FILM DIRECTOR

Walter Lang

1896 - 1972

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Walter Lang (August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972) was an American film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Lang has received more than 151,695 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Walter Lang is the 910th most popular film director (up from 991st in 2019), the 5,831st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,506th in 2019) and the 214th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Walter Lang ranks 910 out of 2,041. Before her are Godfrey Reggio, Želimir Žilnik, Wolfgang Staudte, Kad Merad, Lev Atamanov, and Michel Brault. After her are Masato Harada, Steven Zaillian, Kim Jee-woon, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Karel Kachyňa, and Jørgen Leth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Walter Lang ranks 179. Before her are Steponas Darius, Adhemar Pimenta, Fritz Julius Kuhn, Jessie Royce Landis, Yu Dafu, and Edvin Wide. After her are Sofya Yanovskaya, Gerardo Diego, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Jaromír Weinberger, Frederick Browning, and Marguerite Laugier. Among people deceased in 1972, Walter Lang ranks 159. Before her are Jessie Royce Landis, Mitchell Leisen, Prithviraj Kapoor, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Jan Wils, and Edward Cook. After her are Martim Mércio da Silveira, Arthur Russell, Cecil Day-Lewis, Jamini Roy, Mikhail Artamonov, and Kenny Dorham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Lang ranks 5,831 out of 20,380. Before her are Steve Porcaro (1957), Harry Stenqvist (1893), Eileen Collins (1956), Jess Willard (1881), William Gaddis (1922), and Barbara Harris (1935). After her are Ruby Dee (1922), Joe Henderson (1937), Andy Griffith (1926), Steven Zaillian (1953), Debra Messing (1968), and Peter H. Gilmore (1958).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Walter Lang ranks 214. Before her are Eli Roth (1972), Mitchell Leisen (1898), Bob Gale (1951), Catherine Hardwicke (1955), Jack Bender (1949), and Godfrey Reggio (1940). After her are Steven Zaillian (1953), Chad Stahelski (1968), Tay Garnett (1894), Stephen Gyllenhaal (1949), John Lee Hancock (1956), and Ralph Nelson (1916).

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