FILM DIRECTOR

Victor Salva

1958 - Today

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Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter, and convicted sex offender. The self-described protégé of Francis Ford Coppola, he is best known for writing and directing the horror films Jeepers Creepers (2001), Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017). Salva's career has been controversial due to his 1988 conviction for sexually abusing Nathan Forrest Winters, the 12-year-old star of his debut feature film Clownhouse (1989), during its production; he also videotaped one of the encounters and was found to possess child pornography, though this was not publicized until 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Salva has received more than 4,175,576 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Victor Salva is the 1,480th most popular film director (down from 1,404th in 2019), the 10,476th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,376th in 2019) and the 402nd most popular American Film Director.

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  • 4.2M

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  • 50.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Victor Salva ranks 1,480 out of 2,041. Before him are Olivier Megaton, Mike Flanagan, Vadim Perelman, Gene Saks, Mick Garris, and V. Shantaram. After him are Kurt Wimmer, Kelly Reichardt, Andy Muschietti, Dennis Muren, Srđan Dragojević, and Hiroyuki Imaishi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Victor Salva ranks 457. Before him are Arsinée Khanjian, Romy Müller, Mariya Pinigina, Eddy Planckaert, Luc Luycx, and Reg E. Cathey. After him are Henry Jenkins, Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Lav Diaz, Kim Andersen, Tom Shadyac, and Michael Robinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Victor Salva ranks 10,476 out of 20,380. Before him are Gregory Porter (1971), Tracie Thoms (1975), Gene Saks (1921), Kristen Pfaff (1967), Janeane Garofalo (1964), and Mick Garris (1951). After him are Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), William B. Lenoir (1939), Ernest Lehman (1915), Laurie Bird (1952), Joseph Mascolo (1929), and Kurt Wimmer (1964).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Victor Salva ranks 402. Before him are Bill Plympton (1946), Peyton Reed (1964), Birt Acres (1854), Mike Flanagan (1978), Gene Saks (1921), and Mick Garris (1951). After him are Kurt Wimmer (1964), Kelly Reichardt (1964), Dennis Muren (1946), Ari Aster (1986), Tom Mankiewicz (1942), and Oscar Apfel (1878).

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