FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Altman

1925 - 2006

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Robert Bernard Altman ( AWLT-mən; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is considered an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era, known for directing subversive and satirical films with overlapping dialogue and ensemble casts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Altman has received more than 3,848,835 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Robert Altman is the 108th most popular film director (down from 105th in 2019), the 748th most popular biography from United States (down from 688th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Film Director.

Robert Altman is most famous for his films MASH, Nashville, and The Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Altman ranks 108 out of 2,041. Before him are Marcel Carné, Jean-Pierre Melville, Walter Hill, Mel Brooks, Joris Ivens, and John Carpenter. After him are David Fincher, John Huston, Terrence Malick, Kenji Mizoguchi, Otar Iosseliani, and Manoel de Oliveira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Robert Altman ranks 46. Before him are Gerald Durrell, George Kennedy, Sam Peckinpah, Maya Plisetskaya, Zvi Zamir, and Robert Edwards. After him are Ieng Sary, Andrea Camilleri, Luciano Berio, Wong Fei-hung, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, and Robert Venturi. Among people deceased in 2006, Robert Altman ranks 31. Before him are Desmond Doss, Choi Kyu-hah, Muriel Spark, Joseph Barbera, Jack Palance, and Clay Regazzoni. After him are Lennart Meri, Raymond Davis Jr., Alida Valli, Clifford Geertz, Alexander Litvinenko, and Markus Wolf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Altman ranks 748 out of 20,380. Before him are Ron Perlman (1950), John Carpenter (1948), Alan Shepard (1923), Robert Mitchum (1917), Burt Reynolds (1936), and James Caan (1940). After him are Ali MacGraw (1939), David Fincher (1962), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Paul Morphy (1837), and Les Paul (1915).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert Altman ranks 27. Before him are Sidney Lumet (1924), Michael Mann (1943), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Walter Hill (1942), Mel Brooks (1926), and John Carpenter (1948). After him are David Fincher (1962), John Huston (1906), Terrence Malick (1943), Jules Dassin (1911), Howard Hawks (1896), and Victor Fleming (1889).

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