FILM DIRECTOR

Samuel Bayer

1965 - Today

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Samuel David Bayer (born February 17, 1962) is an American visual artist, cinematographer, and commercial, music video and film director. Bayer was born in Syracuse, New York. He graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 1987 with a degree in Fine Arts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Bayer has received more than 351,230 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Samuel Bayer is the 1,857th most popular film director (down from 1,724th in 2019), the 15,145th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,350th in 2019) and the 553rd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Samuel Bayer ranks 1,857 out of 2,041. Before him are Danny Antonucci, Mani Kaul, Harald Zwart, Corneliu Porumboiu, Ava DuVernay, and Cate Shortland. After him are Greig Fraser, Rachel Talalay, Ram Gopal Varma, Dean DeBlois, David DeCoteau, and Amat Escalante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Samuel Bayer ranks 733. Before him are Alessandro Lambruschini, Hans Dorfner, Harald Zwart, Sabrina Goleš, Mikhail Shtalenkov, and Rob Brydon. After him are Paolo Canè, András Sike, Charles Esten, Rebecca Pidgeon, Arnd Schmitt, and Dan Majerle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Bayer ranks 15,145 out of 20,380. Before him are Vic Chesnutt (1964), Lisa Sheridan (1974), Ava DuVernay (1972), Dulé Hill (1975), Zoey Deutch (1994), and Bethany Hamilton (1990). After him are Amanda Palmer (1976), André Holland (1979), Rodney Crowell (1950), Jordan Morris (1994), Marcus Brown (1974), and Francis Capra (1983).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Samuel Bayer ranks 553. Before him are Mark Waters (1964), Douglas McGrath (1958), Michael Cuesta (1963), Alex Kendrick (1970), Rob Minkoff (1962), and Ava DuVernay (1972). After him are Rachel Talalay (1958), David DeCoteau (1962), Dan Attias (1951), Bruce Cohen (1961), Joshua Oppenheimer (1974), and David Dobkin (1969).

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