FILM DIRECTOR

Terry Gilliam

1940 - Today

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Terrence Vance Gilliam ( GIL-ee-əm; born 22 November 1940) is an American–born British filmmaker, comedian, collage animator and actor. He gained stardom as a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe alongside John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Graham Chapman. Together they collaborated on the sketch series Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974) and the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, which Gilliam directed as well), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Gilliam has received more than 7,802,840 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Terry Gilliam is the 79th most popular film director (down from 66th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from United States (down from 461st in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Film Director.

Terry Gilliam is most famous for his work on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Brazil, and 12 Monkeys.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Terry Gilliam by language

Over the past year Terry Gilliam has had the most page views in the with 883,471 views, followed by French (93,160), and German (89,457). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (3,600.00%), Wu Chinese (145.86%), and Icelandic (97.86%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Terry Gilliam ranks 79 out of 2,041. Before him are Ernst Lubitsch, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Resnais, Sydney Pollack, William Wyler, and Elia Kazan. After him are Franco Zeffirelli, Costa-Gavras, Dario Argento, Carlos Saura, F. W. Murnau, and Peter Brook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Terry Gilliam ranks 38. Before him are Tony Tan, Giorgio Moroder, Kip Thorne, Anna Karina, Raquel Welch, and Burt Young. After him are Dario Argento, Abdurrahman Wahid, Tabaré Vázquez, Julie Christie, Paolo Borsellino, and H. R. Giger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Gilliam ranks 554 out of 20,380. Before him are Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), Burt Young (1940), Bob Beamon (1946), Harold Lloyd (1893), Chet Baker (1929), and Donna Summer (1948). After him are Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Kamala Harris (1964), T. S. Eliot (1888), Oprah Winfrey (1954), Carl Weathers (1948), and Gloria Gaynor (1947).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Terry Gilliam ranks 17. Before him are Oliver Stone (1946), Brian De Palma (1940), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Chuck Jones (1912), and Sydney Pollack (1934). After him are Jim Jarmusch (1953), William Friedkin (1935), George Cukor (1899), Sidney Lumet (1924), Michael Mann (1943), and Sam Peckinpah (1925).

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Filmography

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Director
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".
May 25o 19757.797 / 10
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Director
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
May 22o 19987.222 / 10
Twelve Monkeys
Director
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Dec 29o 19957.599 / 10