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Robert McKee

1941 - Today

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Robert McKee (born January 30, 1941) is an author, lecturer and story consultant who is known for his "Story Seminar", which he developed when he was a professor at the University of Southern California. McKee also has the blog and online writers' resource "Storylogue". Robert McKee's "Story Seminars" have been held around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert McKee has received more than 568,148 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert McKee is the 3,323rd most popular writer (down from 3,000th in 2019), the 4,225th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,922nd in 2019) and the 354th most popular American Writer.

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  • 20

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  • 4.67

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  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert McKee ranks 3,323 out of 7,302Before him are Igor Gouzenko, Ai Yazawa, Maryana Marrash, Marcellus of Ancyra, Zofia Posmysz, and Arnold Wesker. After him are Mirza Alakbar Sabir, Shen Congwen, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Willem Frederik Hermans, Edvard Radzinsky, and Buton Rinchen Drub.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Robert McKee ranks 264Before him are Ignazio Giunti, John Henry Schwarz, Pak Seung-zin, Lothar Bisky, Andrea de Adamich, and Pasqual Maragall. After him are Tania Mallet, David Crystal, Richie Havens, Pino Donaggio, Bakili Muluzi, and Cristina Peri Rossi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert McKee ranks 4,225 out of 20,380Before him are Paul Wesley (1982), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Michael Brecker (1949), Robert Cornelius (1809), William Calley (1943), and Stanley Kamel (1943). After him are Helen Wills (1905), Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Thom Mayne (1944), Joe Johnston (1950), Newt Gingrich (1943), and Alexander Payne (1961).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert McKee ranks 354Before him are Mickey Spillane (1918), Edward Bellamy (1850), Gregory Benford (1941), Willa Cather (1873), Wallace Stevens (1879), and Douglas Preston (1956). After him are Morgan Robertson (1861), Rose Wilder Lane (1886), Fanny Crosby (1820), Spencer Johnson (1938), David Eddings (1931), and Joyce Meyer (1943).