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FILM DIRECTOR

Tex Avery

1908 - 1980

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Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (; February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, director, and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His most significant work was for the Warner Bros. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tex Avery has received more than 1,738,821 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Tex Avery is the 260th most popular film director (down from 239th in 2019), the 1,764th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,575th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tex Avery ranks 260 out of 1,581. Before him are Robert Wiene, Joe D'Amato, Márta Mészáros, Gillo Pontecorvo, Jean Epstein, and Leonid Gaidai. After him are Zack Snyder, Franklin J. Schaffner, Bigas Luna, Jean-Jacques Beineix, John Schlesinger, and Patrice Chéreau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Tex Avery ranks 71. Before him are Tameo Ide, Don Ameche, Leroy Anderson, Edward Dmytryk, Max Bill, and Cus D'Amato. After him are Amintore Fanfani, Lionel Stander, André Martinet, Viktor Abakumov, Giovannino Guareschi, and Remedios Varo. Among people deceased in 1980, Tex Avery ranks 67. Before him are Nadezhda Mandelstam, Patrick Depailler, Mohammad Hatta, Ernő Gerő, Filipp Golikov, and Yigal Allon. After him are Kazimierz Kuratowski, John Mauchly, Tôn Đức Thắng, Hugh Griffith, Pascual Jordan, and Ida Kamińska.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tex Avery ranks 1,764 out of 18,182. Before him are John Robert Schrieffer (1931), Richard Avedon (1923), Cus D'Amato (1908), Lloyd Shapley (1923), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), and Robert Reich (1946). After him are Loretta Young (1913), Moby (1965), Cab Calloway (1907), Aaron Eckhart (1968), Edward T. Hall (1914), and Leon M. Lederman (1922).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Tex Avery ranks 73. Before him are Arthur Penn (1922), Raoul Walsh (1887), John G. Avildsen (1935), Barry Levinson (1942), Stanley Donen (1924), and Edwin S. Porter (1870). After him are Zack Snyder (1966), Tobe Hooper (1943), George Roy Hill (1921), Henry Hathaway (1898), Leo McCarey (1898), and Paul Schrader (1946).

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Filmography

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