FILM DIRECTOR

Terence Fisher

1904 - 1980

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Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films. He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, while mild by modern standards, were unprecedented in his day. His first major gothic horror film was The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), which launched Hammer's association with the genre and made British actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee leading horror stars of the era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terence Fisher has received more than 255,186 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). Terence Fisher is the 757th most popular film director (down from 637th in 2019), the 2,673rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,386th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 260k

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  • 50.91

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

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  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Terence Fishers by language

Over the past year Terence Fisher has had the most page views in the with 35,152 views, followed by French (6,267), and Italian (4,558). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (57.45%), Luxembourgish (53.37%), and Serbo-Croatian (47.21%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Terence Fisher ranks 757 out of 2,041. Before him are Andrew Marton, Mrinal Sen, Ivan Passer, Erik Balling, Paul Scheuring, and Stephen Daldry. After him are Ritwik Ghatak, Roman Karmen, Vojtěch Jasný, Mark Zakharov, Dennis Dugan, and Nana Jorjadze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Terence Fisher ranks 183. Before him are John Farrow, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Nancy Mitford, Alexander Gerschenkron, Mykola Bazhan, and Andrew Marton. After him are Lauri Virtanen, Esmat Dowlatshahi, Erwin Komenda, Hertta Kuusinen, Rambai Barni, and Srečko Kosovel. Among people deceased in 1980, Terence Fisher ranks 166. Before him are Jean Robic, Yakov Malik, Mantovani, C. P. Snow, Nihat Erim, and José de Anchieta Fontana. After him are Pyotr Masherov, Rafael Paasio, Boris Delaunay, Boris Kaufman, George Pal, and Arend Heyting.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Terence Fisher ranks 2,673 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), John Tavener (1944), Stephen Daldry (1960), William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396), and Centwine of Wessex (643). After him are Gorden Kaye (1941), John Wilkes (1725), Nick Hornby (1957), Mary Renault (1905), Hugh Latimer (1485), and Mark Addy (1964).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Terence Fisher ranks 56. Before him are Robert Stevenson (1905), Terence Davies (1945), Richard Marquand (1937), J. Stuart Blackton (1875), James Whale (1889), and Stephen Daldry (1960). After him are Laura Mulvey (1941), Andrew V. McLaglen (1920), Sally Potter (1949), Edmund Goulding (1891), Matthew Vaughn (1971), and Mick Jackson (1943).

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Filmography

The Curse of Frankenstein
Director
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
May 20o 19576.738 / 10
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Director
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
May 4o 19596.786 / 10
Dracula
Director
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
May 22o 19587.3 / 10