FILM DIRECTOR

Dudley Nichols

1895 - 1960

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Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dudley Nichols is the 1,356th most popular film director (down from 1,274th in 2019), the 9,815th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,553rd in 2019) and the 367th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dudley Nichols ranks 1,356 out of 2,041. Before him are Alfred Braun, Chris Buck, Lewis Teague, Charles Reisner, Javier Aguirresarobe, and Dennis Gansel. After him are Alex van Warmerdam, Stanley Tong, Irving Rapper, Douglas Slocombe, Paweł Edelman, and Adam McKay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Dudley Nichols ranks 282. Before him are Lancelot Hogben, Ove Arup, Antoni Słonimski, Malcolm Sargent, Yakima Canutt, and Anita Stewart. After him are Evripidis Bakirtzis, Cliff Edwards, Aileen Pringle, Mikuláš Galanda, Zoltan Korda, and Alice Lake. Among people deceased in 1960, Dudley Nichols ranks 211. Before him are Arthur Legat, Horace Bailey, Aneurin Bevan, Harry Blanchard, J. H. C. Whitehead, and Christopher Hornsrud. After him are Nils Widforss, John Rupert Firth, Otto Nilsson, Liesl Karlstadt, Karl Gustafsson, and Erik Lindahl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dudley Nichols ranks 9,817 out of 20,380. Before him are Randy Matson (1945), Phillip Griffiths (1938), Willie Davenport (1943), Denton Cooley (1920), Elda Emma Anderson (1899), and Wallace Langham (1965). After him are Billy Beane (1962), Brad Gilbert (1961), Mary Boland (1882), John Keel (1930), George Russell (1923), and Edward Van Sloan (1882).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Dudley Nichols ranks 367. Before him are Marc Webb (1974), Kurt Wimmer (1964), Noah Baumbach (1969), Chris Buck (1958), Lewis Teague (1938), and Charles Reisner (1887). After him are Adam McKay (1968), Clifford Odets (1906), Owen Roizman (1936), Laura Poitras (1964), Richard Rush (1929), and Joe Roth (1948).

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