1933 - 2003
James Stanley Brakhage ( BRAK-ij; January 14, 1933 – March 9, 2003) was an American filmmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film. Over the course of five decades, Brakhage created a large and diverse body of work, exploring a variety of formats, approaches and techniques that included handheld camerawork, painting directly onto celluloid, fast cutting, in-camera editing, scratching on film, collage film and the use of multiple exposures. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stan Brakhage has received more than 485,515 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Stan Brakhage is the 1,130th most popular film director (up from 1,157th in 2019), the 7,451st most popular biography from United States (up from 8,212th in 2019) and the 297th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Stan Brakhage ranks 1,130 out of 1,581. Before him are Richard Rush, Rodrigo García, Peter Fleischmann, Genndy Tartakovsky, Justin Lin, and José Luis Garci. After him are Ruben Östlund, Milcho Manchevski, Brian Yuzna, Alan Taylor, Tomas Alfredson, and David Ayer.
1929 - 2021
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 1,124
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 1,125
1937 - 2021
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 1,126
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 1,127
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 1,128
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 1,129
1933 - 2003
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 1,130
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 1,131
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 1,132
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 1,133
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 1,134
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 1,135
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 1,136
Among people born in 1933, Stan Brakhage ranks 355. Before him are Yelena Gorchakova, Hiroshi Suzuki, Levente Lengyel, Ela Bhatt, Muhamed Mujić, and Celso Torrelio. After him are Masae Kasai, Françoise Héritier, Marlene Ahrens, Robert Goulet, Tim Conway, and Judah Folkman. Among people deceased in 2003, Stan Brakhage ranks 238. Before him are Tomáš Pospíchal, José Craveirinha, Robert Atkins, Elliott Smith, Jean Lucas, and Bruno Heim. After him are Buddy Hackett, Buddy Ebsen, Donald Regan, Vladimir Bogomolov, Anita Borg, and Dave DeBusschere.
1933 - 2002
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 349
1933 - Present
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 350
1933 - 2014
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 351
1933 - 2022
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 352
1933 - 2016
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 353
1933 - 1999
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 354
1933 - 2003
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 355
1933 - 2013
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 356
1933 - 2017
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 357
1933 - 2020
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 358
1933 - 2007
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 359
1933 - 2019
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 360
1933 - 2008
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 361
1936 - 2003
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 232
1922 - 2003
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 233
1930 - 2003
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 234
1969 - 2003
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 235
1917 - 2003
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 236
1911 - 2003
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 237
1933 - 2003
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 238
1924 - 2003
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 239
1908 - 2003
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 240
1918 - 2003
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 241
1924 - 2003
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 242
1949 - 2003
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 243
1940 - 2003
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 244
Among people born in United States, Stan Brakhage ranks 7,451 out of 18,182. Before him are David S. Goyer (1965), Camille Keaton (1947), Joe Morello (1928), Louis L'Amour (1908), Jane Wyatt (1910), and Joan Hackett (1934). After him are Jane Curtin (1947), Vic Damone (1928), Chris Owen (1980), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Louella Parsons (1881), and Bella Hadid (1996).
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 7,445
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 7,446
1928 - 2011
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 7,447
1908 - 1988
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 7,448
1910 - 2006
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 7,449
1934 - 1983
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,450
1933 - 2003
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,451
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,452
1928 - 2018
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,453
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,454
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,455
1881 - 1972
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 7,456
1996 - Present
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 7,457
Among film directors born in United States, Stan Brakhage ranks 297. Before him are Pete Docter (1968), Alan Ball (1957), Barbara Hammer (1939), John Musker (1953), Peter Berg (1962), and Richard Rush (1929). After him are Alan Taylor (1959), David Ayer (1968), Jack Bender (1949), Tony Gilroy (1956), J. Searle Dawley (1877), and Jon Avnet (1949).
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 291
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 292
1939 - 2019
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 293
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 294
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 295
1929 - 2021
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 296
1933 - 2003
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 297
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 298
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 299
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 300
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 301
1877 - 1949
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 302
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 303