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 2,026,097 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Simon is the 1,237th most popular film director (up from 1,316th in 2019), the 8,207th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,304th in 2019) and the 312th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sam Simon ranks 1,237 out of 2,041. Before him are Tony Gilroy, Gilles Grangier, Justin Lin, Naomi Kawase, Shunji Iwai, and Jiří Weiss. After him are Abram Room, Antonio Mercero, Colin Higgins, Lorenza Mazzetti, Sergey Urusevsky, and Cédric Klapisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Sam Simon ranks 373. Before him are Glenne Headly, Toshimitsu Motegi, Bill Nye, Jake Roberts, Zlatko Lagumdžija, and Vijay Mallya. After him are Andy Bechtolsheim, Helge Schneider, Julie Hagerty, Fang Fang, Yōjirō Takita, and Apisai Ielemia. Among people deceased in 2015, Sam Simon ranks 362. Before him are Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Zhanna Yorkina, Alena Vrzáňová, Astrid Ivask, Andy White, and Raymond Gosling. After him are Gennadiy Seleznyov, Steve Strange, Ildikó Schwarczenberger, Saeed Jaffrey, David Canary, and Jouko Törmänen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Simon ranks 8,207 out of 20,380. Before him are Kaitlyn Ashley (1971), Jordan Peele (1979), Lynn Collins (1977), Russi Taylor (1944), William C. Gorgas (1854), and Jackson Scholz (1897). After him are A. J. Foyt (1935), Roy Estrada (1943), Diana Lynn (1926), C. Thomas Howell (1966), Ted Chiang (1967), and Harry DeBaecke (1879).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Sam Simon ranks 312. Before him are Laura Poitras (1964), David Koepp (1963), Sidney Franklin (1893), Doug Liman (1965), David Ayer (1968), and Tony Gilroy (1956). After him are Eric Kripke (1974), J. Searle Dawley (1877), Corey Allen (1934), Aaron Norris (1951), Lewis Teague (1938), and Jack Sholder (1945).

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