FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Burks

1909 - 1968

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Burks has received more than 125,303 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Burks is the 1,325th most popular film director (down from 1,216th in 2019), the 8,881st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,308th in 2019) and the 342nd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Burks ranks 1,325 out of 2,041Before him are Carl Foreman, Darren Star, Peter Farrelly, Jonathan Lynn, Sam Taylor-Johnson, and Andrzej Sekuła. After him are Ettore Giannini, Bruno Barreto, Dinara Asanova, Steve Miner, Aleksandr Zarkhi, and Jerzy Antczak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Robert Burks ranks 356Before him are Vlasta Děkanová, Sabir Yunusov, Stephen Spender, Archie Cochrane, Colin Munro MacLeod, and Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn. After him are Mohamed Latif, Eleanor Garatti, Wilhelm Müller, Federico Wilde, Robert Défossé, and Virginia Bruce. Among people deceased in 1968, Robert Burks ranks 230Before him are Ilias Tsirimokos, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Anna Kavan, Emil Hirschfeld, Oswald Zappelli, and Charles Henry Bartlett. After him are Miguel Murillo, Marcel Pinel, William Varley, Jorge Valderrama, Edward Moore, and Alexander Hall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Burks ranks 8,881 out of 20,380Before him are Alan Eustace (1957), Robert A. Parker (1936), Maya Rudolph (1972), Eric Stonestreet (1971), Michael D. Coe (1929), and Richard Arlen (1899). After him are Arthur Hunnicutt (1910), Steve Cochran (1917), Marc Randolph (1958), Charles Bradley (1948), August Dvorak (1894), and Robert Alda (1914).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert Burks ranks 342Before him are Melville Shavelson (1917), Peter Berg (1962), Lee Garmes (1898), Carl Foreman (1914), Darren Star (1961), and Peter Farrelly (1956). After him are Steve Miner (1951), Frank Pierson (1925), Douglas Trumbull (1942), D. A. Pennebaker (1925), Howard Deutch (1950), and Scott Derrickson (1966).