FILM DIRECTOR

Rupert Julian

1879 - 1943

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Rupert Julian (born Thomas Percival Hayes; 25 January 1879 – 27 December 1943) was a New Zealand cinema actor, director, writer and producer. During his career, Julian directed 60 films and acted in over 90 films. He is best remembered for directing Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rupert Julian has received more than 74,728 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Rupert Julian is the 1,082nd most popular film director (up from 1,161st in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 61st in 2019) and the 6th most popular New Zealander Film Director.

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  • 19

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  • 4.79

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  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rupert Julian ranks 1,082 out of 2,041. Before him are Fran Walsh, Byron Haskin, Curtis Bernhardt, Noémie Lvovsky, Roger Planchon, and Raymond Depardon. After him are Helma Sanders-Brahms, Ferenc Kósa, Joe Ranft, Ivan Perestiani, Leopold Lindtberg, and Robert Parrish.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Rupert Julian ranks 184. Before him are Manuel Arce y Ochotorena, Sydney Greenstreet, Lewis Stone, Cyril Scott, Patrick Abercrombie, and Lois Weber. After him are Adaviye Efendiyeva, Bagha Jatin, Han Yong-un, Ángel Cabrera, Richárd Weisz, and Henri Tauzin. Among people deceased in 1943, Rupert Julian ranks 181. Before him are Otto Modersohn, Franz Cisar, Akilles Järvinen, Dudley Pound, Frank Schlesinger, and Otto Rühle. After him are Willoughby Hamilton, Beatrice Webb, Betty Nansen, George Underwood, Helene Stöcker, and Hector Goetinck.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Rupert Julian ranks 57 out of 303. Before him are Howden Ganley (1941), Meri Mangakāhia (1868), Wallace Fard Muhammad (1893), Terence Bayler (1930), Hugh Anderson (1936), and Fran Walsh (1959). After him are Vaughan Jones (1952), Lee Tamahori (1950), Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Field hockey (null), John Dew (1948), Martin Henderson (1974), and Murray Halberg (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In New Zealand

Among film directors born in New Zealand, Rupert Julian ranks 6. Before him are Peter Jackson (1961), Martin Campbell (1943), Jane Campion (1954), Andrew Niccol (1964), and Fran Walsh (1959). After him are Lee Tamahori (1950), Andrew Adamson (1966), Geoff Murphy (1938), Niki Caro (1967), and Andrew Dominik (1967).

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