FILM DIRECTOR

Terry Zwigoff

1949 - Today

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Terry Zwigoff (born May 18, 1949) is an American film director whose work often deals with misfits, antiheroes, and themes of alienation. He first garnered attention for his work in documentary filmmaking with Louie Bluie (1985) and Crumb (1995). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Zwigoff has received more than 514,729 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Terry Zwigoff is the 1,397th most popular film director (up from 1,448th in 2019), the 9,575th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,854th in 2019) and the 370th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Terry Zwigoff ranks 1,397 out of 2,041. Before him are James Gray, François Dupeyron, Ken Burns, Michael Hoffman, Pierre Morel, and Pál Gábor. After him are Robert Lepage, Geoffrey Unsworth, Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Paul Bartel, and Ole Bornedal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Terry Zwigoff ranks 584. Before him are Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, José Rodrigues Neto, Dave Gibbons, Jim Lea, James Rivière, and Ryohei Suzuki. After him are Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Zdenko Verdenik, Roman Dmitriyev, Richard Thompson, Ed King, and Kęstutis Šapka.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Terry Zwigoff ranks 9,575 out of 20,380. Before him are Roma Maffia (1955), Ted King (1965), Lorenzo Snow (1814), Christian Laettner (1969), Nancy Travis (1961), and Irving Pichel (1891). After him are Thomas C. Hart (1877), Stuart Davis (1892), Carmen Zapata (1927), Mildred Cohn (1913), Virginia Fox (1902), and John Russell (1921).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Terry Zwigoff ranks 370. Before him are James Young (1872), Edward Lachman (1948), Hugh Wilson (1943), James Gray (1969), Ken Burns (1953), and Michael Hoffman (1956). After him are Paul Bartel (1938), Alan Rudolph (1943), Haskell Wexler (1922), Albert Pyun (1953), Sally Menke (1953), and Roger Allers (1949).

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