1926 - Today
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. Known under various monikers such as "The Pope of Pop Cinema", "The Spiritual Godfather of the New Hollywood", and "The King of Cult", he is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are low-budget cult films including some which are adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe.In 1964, Corman became the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française, as well as in the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Corman has received more than 2,817,289 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Roger Corman is the 282nd most popular film director (down from 226th in 2019), the 1,910th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,486th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Roger Corman ranks 282 out of 1,581. Before him are Dušan Makavejev, Jacques Becker, Frank Lloyd, Paul Schrader, Otar Iosseliani, and Steven Soderbergh. After him are Rouben Mamoulian, William Kennedy Dickson, Ousmane Sembène, Darren Aronofsky, Michael Bay, and Germaine Dulac.
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 276
1906 - 1960
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 277
1886 - 1960
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 278
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 279
1934 - 2023
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 280
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 281
1926 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 282
1897 - 1987
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 283
1860 - 1935
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 284
1923 - 2007
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 285
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 286
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 287
1882 - 1942
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 288
Among people born in 1926, Roger Corman ranks 102. Before him are Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Francisco Rabal, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Siegfried Lenz, John Schlesinger, and Hans Werner Henze. After him are Patricia Neal, Sydney Chaplin, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Hugo Banzer, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, and Nuon Chea.
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 96
1926 - 2001
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 97
1926 - 2007
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 98
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 99
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 100
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 101
1926 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 102
1926 - 2010
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 103
1926 - 2009
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 104
1926 - 2013
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 105
1926 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 106
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 107
1926 - 2019
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 108
Among people born in United States, Roger Corman ranks 1,910 out of 18,182. Before him are Malcolm Glazer (1928), Edsel Ford (1893), Alben W. Barkley (1877), Carole King (1942), Robby Krieger (1946), and Josiah Warren (1798). After him are Joan Rivers (1933), Harold Garfinkel (1917), Asa Griggs Candler (1851), Vera Wang (1949), John Cusack (1966), and Fran Drescher (1957).
1928 - 2014
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 1,904
1893 - 1943
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 1,905
1877 - 1956
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 1,906
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 1,907
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 1,908
1798 - 1874
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 1,909
1926 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 1,910
1933 - 2014
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 1,911
1917 - 2011
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 1,912
1851 - 1929
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 1,913
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,914
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,915
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,916
Among film directors born in United States, Roger Corman ranks 81. Before him are Tobe Hooper (1943), George Roy Hill (1921), Henry Hathaway (1898), Leo McCarey (1898), Paul Schrader (1946), and Steven Soderbergh (1963). After him are Darren Aronofsky (1969), Michael Bay (1965), Garry Marshall (1934), Richard Brooks (1912), Henry King (1886), and John Landis (1950).
1943 - 2017
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 75
1921 - 2002
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 76
1898 - 1985
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 77
1898 - 1969
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 78
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 79
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 80
1926 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 81
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 82
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 83
1934 - 2016
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 84
1912 - 1992
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 85
1886 - 1982
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 86
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 87