FILM DIRECTOR

Allan Dwan

1885 - 1981

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Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian and American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Allan Dwan is the 756th most popular film director (down from 749th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Canada (down from 242nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Allan Dwan ranks 756 out of 2,041. Before him are Chris Carter, Matthew Vaughn, Vojtěch Jasný, Norman McLaren, Jean-Pierre Mocky, and František Vláčil. After him are Sergio Martino, Paul Greengrass, Bruno Mattei, Dadasaheb Phalke, Gareth Edwards, and Pupi Avati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Allan Dwan ranks 146. Before him are John Curtin, Paul Leni, Egon Wellesz, Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Boris Vilkitsky, and Arturo Rawson. After him are Ruben Sevak, Abdurauf Fitrat, Roger de La Fresnaye, Hedda Hopper, Henry Taylor, and Alice Paul. Among people deceased in 1981, Allan Dwan ranks 144. Before him are Philippe Étancelin, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, Robert Montgomery, Terry Fox, Gerhard Marcks, and Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth. After him are Arthur O'Connell, Ivan Galamian, Evsei Liberman, Rosa Ponselle, Rudolf Krčil, and Francis Hunter.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Allan Dwan ranks 284 out of 1,622. Before him are John Abbott (1821), Oliver Platt (1960), Diana Krall (1964), Sandra Oh (1971), Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936), and David Baszucki (1963). After him are Emily Carr (1871), Alan Thicke (1947), George Lawrence Price (1892), Alissa White-Gluz (1985), Elias Koteas (1961), and John Diefenbaker (1895).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Allan Dwan ranks 13. Before him are Edward Dmytryk (1908), Norman Jewison (1926), Denys Arcand (1941), Arthur Hiller (1923), Paul Haggis (1953), and Roger Spottiswoode (1945). After him are Shawn Levy (1968), Mary Harron (1953), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Richard Williams (1933), David Furnish (1962), and Michel Brault (1928).

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