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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 458,139 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Steve Barron is the 1,104th most popular film director (up from 1,396th in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 331st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Film Director.

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  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Steve Barron ranks 1,104 out of 1,581. Before him are Christopher McQuarrie, Ted Wilde, Jia Zhangke, Gilles Grangier, Josef von Báky, and Tom Hooper. After him are Nikos Koundouros, Jiří Weiss, Julius J. Epstein, Hany Abu-Assad, Pete Docter, and Walter Lassally.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Steve Barron ranks 304. Before him are Ivan Nielsen, Héctor Rebaque, Richard Tyson, Mullah Krekar, Ilie Balaci, and Sergei Avdeyev. After him are Koffi Olomide, Roberto Regazzi, Dariusz Wolski, Masashi Tashiro, Velimir Zajec, and Tomáš Šmíd.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Steve Barron ranks 229 out of 501. Before him are William McGonagall (1825), William Henry Harvey (1811), Robert O'Hara Burke (1821), Eoin Colfer (1965), J. B. Bury (1861), and Patrick Ryan (1881). After him are Agnes Mary Clerke (1842), Wolfe Tone (1763), Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Katie McGrath (1983), and Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848).

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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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