FILM DIRECTOR

Carol Reed

1906 - 1976

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Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968), for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director. Odd Man Out was the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. The Fallen Idol won the second BAFTA Award for Best British Film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carol Reed is the 384th most popular film director (down from 217th in 2019), the 1,735th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 932nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Carol Reed ranks 384 out of 2,041. Before him are Marcel Camus, Jacques Doillon, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, James Wong, Gustaf Gründgens, and Ray Harryhausen. After him are Henry King, John McTiernan, Ladislas Starevich, Valerio Zurlini, Jim Abrahams, and Ken Russell.

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Among people born in 1906, Carol Reed ranks 107. Before him are George Sanders, Humberto Delgado, Heinrich Schwarz, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Pierre Fournier, and Chandra Shekhar Azad. After him are Phạm Văn Đồng, Missak Manouchian, Rezső Kasztner, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, and Gabriel Ramanantsoa. Among people deceased in 1976, Carol Reed ranks 75. Before him are Abdul Razak Hussein, Alexandros Panagoulis, Géza Anda, Hans Richter, Kálmán Kalocsay, and Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza. After him are Willi Hennig, Paul Morand, Karl Schäfer, David Jacobs, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Zhang Wentian.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Carol Reed ranks 1,735 out of 8,785. Before him are James Murray (1837), Paul Radmilovic (1886), Jimmy Greaves (1940), John Marshall (1748), George Mary Searle (1839), and Blanche of Lancaster (1345). After him are Ben Cross (1947), Greg Lake (1947), Henry Sidgwick (1838), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Dave Hill (1946), and Sandford Fleming (1827).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Carol Reed ranks 24. Before him are John Schlesinger (1926), David Hamilton (1933), Adrian Lyne (1941), Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), Steve McQueen (1969), and George Albert Smith (1864). After him are Ken Russell (1927), Robert Stevenson (1905), Anthony Minghella (1954), Tom Hooper (1972), Roland Joffé (1945), and John Guillermin (1925).

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