FILM DIRECTOR

Bert I. Gordon

1922 - 2023

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Bert Ira Gordon (September 24, 1922 – March 8, 2023) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and visual effects artist. He is best known for screenwriting and producing and/or directing science fiction and horror B-movies such as King Dinosaur (1955), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Village of the Giants (1965), The Food of the Gods (1976), and Empire of the Ants (1977). Most of Gordon's work is in the idiom of giant monster films, for which he used rear-projection to create the special effects. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Bert I. Gordon is the 1,538th most popular film director (up from 1,580th in 2024), the 11,362nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,445th in 2019) and the 427th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bert I. Gordon ranks 1,538 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Eyre, Tom Mankiewicz, Vincenzo Natali, Kevin Williamson, Steven Lisberger, and Alexandre Aja. After him are Nikolaj Arcel, Oscar Apfel, Tatsuya Egawa, Raja Gosnell, Nikolay Akimov, and H. Bruce Humberstone.

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Among people born in 1922, Bert I. Gordon ranks 418. Before him are John Anderson, Paul Winchell, Kai Winding, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, George R. Price, and Turhan Bey. After him are Patricia Canning Todd, Les Baxter, Jose W. Diokno, Jesús Iglesias, Ivor Broadis, and Joan Copeland. Among people deceased in 2023, Bert I. Gordon ranks 510. Before him are Basil van Rooyen, Sylvia Syms, Vahidin Musemić, Peter-Michael Kolbe, Richard Moll, and Helena Pilejczyk. After him are Dimitrie Popescu, Carole Cook, Nigel Lawson, Shiro Hashizume, Agneta Andersson, and Ron Cephas Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bert I. Gordon ranks 11,364 out of 20,380. Before him are Juliet Landau (1965), George Henry Thomas (1816), Katie Cassidy (1986), Barbara Jordan (1936), Jay Hernandez (1978), and Katherine Moennig (1977). After him are Horatio Seymour (1810), Thomas Starzl (1926), Walt Hansgen (1919), Patricia Canning Todd (1922), Bill Smith (1924), and Harold J. Stone (1913).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Bert I. Gordon ranks 427. Before him are Eytan Fox (1964), Gene Saks (1921), Tom Mankiewicz (1942), Vincenzo Natali (1969), Kevin Williamson (1965), and Steven Lisberger (1951). After him are Oscar Apfel (1878), Raja Gosnell (1958), H. Bruce Humberstone (1901), Kenneth Lonergan (1962), Jonathan Mostow (1961), and Darren Star (1961).

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