FILM DIRECTOR

Steven Spielberg

1946 - Today

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Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history. Spielberg started in Hollywood directing television and several minor theatrical releases. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Spielberg has received more than 19,348,856 page views. His biography is available in 130 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 127 in 2019). Steven Spielberg is the most popular film director, the 18th most popular biography from United States and the most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 87.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 130

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 14.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Steven Spielberg ranks 1 out of 1,580. After him are Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Hayao Miyazaki, Akira Kurosawa, Roman Polanski, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Woody Allen, Sergei Eisenstein, and Sergio Leone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Steven Spielberg ranks 4. Before him are Donald Trump, Sylvester Stallone, and Freddie Mercury. After him are Cher, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ted Bundy, Alan Rickman, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Demis Roussos, and Patti Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steven Spielberg ranks 18 out of 15,968. Before him are Malcolm X (1925), Elvis Presley (1935), Martin Van Buren (1782), John F. Kennedy (1917), Hillary Clinton (1947), and Neil Armstrong (1930). After him are Ernest Hemingway (1899), Benjamin Franklin (1706), Mark Twain (1835), Pocahontas (1595), Ronald Reagan (1911), and Bruce Lee (1940).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Steven Spielberg ranks 1. After him are Martin Scorsese (1942), Stanley Kubrick (1928), Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), David Lynch (1946), Quentin Tarantino (1963), George Lucas (1944), Brian De Palma (1940), John Ford (1894), Sydney Pollack (1934), and Tim Burton (1958).

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Filmography

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