FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Eggers

1983 - Today

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Robert Houston Eggers (born July 7, 1983) is an American filmmaker and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019), as well as directing and co-writing the historical fiction epic film The Northman (2022). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Eggers has received more than 4,527,146 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert Eggers is the 1,676th most popular film director (down from 1,546th in 2019), the 12,657th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,940th in 2019) and the 482nd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert Eggers by language

Over the past year Robert Eggers has had the most page views in the with 628,620 views, followed by Italian (61,825), and Spanish (57,273). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (137.63%), Czech (124.05%), and Basque (108.84%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Eggers ranks 1,676 out of 2,041. Before him are Philippe Falardeau, Nimród Antal, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Nils Gaup, Rainer Simon, and Kasi Lemmons. After him are Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tariq Anwar, Craig Gillespie, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Kevin Lima, and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Robert Eggers ranks 227. Before him are Juan Manuel Vargas, Martin Wallström, Viva Bianca, Jan Błachowicz, Alexander Dreymon, and Pippa Middleton. After him are Nino Haratischwili, Kazunari Ninomiya, Xavier Samuel, Ben Foster, Federico Marchetti, and Julia Ducournau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Eggers ranks 12,657 out of 20,380. Before him are John Burroughs (1837), J. Richard Gott (1947), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970), Paul Russo (1914), William Yorzyk (1933), and Archie Kao (1969). After him are DaMarcus Beasley (1982), Francis Johnson (1910), Steve Di Giorgio (1967), Robert Curry (1882), Alana Evans (1976), and Bob Crosby (1913).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert Eggers ranks 482. Before him are Larry Charles (1956), Ira Sachs (1965), Lowell Thomas (1892), William Daniels (1901), Nimród Antal (1973), and Kasi Lemmons (1961). After him are Kevin Lima (1962), Mark Romanek (1959), Greg Nicotero (1963), Pamela Fryman (1959), Newton Thomas Sigel (1955), and William Beaudine (1892).

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Filmography

The Witch
Director
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
Jan 27o 20156.9 / 10
The Northman
Director
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
Apr 7o 20227.093 / 10
The Lighthouse
Director
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Oct 18o 20197.518 / 10