FILM DIRECTOR

Sam Taylor-Johnson

1967 - Today

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Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson (née Taylor-Wood; born 4 March 1967) is a British film director and artist. Her directorial feature film debut was 2009's Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of the Beatles' singer and songwriter John Lennon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Taylor-Johnson has received more than 11,526,563 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Sam Taylor-Johnson is the 1,323rd most popular film director (down from 1,284th in 2019), the 4,489th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,472nd in 2019) and the 99th most popular British Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sam Taylor-Johnson ranks 1,323 out of 2,041. Before her are Javier Aguirresarobe, Lee Garmes, Carl Foreman, Darren Star, Peter Farrelly, and Jonathan Lynn. After her are Andrzej Sekuła, Robert Burks, Ettore Giannini, Bruno Barreto, Dinara Asanova, and Steve Miner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Sam Taylor-Johnson ranks 276. Before her are Yael Abecassis, Ron Livingston, Gaston Browne, Nathalie Tauziat, Yoko Shimomura, and Melora Hardin. After her are Galab Donev, Klaus Tschütscher, Jonas Thern, Sasha Mitchell, Leonidas Kavakos, and Marisa Monte.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sam Taylor-Johnson ranks 4,489 out of 8,785. Before her are John Farnham (1949), Sam Tingle (1921), Jonathan Lynn (1943), Jimmy Stewart (1931), Alan Cottrell (1919), and Charles Henry Bartlett (1885). After her are Gary Cahill (1985), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Michael Portillo (1953), Bernard Lovell (1913), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), and Ken Matthews (1934).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Sam Taylor-Johnson ranks 99. Before her are Jon Amiel (1948), Tom Hooper (1972), Richard Eyre (1943), Peter Hall (1930), Steve McQueen (1969), and Jonathan Lynn (1943). After her are Michael Caton-Jones (1957), Mike Hodges (1932), A. Edward Sutherland (1895), Geoffrey Unsworth (1914), Basil Dearden (1911), and Michael Winterbottom (1961).

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Filmography

Fifty Shades of Grey
Director
When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, finds himself strangely drawn to Ana, and she to him. Though sexually inexperienced, Ana plunges headlong into an affair -- and learns that Christian's true sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure.
Feb 11o 20155.884 / 10
Nowhere Boy
Director
The drama tells the story of John Lennon's teenage years in Liverpool and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood.
Dec 25o 20097.179 / 10
Hunters
Director
A diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City discover that hundreds of high ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of Hunters set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans.
7.2 / 10