FILM DIRECTOR

Ward Kimball

1914 - 2002

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Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914 – July 8, 2002) was an American animator employed by Walt Disney Animation Studios. He was part of Walt Disney's main team of animators, known collectively as Disney's Nine Old Men. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ward Kimball has received more than 416,332 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ward Kimball is the 1,504th most popular film director (down from 1,360th in 2019), the 10,639th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,780th in 2019) and the 414th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ward Kimball ranks 1,504 out of 2,041. Before him are Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Schamoni, Scott Hicks, Al Parker, Shirley Clarke, and Johan Renck. After him are Peter Glenville, Noriyuki Abe, F. Gary Gray, Felix Sobolev, Ted Demme, and Adrian Biddle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Ward Kimball ranks 378. Before him are Renzo Nostini, Akhtar Hameed Khan, Grete Mostny, John James, Max Stiepl, and Fred Clark. After him are Hans Theilig, Edward Andrews, Zdeněk Škrland, Robert Herman, Jack Medica, and Lillian Randolph. Among people deceased in 2002, Ward Kimball ranks 315. Before him are Aglaja Veteranyi, Davey Boy Smith, W. T. Tutte, John James, Vladimir Romashkin, and Charles Sheffield. After him are Ted Demme, Sam Snead, George Alec Effinger, Satish Dhawan, Tadeusz Rut, and Pratima Barua Pandey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ward Kimball ranks 10,639 out of 20,380. Before him are Scott Asheton (1949), Erik King (1963), Rachel Corrie (1979), Evan Williams (1972), Lesley Ashburner (1883), and Stephen Vincent Benét (1898). After him are Xavier Becerra (1958), Jason Earles (1977), Donny Osmond (1957), Lester Bangs (1948), Francis X. Bushman (1883), and Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1906).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Ward Kimball ranks 414. Before him are Oscar Apfel (1878), Eytan Fox (1964), Tom Shadyac (1958), Barrie M. Osborne (1944), Al Parker (1952), and Shirley Clarke (1919). After him are F. Gary Gray (1969), Ted Demme (1963), Ron Underwood (1953), Norman Z. McLeod (1898), John McNaughton (1950), and Kevin Williamson (1965).

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