1963 - Today
Shankar Shanmugam (born 17 August 1963), credited as S. Shankar or his mononym Shankar, is an Indian filmmaker who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is one of the most prolific and highest paid film directors in India. His films typically deal with the contemporary social issues, vigilante themes and the usage of state of the art technology and VFX. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. Shankar has received more than 7,251,432 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). S. Shankar is the 1,772nd most popular film director (down from 1,540th in 2019), the 1,100th most popular biography from India (down from 924th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Indian Film Director.
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Among film directors, S. Shankar ranks 1,772 out of 1,581. Before him are Louis Theroux, Roya Sadat, Jeff Wadlow, Roel Reiné, Joseph Kahn, and S. S. Rajamouli. After him are Mark Dindal, Shane Meadows, Lynn Shelton, Tim Minear, Matthew Libatique, and Hans Weingartner.
1970 - Present
HPI: 30.73
Rank: 1,766
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.67
Rank: 1,767
1976 - Present
HPI: 30.67
Rank: 1,768
1970 - Present
HPI: 30.66
Rank: 1,769
1972 - Present
HPI: 30.30
Rank: 1,770
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.29
Rank: 1,771
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 1,772
1960 - Present
HPI: 29.55
Rank: 1,773
1972 - Present
HPI: 29.45
Rank: 1,774
1965 - 2020
HPI: 29.19
Rank: 1,775
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.18
Rank: 1,776
1968 - Present
HPI: 29.11
Rank: 1,777
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.01
Rank: 1,778
Among people born in 1963, S. Shankar ranks 802. Before him are Theo Snelders, Shigeo Sawairi, Mark Wright, Susanne Gunnarsson, Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, and John Simmit. After him are Mark Breland, Regina Belle, Lisa Darr, Trevor Steven, Gerhard Haidacher, and Rob Cavallo.
1963 - Present
HPI: 30.38
Rank: 796
1963 - Present
HPI: 30.32
Rank: 797
1963 - Present
HPI: 30.23
Rank: 798
1963 - Present
HPI: 30.21
Rank: 799
1963 - Present
HPI: 30.10
Rank: 800
1963 - Present
HPI: 30.04
Rank: 801
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 802
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.80
Rank: 803
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.67
Rank: 804
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.60
Rank: 805
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.48
Rank: 806
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.47
Rank: 807
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.36
Rank: 808
Among people born in India, S. Shankar ranks 1,100 out of 1,493. Before him are Arshad Warsi (1968), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), Ali Fazal (1986), Bob Woolmer (1948), Ramesh Krishnan (1961), and Sanal Edamaruku (1955). After him are Parineeti Chopra (1988), Dia Mirza (1981), Aditya Pancholi (1965), Ashutosh Rana (1967), Riya Sen (1981), and Chanda Kochhar (1961).
1968 - Present
HPI: 30.05
Rank: 1,094
1956 - Present
HPI: 30.04
Rank: 1,095
1986 - Present
HPI: 30.00
Rank: 1,096
1948 - 2007
HPI: 29.94
Rank: 1,097
1961 - Present
HPI: 29.93
Rank: 1,098
1955 - Present
HPI: 29.91
Rank: 1,099
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 1,100
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.86
Rank: 1,101
1981 - Present
HPI: 29.76
Rank: 1,102
1965 - Present
HPI: 29.75
Rank: 1,103
1967 - Present
HPI: 29.74
Rank: 1,104
1981 - Present
HPI: 29.72
Rank: 1,105
1961 - Present
HPI: 29.71
Rank: 1,106
Among film directors born in India, S. Shankar ranks 42. Before him are Prabhu Deva (1973), Mani Kaul (1944), Goutam Ghose (1950), Prakash Jha (1952), Farhan Akhtar (1974), and S. S. Rajamouli (1973). After him are Ashutosh Gowariker (1964), Rajkumar Santoshi (1956), Anurag Kashyap (1972), Rohit Shetty (1973), Zoya Akhtar (1972), and Sooraj Barjatya (1965).
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.50
Rank: 36
1944 - 2011
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 37
1950 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 38
1952 - Present
HPI: 31.00
Rank: 39
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.99
Rank: 40
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.29
Rank: 41
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 42
1964 - Present
HPI: 28.20
Rank: 43
1956 - Present
HPI: 27.72
Rank: 44
1972 - Present
HPI: 26.65
Rank: 45
1973 - Present
HPI: 26.44
Rank: 46
1972 - Present
HPI: 26.19
Rank: 47
1965 - Present
HPI: 26.05
Rank: 48