FILM DIRECTOR

Tomas Alfredson

1965 - Today

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Hans Christian Tomas Alfredson (born 1 April 1965) is a Swedish film director who is best known internationally for directing the 2008 vampire film Let the Right One In and 2011 espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomas Alfredson has received more than 587,817 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomas Alfredson is the 1,177th most popular film director (down from 1,132nd in 2019), the 856th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 786th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Swedish Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tomas Alfredsons by language

Over the past year Tomas Alfredson has had the most page views in the with 61,778 views, followed by Swedish (43,159), and Italian (6,529). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (156.62%), Malagasy (126.14%), and Catalan (50.58%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tomas Alfredson ranks 1,177 out of 2,041. Before him are Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lone Scherfig, Luise Fleck, Vadim Abdrashitov, Luciano Emmer, and Károly Makk. After him are Jon Avnet, Lajos Koltai, Nelly Kaplan, Břetislav Pojar, Hany Abu-Assad, and Benny Chan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Tomas Alfredson ranks 254. Before him are Santiago Segura, Veronica Ferres, Guenther Steiner, Bernard Hopkins, Paige Turco, and Bernardo Fernandes da Silva. After him are Gabriela Michetti, Miquel Soler, Michal Bílek, Mum Jokmok, Booker T, and David S. Goyer.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Tomas Alfredson ranks 856 out of 1,879. Before him are Ingvar Gärd (1921), Tor Johnson (1902), Johan Elmander (1981), Nils Täpp (1917), Stellan Bengtsson (1952), and Ola Rapace (1971). After him are Evert Gunnarsson (1929), Prawitz Öberg (1930), Otto Andersson (1910), Charles John Andersson (1827), Elis Wiklund (1909), and Mary Stävin (1957).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Sweden

Among film directors born in Sweden, Tomas Alfredson ranks 17. Before him are Olle Hellbom (1925), Hasse Ekman (1915), Mikael Håfström (1960), Erika Lust (1977), Gunnar Fischer (1910), and Jonas Åkerlund (1965). After him are Arne Sucksdorff (1917), Kjell Grede (1936), Malik Bendjelloul (1977), Johan Renck (1966), Hannes Holm (1962), and Daniel Espinosa (1977).

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Filmography

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Director
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.
Sep 16o 20116.616 / 10
The Snowman
Director
Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose pink scarf is found wrapped around an ominous looking snowman.
Oct 12o 20175.208 / 10
Let the Right One In
Director
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.
Oct 24o 20087.533 / 10