), and Andrew Dickson White (1832).
1940 - 2002
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,215
1911 - 1979
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 1,216
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,217
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,218
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,219
1863 - 1951
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 1,220
1930 - 2021
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 1,221
1920 - 2013
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1,222
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1,223
1914 - 1984
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,224
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 1,225
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 1,226
1832 - 1918
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 1,227
Among film directors born in United States, Richard Donner ranks 54. Before him are Don Siegel (1912), James Ivory (1928), Vincente Minnelli (1903), Stanley Kramer (1913), Nicholas Ray (1911), and Michael Moore (1954). After him are Alan J. Pakula (1928), Chris Columbus (1958), Sam Raimi (1959), John Sturges (1910), Wes Anderson (1969), and Cecil B. DeMille (1881).
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 48
1928 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 49
1903 - 1986
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 50
1913 - 2001
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 51
1911 - 1979
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 52
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 53
1930 - 2021
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 54
1928 - 1998
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 55
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 56
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 57
1910 - 1992
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 58
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 59
1881 - 1959
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 60