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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 is the author of Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, Dialogue: the Art of Verbal Action for Stage, Page and Screen, Storynomics: Story-Driven Marketing in the Post-Advertising World and Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert McKee has received more than 527,869 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Robert McKee is the 3,011th most popular writer (up from 3,439th in 2019), the 3,933rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,580th in 2019) and the 350th most popular American Writer.

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  • 530k

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  • 51.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Robert McKee ranks 3,011 out of 5,755. Before him are Willem Frederik Hermans, Eugène Burnouf, Rolf Hochhuth, Grigore Vieru, Janet Frame, and Anthony Horowitz. After him are Pascal Quignard, Adam Michnik, Judith Gautier, Sohrab Sepehri, Juan Pablo Bonet, and Howard Pyle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Robert McKee ranks 237. Before him are Vyacheslav Vedenin, Daniel Schmid, Miriam Margolyes, Yevhen Marchuk, Andrea de Adamich, and Prince William of Gloucester. After him are Desmond Dekker, Silvio Moser, David Johnston, Jiří Raška, Alfred Aho, and Mike Love.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert McKee ranks 3,933 out of 18,182. Before him are Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), Rob Lowe (1964), Harry Hopkins (1890), Richard F. Outcault (1863), Bill W. (1895), and Stuart Roosa (1933). After him are Susan Kohner (1936), Jimmy Smits (1955), James Rosenquist (1933), Jim Croce (1943), Richard Roundtree (1942), and Whitfield Diffie (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Robert McKee ranks 350. Before him are Neal Stephenson (1959), Adrienne Rich (1929), Cotton Mather (1663), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), Douglas Preston (1956), and Betty Mahmoody (1945). After him are Howard Pyle (1853), James Rollins (1961), Fanny Crosby (1820), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), and Glen Cook (1944).

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