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FILM DIRECTOR

William Cameron Menzies

1896 - 1957

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William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 – March 5, 1957) was an American film production designer (a job title he invented) and art director as well as a film director and producer during a career spanning five decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Cameron Menzies has received more than 177,537 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Cameron Menzies is the 710th most popular film director (up from 951st in 2019), the 4,567th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,365th in 2019) and the 177th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, William Cameron Menzies ranks 710 out of 1,581Before him are Tsai Ming-liang, Henri Decoin, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Jan Němec, Richard Linklater, and Maurice Tourneur. After him are Raoul Peck, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Benjamin Christensen, Matt Reeves, Baz Luhrmann, and Sergei Gerasimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, William Cameron Menzies ranks 142Before him are Josephine Tey, Alberto Demicheli, Peter Cheyney, Prince Wolfgang of Hesse, Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven, and Nobuko Yoshiya. After him are Friedrich Sämisch, Rafael Franco, Marguerite Laugier, Lester Germer, Philippe Étancelin, and Manuel A. Odría. Among people deceased in 1957, William Cameron Menzies ranks 128Before him are Harrison Ford, Elia Abu Madi, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Othmar Schoeck, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Elizabeth Hesselblad. After him are Grace Coolidge, John Sealy Townsend, Norma Talmadge, Arie de Jong, Luigi Ganna, and Alice Milliat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Cameron Menzies ranks 4,567 out of 18,182Before him are Kent Nagano (1951), Marianne Moore (1887), James Karen (1923), Willie Mays (1931), Julie Benz (1972), and Estelle Harris (1928). After him are Michael Paré (1958), Adam Riess (1969), Isaiah Thomas (1989), Eric Dane (1972), Dorothy McGuire (1916), and Shonda Rhimes (1970).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, William Cameron Menzies ranks 177Before him are Henry Selick (1952), Fred Niblo (1874), John Stagliano (1951), James Mangold (1963), David O. Russell (1958), and Richard Linklater (1960). After him are Matt Reeves (1966), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Billy Hayes (1947), Emile Ardolino (1943), Godfrey Reggio (1940), and David Chase (1945).

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