FILM DIRECTOR

Wally Pfister

1961 - Today

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Walter C. Pfister (born July 8, 1961) is an American director and former cinematographer, who is best known for his work with filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Some of his collaborations with Nolan include Memento (2000), The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), and Inception (2010). For his work on Inception, Pfister won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and received a BAFTA Award nomination. Pfister is also known for his work on director F. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wally Pfister has received more than 750,293 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Wally Pfister is the 1,135th most popular film director (up from 1,192nd in 2019), the 7,340th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,024th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Wally Pfister ranks 1,135 out of 2,041. Before him are Rex Ingram, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Luis Alcoriza, Maurice Cloche, Pete Docter, and Shawn Levy. After him are Alan Ball, Ron Clements, Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, Guru Dutt, Oleg Sentsov, and Chuck Russell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Wally Pfister ranks 274. Before him are Javier Hernández, Piotr Ugrumov, Hironobu Kageyama, Vasyl Rats, Zoran Vulić, and Mohammed Ben Sulayem. After him are Manuel Merino, Curt Smith, João Pinto, Saskia Esken, Rune Bratseth, and Eric van de Poele.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wally Pfister ranks 7,340 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Lennix (1964), Theodore Roberts (1861), Wallace Reid (1891), Jeff Hardy (1977), Nathan Hale (1755), and Michael Bowen (1957). After him are Coleen Gray (1922), Phil Heath (1979), Tony Lo Bianco (1936), David Tudor (1926), Marni Nixon (1930), and Ralph Metcalfe (1910).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Wally Pfister ranks 282. Before him are Andrew Stanton (1965), James Foley (1953), James Algar (1912), Alan Taylor (1959), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), and Pete Docter (1968). After him are Alan Ball (1957), Ron Clements (1953), Chuck Russell (1958), Jon Turteltaub (1963), William Castle (1914), and Daniel Mann (1912).

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