FILM DIRECTOR

Tony Richardson

1928 - 1991

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Cecil Antonio Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director, producer and screenwriter, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "angry young men" group of British directors and playwrights during the 1950s, and was later a key figure in the British New Wave filmmaking movement.His films Look Back in Anger (1959), The Entertainer (1960), A Taste of Honey (1961), and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) are considered classics of kitchen sink realism. He won the 1964 Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the film Tom Jones. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Richardson has received more than 2,973,425 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Richardson is the 223rd most popular film director (down from 203rd in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 874th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Film Director.

Tony Richardson was an English theatre and film director, producer, actor and theatre manager. He is most famous for directing the films Tom Jones, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, and The Entertainer.

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  • 60.01

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.99

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  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tony Richardsons by language

Over the past year Tony Richardson has had the most page views in the with 426,527 views, followed by Spanish (35,487), and Italian (34,883). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (99.02%), Simple English (97.65%), and Low Saxon (44.58%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tony Richardson ranks 223 out of 2,041. Before him are Carol Reed, Gojko Mitić, Barry Levinson, Guy Ritchie, Robert Wiene, and Nanni Moretti. After him are Chris Marker, Mario Monicelli, Chantal Akerman, Nicholas Ray, Mario Bava, and Marco Ferreri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Tony Richardson ranks 84. Before him are Pierre Mauroy, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Lina Wertmüller, Pat Hitchcock, Alan J. Pakula, and James Garner. After him are Patrick McGoohan, Robert Sheckley, Elias James Corey, Hans Blix, Marco Ferreri, and Walter Mondale. Among people deceased in 1991, Tony Richardson ranks 49. Before him are Gene Tierney, Ivan Kozhedub, Salvador Luria, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Shapour Bakhtiar, and Richard Stone. After him are Robert Maxwell, Alfonso García Robles, Princess Ileana of Romania, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Roddenberry, and Christian de Castries.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Richardson ranks 951 out of 8,785. Before him are Billy Idol (1955), Denis Thatcher (1915), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), Stewart Granger (1913), and Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971). After him are Lobsang Rampa (1910), Hans Sloane (1660), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), Isabella of England (1214), and Thomas Graham (1805).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Tony Richardson ranks 16. Before him are Peter Greenaway (1942), Stephen Frears (1941), Mike Newell (1942), Danny Boyle (1956), Carol Reed (1906), and Guy Ritchie (1968). After him are Frank Lloyd (1886), David Hamilton (1933), John Schlesinger (1926), Adrian Lyne (1941), John Boorman (1933), and Anthony Minghella (1954).

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Filmography

Blue Sky
Director
Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons testing in 1950s America. Hank has become a thorn in the side of the Army, though, for a couple of very different reasons. He is an outspoken opponent of atmospheric testing, though his superiors hold contrary views and want to squelch his concerns...and his reports. The other problem is his wife, Carly. She is voluptuous and volatile, wreaking havoc in his personal life and stirring up intrigue at each new Army base.
Sep 16o 19946.069 / 10
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Director
A rebellious youth sentenced to a reformatory for robbing a bakery rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as a prized athlete.
Sep 20o 19627.152 / 10
Tom Jones
Director
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
Aug 24o 19636 / 10