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FILM DIRECTOR

Todd Haynes

1961 - Today

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Todd Haynes (; born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender roles. Haynes first gained public attention with his controversial short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987), which chronicles singer Karen Carpenter's life and death using Barbie dolls as actors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Todd Haynes has received more than 2,113,713 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Todd Haynes is the 983rd most popular film director (down from 819th in 2019), the 6,452nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,312th in 2019) and the 253rd most popular American Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

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  • 3.74

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  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Todd Haynes ranks 983 out of 1,581. Before him are Helma Sanders-Brahms, Archie Mayo, Steve Kloves, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Joe Ranft, and Daniel Mann. After him are Frank Pierson, Jean-Marie Poiré, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Mario Van Peebles, Nana Jorjadze, and Andrew Stanton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Todd Haynes ranks 204. Before him are Mary Barra, Joanne Whalley, Randy Jackson, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Anders Järryd, and Alexander Payne. After him are Paolo Barilla, Fiona Graham, Māris Kučinskis, Solveig Dommartin, Tom Byron, and Paul McCrane.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Todd Haynes ranks 6,452 out of 18,182. Before him are Tera Patrick (1976), Raymond J. Barry (1939), Robert S. Langer (1948), Bob Welch (1945), David A. R. White (1970), and Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858). After him are David Smith (1906), Pia Zadora (1953), Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), Henry Halleck (1815), Eugene McCarthy (1916), and Joan Mitchell (1925).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Todd Haynes ranks 253. Before him are Gregory La Cava (1892), Alexander Payne (1961), Archie Mayo (1891), Steve Kloves (1960), Joe Ranft (1960), and Daniel Mann (1912). After him are Frank Pierson (1925), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Andrew Stanton (1965), Iwao Takamoto (1925), Spike Jonze (1969), and Walter Lang (1896).

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Filmography

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