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Darryl F. Zanuck

1902 - 1979

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Darryl Francis Zanuck (; September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. Best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox, he played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors (the length of his career was rivaled only by that of Adolph Zukor). Zanuck produced three films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture and won the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award three times, the only person to receive more than one. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Darryl F. Zanuck is the 22nd most popular producer, the 2,734th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,416th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Darryl F. Zanuck ranks 22 out of 140. Before him are Joel Silver, Gene Roddenberry, Samuel Goldwyn, Aaron Spelling, Raymond Chow, and Branko Lustig. After him are Albert R. Broccoli, William Fox, Irving Thalberg, Aurelio De Laurentiis, John de Mol Jr., and Claude Berri.

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Among people born in 1902, Darryl F. Zanuck ranks 92. Before him are George Gaylord Simpson, Wifredo Lam, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Lyubov Orlova, Josef Krips, and Giuseppe Pella. After him are Nicolás Guillén, Jean Rey, Bruno Streckenbach, Samuel Goudsmit, Hans Bellmer, and Elsa Lanchester. Among people deceased in 1979, Darryl F. Zanuck ranks 73. Before him are Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Friedrich Ebert Jr., Dhyan Chand, Charles Mingus, Stein Rokkan, and Elizabeth Bishop. After him are Victoria Ocampo, Henrich Focke, Carlo Abarth, Joseph Kessel, Dirk Stikker, and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Darryl F. Zanuck ranks 2,734 out of 20,380. Before him are Jessica Alba (1981), Bill Conti (1942), Eugene Meyer (1875), Leroy Anderson (1908), Wallace Shawn (1943), and Barbara Eden (1931). After him are Mitch McConnell (1942), Bo Diddley (1928), John Sullivan (1740), R. Kelly (1967), Donald Glover (1983), and Nancy Kassebaum (1932).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Darryl F. Zanuck ranks 12. Before him are Jerry Bruckheimer (1943), Phil Spector (1939), David O. Selznick (1902), Joel Silver (1952), Gene Roddenberry (1921), and Aaron Spelling (1923). After him are Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Irving Thalberg (1899), Don Simpson (1943), Dick Wolf (1946), Marc Platt (1957), and Fred Quimby (1886).

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