FILM DIRECTOR

Alan Crosland

1894 - 1936

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Frederick Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first feature film using spoken dialogue, The Jazz Singer (1927) and the first feature movie with sychronization soundtrack, Don Juan (1926). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Crosland is the 1,307th most popular film director (down from 1,101st in 2019), the 9,391st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,139th in 2019) and the 349th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alan Crosland ranks 1,307 out of 2,041. Before him are Eric Kripke, Julie Taymor, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Iosif Kheifits, Steve Miner, and Roger Allers. After him are Bertrand Bonello, Wally Pfister, Guru Dutt, Aleksandr Zarkhi, Douglas Trumbull, and Ismail Merchant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Alan Crosland ranks 234. Before him are Arthur Freed, Oliver Leese, Peter Warlock, Robert Benson, Belle Moore, and Curt Backeberg. After him are Francisco Pagazaurtundúa, Arthur Fadden, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Roger Vercel, August Dvorak, and Kazimierz Wierzyński. Among people deceased in 1936, Alan Crosland ranks 181. Before him are Teresa de la Parra, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Jean Jacoby, Eugène Dabit, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, and Gunnar Höjer. After him are J. Slauerhoff, Ivan Fomin, Hermanus Brockmann, Alice Davenport, Louis-Gustave Binger, and John McKenna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Crosland ranks 9,393 out of 20,380. Before him are Fred Tootell (1902), Robert Warwick (1878), James Haven (1973), Charles W. Juels (1944), Lisa De Leeuw (1958), and Brooke Burke (1971). After him are Kesha (1987), Verna Felton (1890), Charles Bassett (1931), Pua Kealoha (1902), Dustin Moskovitz (1984), and Marguerite Clark (1883).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Alan Crosland ranks 349. Before him are Gregg Araki (1959), George Abbott (1887), Eric Kripke (1974), Julie Taymor (1952), Steve Miner (1951), and Roger Allers (1949). After him are Wally Pfister (1961), Douglas Trumbull (1942), David Koepp (1963), Nunnally Johnson (1897), Haskell Wexler (1922), and Wesley Ruggles (1889).

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