FILM DIRECTOR

Tom Holland

1943 - Today

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Thomas Lee Holland (born July 11, 1943) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, penning the 1983 sequel to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho, directing and co-writing the first entry in the long-running Child's Play franchise, and writing and directing the cult vampire film Fright Night. He also directed the Stephen King adaptations The Langoliers and Thinner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Holland has received more than 26,856,637 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Tom Holland is the 464th most popular film director (up from 513th in 2019), the 2,952nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,295th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 27M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tom Holland ranks 464 out of 2,041. Before him are Glauber Rocha, Lung Chien, John Lasseter, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Nadine Trintignant. After him are Patricio Guzmán, Mauro Bolognini, André Cayatte, Mauritz Stiller, Susanne Bier, and Walter Frentz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tom Holland ranks 206. Before him are Mie Hama, Carmen Argenziano, Surayud Chulanont, Nicolae Văcăroiu, Henry Hill, and Terry Eagleton. After him are Rolf Stommelen, Wilson da Silva Piazza, Charles Savarin, Sirajuddin of Perlis, Muhammad al-Sadr, and Eduardo Mendoza Garriga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Holland ranks 2,952 out of 20,380. Before him are Shera Danese (1949), Katie Holmes (1978), Howlin' Wolf (1910), George W. De Long (1844), Lisa Edelstein (1966), and Jane Kaczmarek (1955). After him are Robert Stroud (1890), Elbridge Gerry (1744), Stephen Foster (1826), Jennifer Jason Leigh (1962), Charles Tilly (1929), and James Curtis Hepburn (1815).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Tom Holland ranks 120. Before him are Delmer Daves (1904), Don Bluth (1937), William A. Wellman (1896), Nick Castle (1947), Delbert Mann (1920), and John Lasseter (1957). After him are John Hughes (1950), Robert Rossen (1908), Richard Lester (1932), Edward Zwick (1952), Jim Abrahams (1944), and John Waters (1946).

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