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FILM DIRECTOR

Sam Simon

1955 - 2015

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Samuel Michael Simon (June 6, 1955 – March 8, 2015) was an American television producer and animal rights activist who co-developed the television series The Simpsons. While at Stanford University, Simon worked as a newspaper cartoonist and after graduating became a storyboard artist at Filmation Studios. Simon submitted a spec script for the sitcom Taxi, which was produced, and he later became the series' showrunner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Simon has received more than 1,879,043 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Sam Simon is the 1,320th most popular film director (down from 1,065th in 2019), the 9,325th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,355th in 2019) and the 366th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sam Simon ranks 1,320 out of 1,581. Before him are Laura Poitras, Buddy Van Horn, Mike Judge, Greg Berlanti, Piotr Szulkin, and Terry George. After him are Howard Zieff, Takashi Shimizu, Paweł Edelman, Victor Schertzinger, Carlo Vanzina, and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Sam Simon ranks 378. Before him are Nestor Serrano, Paul Stoddart, Grady Booch, Julio Llamazares, Peter Scolari, and Nilüfer. After him are Roberto Maroni, Helge Schneider, Tūheitia Paki, Graeme Revell, Alfredo Castro, and Guy Lacombe. Among people deceased in 2015, Sam Simon ranks 380. Before him are Ivan Davidov, Valmir Louruz, Errol Brown, Peter de Klerk, Nina Otkalenko, and Elsa Cayat. After him are Jim Loscutoff, Oganes Zanazanyan, Kurt Oppelt, René Vautier, Sajida al-Rishawi, and Sergio Caprari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Simon ranks 9,325 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Vilsack (1950), Mike Krzyzewski (1947), Lewis H. Brereton (1890), Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Nicholle Tom (1978), and Louise Lorraine (1904). After him are N. C. Wyeth (1882), Roscoe Lockwood (1875), Bruce Hornsby (1954), Steven Mnuchin (1962), Howard Zieff (1927), and Juan Atkins (1962).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Sam Simon ranks 366. Before him are Michael Ritchie (1938), Ken Burns (1953), Tom Mankiewicz (1942), Laura Poitras (1964), Buddy Van Horn (1928), and Greg Berlanti (1972). After him are Howard Zieff (1927), Victor Schertzinger (1888), Sally Menke (1953), Len Wiseman (1973), Allen Daviau (1942), and Brett Ratner (1969).

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Filmography

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