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FILM DIRECTOR

Stan Brakhage

1933 - 2003

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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

Among film directors, Stan Brakhage ranks 1,130 out of 1,581Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Stan Brakhage ranks 355Before 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 238Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stan Brakhage ranks 7,451 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Stan Brakhage ranks 297Before 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).

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