FILM DIRECTOR

Chris Menges

1940 - Today

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Chris Menges BSC, ASC (born 15 September 1940) is a British cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Chris Menges is the 1,395th most popular film director (down from 566th in 2024), the 4,974th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,083rd in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Chris Menges ranks 1,394 out of 2,041. Before him are Joe Roth, Juan José Campanella, Janusz Majewski, Jerzy Antczak, and Flora Gomes. After him are Bennett Miller, Lev Arnshtam, Michael Winterbottom, Noémie Lvovsky, Naomi Kawase, Takashi Shimizu, and Goutam Ghose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Chris Menges ranks 518. Before him are Stanislav Stepashkin, Brigitte Kronauer, Jeroen Brouwers, Luis Ubiña, Rinnat Safin, and Elwyn Berlekamp. After him are Bruno Nicolè, Ernesto Cisneros, Juliet Mitchell, Yamini Krishnamurthy, Tom Brokaw, and Arati Saha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Menges ranks 4,972 out of 8,785. Before him are Andy Mackay (1946), Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), and Augustus John (1878). After him are Chris Bonington (1934), Calum Scott (1988), Mark Ronson (1975), John Gardner (1926), Meave Leakey (1942), Darren Shahlavi (1972), Benjamin Wilson (1721), Michael Winterbottom (1961), and Anthony Shaffer (1926).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Chris Menges ranks 104. Before him are Michael Caton-Jones (1957), Paul McGuigan (1963), Simon West (1961), Irving Rapper (1898), Douglas Slocombe (1913), and Peter Hall (1930). After him are Michael Winterbottom (1961), Jonathan Lynn (1943), Bryan Forbes (1926), Mike Hodges (1932), Terence Davies (1945), and A. Edward Sutherland (1895).

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