FILM DIRECTOR

Sam Mendes

1965 - Today

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Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was knighted in the 2020 New Years Honours List. In 2000, Mendes was awarded the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in Hamburg, Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Mendes has received more than 12,239,648 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Sam Mendes is the 386th most popular film director (down from 316th in 2019), the 1,485th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,279th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sam Mendes ranks 386 out of 2,041. Before him are Alexander Korda, Roland Joffé, Joe Dante, Yorgos Lanthimos, Patrice Leconte, and Lotte Reiniger. After him are Robert Benton, Gerard Damiano, Wolfgang Reitherman, Edward Yang, Jacques Copeau, and Paolo Sorrentino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Sam Mendes ranks 58. Before him are Vinnie Jones, Julia Ormond, Aamir Khan, Stefano Pioli, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and Nicholas Sparks. After him are Frank Grillo, Linda Evangelista, Zakir Naik, KRS-One, Valeria Golino, and Katarina Witt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sam Mendes ranks 1,485 out of 8,785. Before him are Bertram Ramsay (1883), Olivia Colman (1974), John Lindley (1799), Iain Glen (1961), John Rolfe (1585), and Vince Clarke (1960). After him are Arthur Rackham (1867), Arthur Phillip (1738), Jeff Lynne (1947), Vera Lynn (1917), George Smith (1840), and Roger Byrne (1929).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Sam Mendes ranks 25. Before him are John Schlesinger (1926), Adrian Lyne (1941), John Boorman (1933), Anthony Minghella (1954), J. Lee Thompson (1914), and Roland Joffé (1945). After him are John Guillermin (1925), Michael Anderson (1920), David Yates (1963), Ken Russell (1927), Derek Jarman (1942), and John Badham (1939).

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