FILM DIRECTOR

Elmer Clifton

1890 - 1949

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Elmer Clifton Forsyth (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American director, screenwriter, and actor from the early silent days. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elmer Clifton is the 1,415th most popular film director (up from 1,531st in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Canada (up from 644th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Elmer Clifton ranks 1,415 out of 2,041. Before him are Edvin Laine, Norman Z. McLeod, Tom Shadyac, Kwak Jae-yong, Hugh Wilson, and Jonathan Lynn. After him are Vasily Goncharov, Robert Lepage, Oleg Sentsov, François Dupeyron, Lucrecia Martel, and William Desmond Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Elmer Clifton ranks 240. Before him are Edgar Kennedy, Marc Connelly, Aimee Semple McPherson, Hatı Çırpan, Willie Applegarth, and Caesar ten Cate. After him are August Alle, Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, Lydia Zvereva, Frank Forde, Per Nilsson, and Arvid Spångberg. Among people deceased in 1949, Elmer Clifton ranks 177. Before him are John Neville Keynes, Gregory Mathews, Clarence Kingsbury, Frank Fetter, Sidney Olcott, and Leon Schlesinger. After him are Herbert Stothart, Philip Herbert Cowell, William Nicholson, Flora Drummond, James Truslow Adams, and Frank Murphy.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Elmer Clifton ranks 608 out of 1,622. Before him are Pablo Schreiber (1978), Paul Churchland (1942), Nicole Appleton (1974), Paul Corkum (1943), Roy Dupuis (1963), and Scotty Bowman (1933). After him are Yvonne Brill (1924), Tom Thomson (1877), Robert Lepage (1957), William Hope (1955), Farley Mowat (1921), and Mike Bossy (1957).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Elmer Clifton ranks 21. Before him are Mary Harron (1953), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Richard Williams (1933), David Furnish (1962), Michel Brault (1928), and Sidney Olcott (1872). After him are Robert Lepage (1957), Brad Wright (1961), Jason Reitman (1977), Guy Maddin (1956), Dean DeBlois (1970), and Roger Avary (1965).

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