FILM DIRECTOR

Simon West

1961 - Today

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Simon Alexander West (born 17 July 1961) is an English film director and producer. He has primarily worked in the action genre, most notably as the director of the films Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Mechanic, and The Expendables 2. Outside of action, he also directed the films The General's Daughter and When a Stranger Calls. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon West has received more than 756,496 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon West is the 1,255th most popular film director (down from 1,113th in 2019), the 4,274th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,819th in 2019) and the 91st most popular British Film Director.

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  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Simon West ranks 1,255 out of 2,041. Before him are Gaston Kaboré, Kwak Jae-yong, Jacques Rouffio, J. Searle Dawley, Corey Allen, and Kurt Hoffmann. After him are Aaron Norris, Šarūnas Bartas, Terry George, Marion Hänsel, Yōjirō Takita, and Shyam Benegal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Simon West ranks 323. Before him are Laurel Clark, Kjell Westö, Boško Gjurovski, Steven Moffat, Cédric Klapisch, and Takao Kobayashi. After him are Yoshimasa Hayashi, Douglas Coupland, Katrin Cartlidge, Anton Josipović, Camryn Manheim, and Patricia Urquiola.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon West ranks 4,274 out of 8,785. Before him are James Challis (1803), Ernest Henry Wilson (1876), Jadon Sancho (2000), Michelle Ryan (1984), Alex Turner (1986), and Frank Wild (1873). After him are Reginald Innes Pocock (1863), Peter Hook (1956), Jamie Hewlett (1968), Oliver Leese (1894), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), and Beryl Markham (1902).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Simon West ranks 91. Before him are Edgar Wright (1974), John Grierson (1898), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Douglas Slocombe (1913), Ivor Montagu (1904), and Duncan Jones (1971). After him are Terry George (1952), Jon Amiel (1948), Tom Hooper (1972), Richard Eyre (1943), Peter Hall (1930), and Steve McQueen (1969).

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