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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 684,371 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon West is the 1,116th most popular film director (down from 1,067th in 2019), the 3,827th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,788th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular British Film Director.

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  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Simon West ranks 1,116 out of 1,581Before him are Walter Lassally, Oleg Sentsov, John M. Stahl, Barry Ackroyd, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, and Pilar Miró. After him are Dariusz Wolski, Alan Ball, Luis Alcoriza, Liviu Ciulei, Barbara Hammer, and John Musker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Simon West ranks 253Before him are Steven Moffat, Imad Khamis, Hany Abu-Assad, Christian Ntsay, Chendo, and Arnór Guðjohnsen. After him are Toni Nadal, George Wassouf, José Luis Mendilibar, Nancy Travis, José Luis Cuciuffo, and Catherine Oxenberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon West ranks 3,827 out of 7,765Before him are Mark Haddon (1962), Trevor Bolder (1950), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Giuseppe Wilson (1945), John Farnham (1949), and George Hadley (1685). After him are Ron Geesin (1943), Gavin Rossdale (1965), Jane Lapotaire (1944), Frederick Keeping (1867), Harold Mahony (1867), and Rick Allen (1963).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Simon West ranks 83Before him are Martin McDonagh (1970), Joe Wright (1972), Duncan Jones (1971), John Grierson (1898), Tom Hooper (1972), and Barry Ackroyd (1954). After him are Freddie Francis (1917), Mark Herman (1954), Anthony Harvey (1930), Charles Jarrott (1927), Richard Eyre (1943), and Douglas Slocombe (1913).

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