FILM DIRECTOR

Buddy Van Horn

1928 - 2021

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Wayne "Buddy" Van Horn (August 20, 1928 – May 11, 2021) was an American stunt coordinator and film director. He directed the Clint Eastwood films Any Which Way You Can (1980), The Dead Pool (1988), and Pink Cadillac (1989). A long-time stunt double for Eastwood, he was credited as the stunt coordinator on Eastwood's films from 1972 to 2011, and as second unit director on Magnum Force (1973) and The Rookie (1990). He was sometimes credited as Wayne Van Horn in the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Buddy Van Horn is the 1,206th most popular film director (up from 1,296th in 2019), the 8,603rd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,730th in 2019) and the 317th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Buddy Van Horn ranks 1,206 out of 2,041. Before him are Rafael Azcona, Fernando Birri, Basil Dearden, Freddie Francis, Nelly Kaplan, and Lee Tamahori. After him are John Grierson, Jaume Collet-Serra, Busby Berkeley, Colin Higgins, Luciano Emmer, and Sergey Urusevsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Buddy Van Horn ranks 463. Before him are Bano Qudsia, Martin Turnovský, Frigyes Hidas, Joseph Vissers, Mangosuthu Buthelezi, and Ennio de Giorgi. After him are Sivaji Ganesan, Lucyna Winnicka, Judith Krantz, Bernard Baudoux, Antonio Ozores, and Marcos Calderón. Among people deceased in 2021, Buddy Van Horn ranks 490. Before him are Kurt Biedenkopf, Murray Walker, Martin Turnovský, Yevgeniy Chazov, Pyotr Mamonov, and Robert Bly. After him are Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Gerry Ashmore, Lubomir Kavalek, Peter Del Monte, Shankha Ghosh, and Evgeny Sveshnikov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buddy Van Horn ranks 8,605 out of 20,380. Before him are DeWitt Clinton (1769), Paul Dano (1984), Chris Sununu (1974), Melissa Joan Hart (1976), Maxine Singer (1931), and Robert Bly (1926). After him are Bill Frisell (1951), Harold Agnew (1921), George Voinovich (1936), William Yorzyk (1933), Havoc (1974), and Hubert Sumlin (1931).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Buddy Van Horn ranks 317. Before him are Carl Foreman (1914), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Alan Ball (1957), Trey Parker (1969), Joe Ranft (1960), and Byron Haskin (1899). After him are Busby Berkeley (1895), Archie Mayo (1891), Tay Garnett (1894), Daniel Mann (1912), Travis Knight (1973), and Richard Kelly (1975).

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