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 317,549 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 15,132nd most popular biography from United States (down from 14,350th in 2019) and the 553rd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Samuel Bayers by language

Over the past year Samuel Bayer has had the most page views in the with 37,887 views, followed by Spanish (3,376), and Russian (2,867). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (151.02%), Hungarian (43.84%), and Egyptian Arabic (33.11%)

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.

Others Born in 1965

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Bayer ranks 15,132 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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Filmography

Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Jan 1o 19917.533 / 10
Green Day: Bullet in a Bible
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Bullet in a Bible documents one of the two biggest shows that Green Day have performed in their career. They played in front of a crowd of over 130,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in United Kingdom on June 18–19, 2005. The band was supported by Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, and Hard-Fi during their American Idiot world tour. Fourteen of the twenty songs performed at these shows were included on the disc; missing out "Jaded", "Knowledge", "She", "Maria", "Homecoming" and "We Are The Champions". Bullet in a Bible was released as a double-LP set on November 10, 2009, as part of the band's 2009 vinyl re-release campaign.
Nov 15o 20058.7 / 10
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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The film that brings back horror icon Freddy Krueger as a darker and more sinister character than ever before. While Freddy is on the prowl, a group of teenagers being stalked soon learn they all have a common factor making them targets for this twisted killer.
Apr 30o 20105.521 / 10