FILM DIRECTOR

Tom Shadyac

1958 - Today

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Thomas Peter Shadyac (born December 11, 1958) is an American director, producer, and writer. The youngest joke-writer ever for comedian Bob Hope, Shadyac is widely known for writing and directing the comedy films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Patch Adams, and Bruce Almighty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Shadyac has received more than 952,016 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tom Shadyac is the 1,495th most popular film director (down from 1,291st in 2019), the 10,545th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,075th in 2019) and the 410th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tom Shadyac ranks 1,495 out of 2,041. Before him are Ari Aster, Tom Mankiewicz, Oscar Apfel, Eytan Fox, Subhash Ghai, and Alik Sakharov. After him are Don Coscarelli, Euzhan Palcy, Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Schamoni, Scott Hicks, and Al Parker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Tom Shadyac ranks 462. Before him are Reg E. Cathey, Victor Salva, Henry Jenkins, Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Lav Diaz, and Kim Andersen. After him are Michael Robinson, Daniel Schneidermann, Euzhan Palcy, Edevaldo de Freitas, Julio César Uribe, and Iva Bittová.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Shadyac ranks 10,545 out of 20,380. Before him are Nia Peeples (1961), Nelly (1974), Capri Anderson (1988), Tawny Kitaen (1961), Melissa Benoist (1988), and Theodore Roethke (1908). After him are Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), Kelli McCarty (1969), Rachel Fuller Brown (1898), Macdonald Carey (1913), Roger Miller (1936), and George M. Cohan (1878).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Tom Shadyac ranks 410. Before him are Kelly Reichardt (1964), Dennis Muren (1946), Ari Aster (1986), Tom Mankiewicz (1942), Oscar Apfel (1878), and Eytan Fox (1964). After him are Barrie M. Osborne (1944), Al Parker (1952), Shirley Clarke (1919), Ward Kimball (1914), F. Gary Gray (1969), and Ted Demme (1963).

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