FILM DIRECTOR

Usmar Ismail

1921 - 1971

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Usmar Ismail (20 March 1921 – 2 January 1971) was an Indonesian film director, author, journalist and revolutionary of Minangkabau descent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Usmar Ismail has received more than 89,381 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Usmar Ismail is the 1,366th most popular film director (down from 1,182nd in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 67th in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 89k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Usmar Ismails by language

Over the past year Usmar Ismail has had the most page views in the with 24,415 views, followed by English (7,671), and Malay (833). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Spanish (250.78%), Sundanese (58.55%), and Javanese (42.52%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Usmar Ismail ranks 1,366 out of 2,041. Before him are Allen Daviau, Peter Zadek, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Robert Surtees, Attila Dargay, and Gabriele Muccino. After him are Taylor Sheridan, Mike Hodges, Brett Ratner, Yılmaz Erdoğan, A. Edward Sutherland, and Gregg Araki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Usmar Ismail ranks 392. Before him are Norman Joseph Woodland, Lennart Strand, Ron Greenwood, Geoffrey Crossley, Rodger Ward, and Walter Mirisch. After him are Ann Savage, James Cooke Brown, Joe Fulks, Nelson Riddle, Chen Muhua, and Sita Ram Goel. Among people deceased in 1971, Usmar Ismail ranks 214. Before him are Jadwiga Smosarska, King Curtis, Ángel Médici, Luigi Piotti, Hugo Black, and Elemér Szathmáry. After him are Ed Gordon, Joseph Pletincx, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Richard Mulcahy, and Thomas C. Hart.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Usmar Ismail ranks 91 out of 158. Before him are Jan-Just Bos (1939), Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (1966), Retno Marsudi (1962), Erick Thohir (1970), Christine Hakim (1956), and Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana (1908). After him are Edu Snethlage (1886), Achmad Nawir (1912), Jeroen Brouwers (1940), Valerie Mahaffey (1953), Dick Esser (1918), and Susi Susanti (1971).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Indonesia

Among film directors born in Indonesia, Usmar Ismail ranks 1. 

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Filmography

After the Curfew
Director
A hero of revolution returns to civilian life to find the new society very different from the ideals he fought for.
May 1o 19546.4 / 10
Bali
Director
The wife of a European photographer on assignment in exotic Bali falls for an enigmatic ex patriot under the spell of a mystical death cult...
Dec 29o 19704.167 / 10
Three Maidens
Director
Three sisters—Nunung, Nana and Nenny—are being raised by their grandmother in Jakarta after their mother's death. Though the sisters' father Sukandar lives with them, he is too involved in his own work to pay them heed.
Aug 25o 19568 / 10