1896 - 1957
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, William Cameron Menzies ranks 710 out of 1,581. Before 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.
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 704
1890 - 1969
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 705
1928 - 2012
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 706
1936 - 2016
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 707
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 708
1876 - 1961
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 709
1896 - 1957
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 710
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 711
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 712
1879 - 1959
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 713
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 714
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 715
1906 - 1985
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 716
Among people born in 1896, William Cameron Menzies ranks 142. Before 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 128. Before 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.
1896 - 1952
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 136
1896 - 1980
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 137
1896 - 1951
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 138
1896 - 1989
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 139
1896 - 1963
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 140
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 141
1896 - 1957
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 142
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 143
1896 - 1973
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 144
1896 - 1976
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 145
1896 - 1971
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 146
1896 - 1981
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 147
1896 - 1974
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 148
1884 - 1957
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 122
1890 - 1957
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 123
1898 - 1957
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 124
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 125
1887 - 1957
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 126
1870 - 1957
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 127
1896 - 1957
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 128
1879 - 1957
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 129
1868 - 1957
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 130
1894 - 1957
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 131
1865 - 1957
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 132
1883 - 1957
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 133
1884 - 1957
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 134
Among people born in United States, William Cameron Menzies ranks 4,567 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 4,561
1887 - 1972
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 4,562
1923 - 2018
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 4,563
1931 - Present
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 4,564
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 4,565
1928 - 2022
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 4,566
1896 - 1957
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 4,567
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 4,568
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 4,569
1989 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 4,570
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 4,571
1916 - 2001
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 4,572
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 4,573
Among film directors born in United States, William Cameron Menzies ranks 177. Before 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).
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 171
1874 - 1948
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 172
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 173
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 174
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 175
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 176
1896 - 1957
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 177
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 178
1889 - 1968
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 179
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 180
1943 - 1993
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 181
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 182
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 183