FILM DIRECTOR

Victor Salva

1958 - Today

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Victor Ronald Salva (born March 29, 1958) is an American filmmaker and convicted sex offender. The self-described protégé of Francis Ford Coppola, he has primarily worked in the horror genre, most notably as the writer-director of the commercially successful Jeepers Creepers (2001) and its sequels Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003) and Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017). Outside of horror, Salva wrote and directed the fantasy-drama film Powder (1995). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Salva has received more than 3,746,695 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 10,471st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,376th in 2019) and the 402nd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Victor Salvas by language

Over the past year Victor Salva has had the most page views in the with 465,042 views, followed by Spanish (36,887), and Russian (19,675). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (48.53%), Finnish (41.11%), and Polish (39.36%)

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 10,471 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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Filmography

Jeepers Creepers
Director
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.
Jul 1o 20016.454 / 10
Jeepers Creepers 2
Director
When their bus is crippled on the side of a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discover an opponent they cannot defeat – and may not survive.
Aug 8o 20036.117 / 10
Jeepers Creepers 3
Director
Taking place on the last day of the Creeper’s twenty-three-day feeding frenzy, as the skeptical Sergeant Tubbs teams up with a task force hellbent on destroying the Creeper for good. The Creeper fights back in gory glory as its enemies grow closer than ever before to learning the secret of its dark origins.
Sep 26o 20174.9 / 10