FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Frank

1924 - 2019

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Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss American photographer and documentary filmmaker. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society. Critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian in 2014, said The Americans "changed the nature of photography, what it could say and how it could say it. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Frank has received more than 895,643 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert Frank is the 314th most popular film director (up from 341st in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 168th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 900k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Robert Franks by language

Over the past year Robert Frank has had the most page views in the with 74,846 views, followed by German (15,500), and Czech (14,288). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (685.49%), Uzbek (436.84%), and Malagasy (61.32%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Frank ranks 314 out of 2,041. Before him are Krzysztof Zanussi, Gaspar Noé, Tengiz Abuladze, Eldar Ryazanov, Frank Borzage, and Jiří Trnka. After him are Darren Aronofsky, George Miller, Jack L. Warner, Adolph Zukor, Dušan Makavejev, and Yuen Woo-ping.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Robert Frank ranks 95. Before him are Vasil Bykaŭ, Leonid Kogan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Jacques Vergès, Roza Shanina, and Tengiz Abuladze. After him are Noboru Takeshita, Marina Berti, Jozef Tomko, Richard Bull, Claude Sautet, and Fess Parker. Among people deceased in 2019, Robert Frank ranks 96. Before him are Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Valery Bykovsky, Valentina Cortese, Rafi Eitan, Mirjana Marković, and Alasdair Gray. After him are Dušan Makavejev, Ginger Baker, Jessye Norman, Antoine Gizenga, Georgiy Daneliya, and Stanley Donen.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Robert Frank ranks 164 out of 1,015. Before him are Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), Charles Bally (1865), Kurt Huber (1893), Édouard Claparède (1873), Jean-Robert Argand (1768), and Ernest Ansermet (1883). After him are Walter H. Schottky (1886), Marc Allégret (1900), Ueli Maurer (1950), Peter Sauber (1943), Grock (1880), and Albert von Kölliker (1817).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Switzerland

Among film directors born in Switzerland, Robert Frank ranks 1. After him are Marc Allégret (1900), Arthur Cohn (1927), Alain Tanner (1929), Henri Colpi (1921), Claude Goretta (1929), Daniel Schmid (1941), Eugeniusz Bodo (1899), Baran bo Odar (1978), and Dani Levy (1957).

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Filmography

Pull My Daisy
Director
Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.
Nov 11o 19595.9 / 10
The Present
Director
Simple objects, photographs, and events prompt Frank to self-conscious rumination. From his homes in New York and Nova Scotia and on visits to friends, the artist contemplates his relationships, the anniversary of his daughter's death, his son's mental illness, and his work.
Aug 11o 19964.6 / 10
Cocksucker Blues
Director
This fly-on-the-wall documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their 1972 North American Tour, their first return to the States since the tragedy at Altamont.
Jul 26o 19726 / 10