FILM DIRECTOR

Tim Hetherington

1970 - 2011

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Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington (5 December 1970 – 20 April 2011) was a British photojournalist. He produced books, films and other work that "ranged from multi-screen installations, to fly-poster exhibitions, to handheld device downloads" and was a regular contributor to Vanity Fair. He was best known for the documentary film Restrepo (2010), which he co-directed with Sebastian Junger. Restrepo won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary at Sundance Film Festival 2010 and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim Hetherington is the 1,993rd most popular film director (down from 1,775th in 2019), the 7,426th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,564th in 2019) and the 154th most popular British Film Director.

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Page views of Tim Hetherington by language

Over the past year Tim Hetherington has had the most page views in the German wikipedia edition with 1,240 views, followed by Dutch (570), and Spanish (530). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Croatian (114.29%), Dutch (64.74%), and Greek (42.47%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tim Hetherington ranks 1,993 out of 2,041Before him are Daniels, Rose Troche, Hans Weingartner, Zoya Akhtar, Lucky McKee, and Lee Isaac Chung. After him are Gia Coppola, Jeff Wadlow, Ketan Mehta, Josh Trank, Kantemir Balagov, and Puri Jagannadh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Tim Hetherington ranks 983Before him are John Amaechi, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Marisela Morales, Derek Parra, Nathalie Lancien, and Alex O'Brien. After him are Jennifer Aspen, Kazuto Saiki, Dallas Austin, Martín Vilallonga, Tomoaki Ōgami, and Kenny Anderson. Among people deceased in 2011, Tim Hetherington ranks 532Before him are Mark Hatfield, Claudia Heill, Sunday Bada, Mārtiņš Freimanis, Armen Gilliam, and Theyab Awana. After him are Mohammed Nabbous, Dennis Marshall, Death of Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb, Olubayo Adefemi, Jeret Peterson, and Alexander Vasyunov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tim Hetherington ranks 7,426 out of 8,785Before him are Ben Green (1977), John Regis (1966), Scott Redding (1993), Steve Cummings (1981), Josh Murphy (1995), and Ashley Fletcher (1995). After him are Phil Younghusband (1987), Steven Fletcher (1987), Alex Clare (1985), Alex Roe (1990), Max Brown (1981), and Tom Austen (1987).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Tim Hetherington ranks 154Before him are Andrew Haigh (1973), Ol Parker (1969), Rupert Wyatt (1972), Shane Meadows (1972), Gareth Evans (1980), and Euros Lyn (1971). After him are Drew Pearce (1976), and Nicholas Stoller (1976).