FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Williams

1933 - 2019

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Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019) was a Canadian-British animator, voice actor, and painter. A three-time Academy Award winner, he is best known as the animation director on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) -- for which he won two Academy Awards -- and as the director of his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). His work on the short film A Christmas Carol (1971) earned him his first Academy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Williams has received more than 65,896 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Richard Williams is the 1,057th most popular film director (down from 644th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Canada (down from 209th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Williams by language

Over the past year Richard Williams has had the most page views in the with 9,078 views, followed by Russian (8,359), and Italian (7,842). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sicilian (71.94%), Simple English (49.46%), and Egyptian Arabic (26.09%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Williams ranks 1,057 out of 2,041. Before him are Ted Wilde, Richard Dembo, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Zalman King, John Seale, and Kihachi Okamoto. After him are Safi Faye, Cameron Crowe, Nina Companeez, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Frank Beyer, and Gunnar Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Richard Williams ranks 358. Before him are Reiner Kunze, Imants Ziedonis, Leonid Kharitonov, Basdeo Panday, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, and Renée Colliard. After him are Mike Larrabee, Akira Endo, May Britt, Harve Presnell, Gabriel Aresti, and Borislav Ivkov. Among people deceased in 2019, Richard Williams ranks 333. Before him are Dimitar Dobrev, Norma Croker, Pedro Morales, Beth Carvalho, Richard Lugar, and Sulli. After him are Mary Oliver, Egisto Pandolfini, Inger Berggren, Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Zlatko Škorić, and Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Richard Williams ranks 359 out of 1,622. Before him are A. J. Cook (1978), R. B. Bennett (1870), Edward Belcher (1799), Howie Mandel (1955), Duncan McNaughton (1910), and Guy Lafleur (1951). After him are Heather Menzies (1949), Garth Hudson (1937), Gordon Thomson (1945), Stu Hart (1915), Gordon Neufeld (1947), and Michel Tremblay (1942).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Richard Williams ranks 17. Before him are Allan Dwan (1885), Mark Robson (1913), Paul Haggis (1953), Michel Brault (1928), Mary Harron (1953), and Jean-Marc Vallée (1963). After him are David Furnish (1962), Shawn Levy (1968), Sidney Olcott (1872), Robert Lepage (1957), Roger Avary (1965), and Elmer Clifton (1890).

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Filmography

The Thief and the Cobbler
Director
It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in the vast deserts, that the world which we see is an outward and visible dream, of an inward and invisible reality ... Once upon a time there was a golden city. In the center of the golden city, atop the tallest minaret, were three golden balls. The ancients had prophesied that if the three golden balls were ever taken away, harmony would yield to discord, and the city would fall to destruction and death. But... the mystics had also foretold that the city might be saved by the simplest soul with the smallest and simplest of things. In the city there dwelt a lowly shoemaker, who was known as Tack the Cobbler. Also in the city... existed a Thief, who shall be... nameless.
Sep 23o 19937.1 / 10
A Christmas Carol
Director
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Dec 21o 19717.067 / 10
Prologue
Director
Prologue depicts Spartan and Athenian warriors locked in a gory battle to the death.
Jun 1o 20156.4 / 10