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FILM DIRECTOR

W. S. Van Dyke

1889 - 1943

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Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director who made several successful early sound films, including Tarzan the Ape Man in 1932, The Thin Man in 1934, San Francisco in 1936, and six popular musicals with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director for The Thin Man and San Francisco, and directed four actors to Oscar nominations: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, and Robert Morley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. S. Van Dyke has received more than 278,258 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). W. S. Van Dyke is the 678th most popular film director (down from 676th in 2019), the 4,410th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,373rd in 2019) and the 169th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, W. S. Van Dyke ranks 678 out of 1,581Before him are Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Gorō Miyazaki, Stanislav Govorukhin, Alejandro Amenábar, Hans Hass, and Vladimir Naumov. After him are David Zucker, Olle Hellbom, Richard Oswald, Michel Hazanavicius, Edgar G. Ulmer, and Henry Selick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, W. S. Van Dyke ranks 150Before him are James Whale, Louis Van Hege, Grigory Levenfish, Otto Deßloch, Sewall Wright, and Zhang Qun. After him are Erich Pommer, Reggie Walker, Ludwig Renn, Anita Malfatti, Joseph Laniel, and Zofia Zamenhof. Among people deceased in 1943, W. S. Van Dyke ranks 117Before him are Tōson Shimazaki, Anathon Aall, Winnaretta Singer, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Erich Bey, and A. Merritt. After him are René de Saussure, Charley Paddock, Azim Azimzade, Richard Sears, Rutka Laskier, and Gyula Peidl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, W. S. Van Dyke ranks 4,410 out of 18,182Before him are Louis C.K. (1967), Marilyn Burns (1949), Nelson A. Miles (1839), Mae Marsh (1894), Jim Gray (1944), and George C. Homans (1910). After him are Charles Koch (1935), Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Elihu Yale (1649), David Bushnell (1742), Paul Chambers (1935), and Mary Edwards Walker (1832).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, W. S. Van Dyke ranks 169Before him are Andrew Blake (1947), Nancy Meyers (1949), Bryan Singer (1965), Dan O'Bannon (1946), Ryan Murphy (1965), and Burt Kennedy (1922). After him are David Zucker (1947), Henry Selick (1952), Fred Niblo (1874), John Stagliano (1951), James Mangold (1963), and David O. Russell (1958).

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