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FILM DIRECTOR

Tom Shadyac

1958 - Today

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Thomas Peter Shadyac (born December 11, 1958) is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and author. 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 876,521 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tom Shadyac is the 1,294th most popular film director (down from 1,257th in 2019), the 9,094th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,380th in 2019) and the 356th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 880k

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  • 42.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tom Shadyac ranks 1,294 out of 1,581. Before him are Peyton Reed, Péter Bacsó, Leon Shamroy, Vladimir Motyl, Kwak Jae-yong, and Jerzy Stefan Stawiński. After him are Gene Saks, Kurt Wimmer, James Wong Howe, Jack Sholder, Michael Ritchie, and Roger Avary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Tom Shadyac ranks 336. Before him are Mark King, Simon Baron-Cohen, Wendie Jo Sperber, David O'Leary, Frank Ullrich, and Derek Riggs. After him are Scott Hall, Sergei Garmash, Ján Kocian, Hiromi Hara, Jeffrey Williams, and Masaaki Kato.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Shadyac ranks 9,094 out of 18,182. Before him are Barney Ewell (1918), Jon Seda (1970), Tracy Scoggins (1953), Stacy Valentine (1970), Roy A. Tucker (1951), and Sidney Darlington (1906). After him are Jaden Smith (1998), Luke Askew (1932), Scott Hall (1958), Tom Seaver (1944), Patricia Hill Collins (1948), and William Hopper (1915).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Tom Shadyac ranks 356. Before him are Gregg Araki (1959), Robert Surtees (1906), Jay Roach (1957), Nunnally Johnson (1897), Peyton Reed (1964), and Leon Shamroy (1901). After him are Gene Saks (1921), Kurt Wimmer (1964), Jack Sholder (1945), Michael Ritchie (1938), Ken Burns (1953), and Tom Mankiewicz (1942).

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Filmography

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