FILM DIRECTOR

Roy Ward Baker

1916 - 2010

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Roy Ward Baker (born Roy Horace Baker; 19 December 1916 – 5 October 2010) was an English film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Ward Baker has received more than 180,807 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Ward Baker is the 1,001st most popular film director (down from 968th in 2019), the 3,398th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,386th in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Roy Ward Baker ranks 1,001 out of 2,041. Before him are Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Mikhail Kozakov, James Wong Howe, Joseph Sargent, Štefan Uher, and Michaël Dudok de Wit. After him are Jean-Marie Poiré, Mike Figgis, Randal Kleiser, Barry Ackroyd, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Chris Wedge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Roy Ward Baker ranks 196. Before him are Charles Kittel, Yasuji Miyazaki, Ettore Puricelli, Einar Englund, Helene Hanff, and Tinus Osendarp. After him are Guglielmo Gabetto, Irwin Allen, John D. MacDonald, Edward Platt, Irving Wallace, and Arnoldo Foà. Among people deceased in 2010, Roy Ward Baker ranks 258. Before him are Jamie Gillis, Lhasa de Sela, Paul Gray, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Daisuke Gōri, and Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi. After him are Robert B. Parker, William Tenn, Vladimir Maslachenko, Dario Mangiarotti, Clarke Scholes, and Enrique Morente.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roy Ward Baker ranks 3,398 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Grant (1935), John Houlding (1833), Clint Mansell (1963), Agnes Arber (1879), Frederick Catherwood (1799), and Janet Baker (1933). After him are Carlo Acutis (1991), Gwen John (1876), James Thomson (1700), Edward William Lane (1801), Kate Greenaway (1846), and Mike Figgis (1948).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Roy Ward Baker ranks 76. Before him are Anthony Harvey (1930), Jack Cardiff (1914), Benjamin Glazer (1887), Peter R. Hunt (1925), Tony Kaye (1952), and Nick Park (1958). After him are Mike Figgis (1948), Barry Ackroyd (1954), John Alcott (1930), Charles Jarrott (1927), Gerry Anderson (1929), and Freddie Francis (1917).

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