FILM DIRECTOR

Busby Berkeley

1895 - 1976

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Berkeley William Enos, (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Busby Berkeley is the 1,209th most popular film director (down from 1,206th in 2019), the 8,635th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,950th in 2019) and the 318th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Busby Berkeley ranks 1,209 out of 2,041. Before him are Freddie Francis, Nelly Kaplan, Lee Tamahori, Buddy Van Horn, John Grierson, and Jaume Collet-Serra. After him are Colin Higgins, Luciano Emmer, Sergey Urusevsky, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Jonas Åkerlund, and Bruno Barreto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Busby Berkeley ranks 262. Before him are José Bergamín, Lorenz Hart, Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Alfredo Zibechi, Käthe Leichter, and Károly Fogl. After him are Shemp Howard, Albert White, Adrienne Bolland, Doris Humphrey, Sándor Gombos, and Jan Parandowski. Among people deceased in 1976, Busby Berkeley ranks 223. Before him are Humberto Elgueta, María Corda, Edgar Moon, Margaret Leighton, Alfredo Porzio, and Hisakichi Toyoda. After him are Camilo Ponce Enríquez, Muhammad Sakizli, Lawrence Shields, Samuel Eliot Morison, Ivan Borkovský, and Alexandru Cuedan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Busby Berkeley ranks 8,637 out of 20,380. Before him are Dorothy Allison (1949), Anthony Denison (1949), Bill Carr (1909), Kirsten Vangsness (1972), Sam Lloyd (1963), and Tom Hayden (1939). After him are Israel Putnam (1718), Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Jenna Fischer (1974), Natalie Coughlin (1982), and Outram Bangs (1863).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Busby Berkeley ranks 318. Before him are Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Alan Ball (1957), Trey Parker (1969), Joe Ranft (1960), Byron Haskin (1899), and Buddy Van Horn (1928). After him are Archie Mayo (1891), Tay Garnett (1894), Daniel Mann (1912), Travis Knight (1973), Richard Kelly (1975), and Peter Del Monte (1943).

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