FILM DIRECTOR

Frank Lloyd

1886 - 1960

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Frank William George Lloyd (2 February 1886 – 10 August 1960) was a Scottish-American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its president from 1934 to 1935. He is Scotland's first Academy Award winner and is unique in film history, having received three Oscar nominations in 1929 for his work on a silent film (The Divine Lady), a part-talkie (Weary River) and a full talkie (Drag). He won for The Divine Lady. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Lloyd is the 212th most popular film director (up from 260th in 2019), the 1,093rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,060th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Frank Lloyd ranks 212 out of 2,041. Before him are Francesco Rosi, Tony Richardson, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Garry Marshall, Chris Columbus, and Agnieszka Holland. After him are Robert Aldrich, Miklós Jancsó, Mahesh Bhatt, Alfonso Cuarón, Liliana Cavani, and Mike Newell.

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Among people born in 1886, Frank Lloyd ranks 49. Before him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Vittorio Pozzo, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Alain-Fournier, Franz Rosenzweig, and Garegin Nzhdeh. After him are Rex Stout, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Edward C. Tolman, Gottfried Benn, Willem Drees, and Erich Fellgiebel. Among people deceased in 1960, Frank Lloyd ranks 37. Before him are Said Nursî, Friedrich Adler, Soghomon Tehlirian, Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, John B. Kelly Sr., and I. I. Chundrigar. After him are Ida Rubinstein, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Hugo Alfvén, Victor Klemperer, Otoya Yamaguchi, and Ethel Voynich.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Lloyd ranks 1,093 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Banks (1743), Jacqueline du Pré (1945), Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Sarah, Duchess of York (1959), Karl Jenkins (1944), and Rosamunde Pilcher (1924). After him are Tom Hardy (1977), Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764), William Adelin (1103), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Eddie Clarke (1950), and Alexander II of Scotland (1198).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Frank Lloyd ranks 15. Before him are David Lean (1908), Peter Greenaway (1942), Michael Powell (1905), Danny Boyle (1956), Stephen Frears (1941), and Tony Richardson (1928). After him are Mike Newell (1942), Guy Ritchie (1968), John Schlesinger (1926), David Hamilton (1933), Adrian Lyne (1941), and Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967).

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