The Most Famous
WRITERS from French Polynesia
This page contains a list of the greatest Oceania Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 1 of which were born in French Polynesia. This makes French Polynesia the birth place of the 146th most number of Writers behind New Caledonia, and Suriname.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Oceania Writers of all time. This list of famous Oceania Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Conrad Hall (1926 - 2003)
With an HPI of 54.07, Conrad Hall is the most famous Oceania Writer. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was a French Polynesian-born American cinematographer. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he became widely prominent as a cinematographer earning numerous accolades including three Academy Awards (with ten nominations), three BAFTA Awards and five American Society of Cinematographers Awards. Hall won three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), American Beauty (1999), and Road to Perdition (2002). He was also Oscar-nominated for Morituri (1965), The Professionals (1966), In Cold Blood (1967), The Day of the Locust (1975), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), and A Civil Action (1998). He is also known for Cool Hand Luke (1967), Fat City (1972), and Marathon Man (1976). In 2003, Hall was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. He has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Oceania writers born between 1926 and 1926. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Oceania writers include Conrad Hall.
