FILM DIRECTOR

Steve Barron

1956 - Today

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Steven Barron (born 4 May 1956) is an Irish-British filmmaker. He is best known for directing the music videos for the songs "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Burning Up" by Madonna, "Summer of 69" and "Run to You" by Bryan Adams, "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits, "Electric Avenue" and "I Don't Wanna Dance" by Eddy Grant, "Let's Get Rocked" by Def Leppard, "Going Underground" by The Jam, "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League, "Baby Jane" by Rod Stewart, "Pale Shelter" by Tears for Fears, "Africa" by Toto, and "Take On Me" by A-ha. The videos for "Take On Me" and "Billie Jean" have each garnered over 1 billion views on YouTube. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Barron has received more than 453,121 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Steve Barron is the 939th most popular film director (up from 1,101st in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 228th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Steve Barrons by language

Over the past year Steve Barron has had the most page views in the with 60,514 views, followed by French (4,942), and German (4,751). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (186.76%), Malagasy (78.63%), and Swedish (27.95%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Steve Barron ranks 939 out of 2,041. Before him are Luis Llosa, Yuri Ozerov, Yoshishige Yoshida, Ringo Lam, Gérard Corbiau, and Paul Morrissey. After him are Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Hamo Beknazarian, Carlo Di Palma, Mark Donskoy, Jasmila Žbanić, and Hideo Nakata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Steve Barron ranks 254. Before him are Peter Šťastný, Veronica Hart, Scott Columbus, Jamie Hyneman, Simon Tahamata, and Lounès Matoub. After him are Natalya Andreychenko, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Yurik Vardanyan, Vladislav Listyev, Al Corley, and Pedro Santana Lopes.

Others Born in 1956

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Steve Barron ranks 193 out of 549. Before him are Shelley McNamara (1952), Aidan of Lindisfarne (600), Paul Kane (1810), Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie (1815), Patrick Bergin (1951), and Caitriona Balfe (1979). After him are Cecil Day-Lewis (1904), Peter Woulfe (1727), Barney McKenna (1939), Seán T. O'Kelly (1882), Stephen Roche (1959), and Nora Barnacle (1884).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ireland

Among film directors born in Ireland, Steve Barron ranks 4. Before him are Neil Jordan (1950), Jim Sheridan (1949), and Herbert Brenon (1880). After him are Rex Ingram (1892), William Desmond Taylor (1872), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), and John Moore (1970).

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Filmography

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
Mar 30o 19906.621 / 10
Coneheads
Director
A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.
Jul 23o 19935.348 / 10
Merlin
Director
A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.
6.765 / 10