1945 - 2023
Terence Davies (10 November 1945 – 7 October 2023) was a British screenwriter, film director, and novelist. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and the collage film Of Time and the City (2008), as well as the literary adaptations The Neon Bible (1995), The House of Mirth (2000), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), and Sunset Song (2015). His final two feature films were centered around influential literary figures, Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion (2016) and Siegfried Sassoon in Benediction (2021). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terence Davies has received more than 583,747 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Terence Davies is the 1,381st most popular film director, the 4,820th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 112th most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Terence Davies ranks 1,381 out of 1,581. Before him are Egon Günther, James Algar, Ettore Giannini, Semih Kaplanoğlu, Marion Hänsel, and Bryan Forbes. After him are Paul McGuigan, Shyam Benegal, François Dupeyron, Mahesh Bhatt, Lisa Cholodenko, and Richard Dembo.
1927 - 2017
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 1,375
1912 - 1998
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 1,376
1912 - 1990
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 1,377
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 1,378
1949 - 2020
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 1,379
1926 - 2013
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 1,380
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 1,381
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 1,382
1934 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 1,383
1950 - 2016
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 1,384
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 1,385
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 1,386
1948 - 2004
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 1,387
Among people born in 1945, Terence Davies ranks 505. Before him are César Maluco, Ghiță Licu, Rick Berman, Ousmane Issoufi Maïga, Henrik Nordbrandt, and Ewa Lipska. After him are Avi Shlaim, Enver Hadžiabdić, Luis Garisto, J. P. Mallory, Gail Chanfreau, and Ottorino Sartor. Among people deceased in 2023, Terence Davies ranks 351. Before him are Niels Holst-Sørensen, Safi Faye, Martin Davis, Pascoal Mocumbi, Bob Richards, and Henrik Nordbrandt. After him are Gordon Pinsent, Richard Murphy, Terry Dischinger, Rolf Harris, Benjamin Zephaniah, and Sergio Gori.
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 499
1945 - 2014
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 500
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 501
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 502
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 503
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 504
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 505
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 506
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 507
1945 - 2017
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 508
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 509
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 510
1945 - 2021
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 511
1922 - 2023
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 345
1943 - 2023
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 346
1928 - 2023
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 347
1941 - 2023
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 348
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 349
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 350
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 351
1930 - 2023
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 352
1931 - 2023
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 353
1940 - 2023
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 354
1930 - 2023
HPI: 41.09
Rank: 355
1958 - 2023
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 356
1946 - 2023
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 357
Among people born in United Kingdom, Terence Davies ranks 4,820 out of 7,765. Before him are Bryan Forbes (1926), Louise Brown (1978), Mary Midgley (1919), Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902), Alexander Albon (1996), and Kate Mosse (1961). After him are William Morgan (1547), Victoria Tennant (1950), Laura Fraser (1976), Peter Cook (1937), Ewan MacColl (1915), and I. J. Good (1916).
1926 - 2013
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,814
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,815
1919 - 2018
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,816
1902 - 1985
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,817
1996 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,818
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,819
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,820
1547 - 1604
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 4,821
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 4,822
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 4,823
1937 - 1995
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 4,824
1915 - 1989
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 4,825
1916 - 2009
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 4,826
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Terence Davies ranks 112. Before him are Andrea Arnold (1961), Peter Glenville (1913), Robert Hamer (1911), Mike Hodges (1932), Clive Donner (1926), and Bryan Forbes (1926). After him are Paul McGuigan (1963), Kevin Macdonald (1967), Val Guest (1911), Ken Hughes (1922), A. Edward Sutherland (1895), and Rupert Sanders (1971).
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 106
1913 - 1996
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 107
1911 - 1963
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 108
1932 - 2022
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 109
1926 - 2010
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 110
1926 - 2013
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 111
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 112
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 113
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 114
1911 - 2006
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 115
1922 - 2001
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 116
1895 - 1973
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 117
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 118