FILM DIRECTOR

Gerard Damiano

1928 - 2008

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Gerardo Rocco "Gerard" Damiano (August 4, 1928 – October 25, 2008) was an American director of adult films. Damiano wrote and directed the 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat, which starred Linda Lovelace. He also directed The Devil in Miss Jones, which ranked No. 7 in Variety's list of the top-grossing pictures of 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard Damiano is the 520th most popular film director (down from 388th in 2019), the 3,832nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,470th in 2019) and the 139th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Gerard Damiano ranks 520 out of 2,041. Before him are Don Bluth, Louis Feuillade, Michel Gondry, Mika Kaurismäki, Grigori Aleksandrov, and Fernando Solanas. After him are Nicolas Roeg, Mikhail Romm, Claude Goretta, Sergio Sollima, John Milius, and Claude Autant-Lara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gerard Damiano ranks 213. Before him are William Peter Blatty, Sisavath Keobounphanh, Jack Kevorkian, Willy Mairesse, Luigi Colani, and Cy Twombly. After him are Nicolas Roeg, Anatoly Filipchenko, Édouard Glissant, Jimmy Jones, Hans Herrmann, and Maynard Ferguson. Among people deceased in 2008, Gerard Damiano ranks 132. Before him are Marie Smith Jones, Jürgen Ehlers, Joan Segarra, Charles Tilly, David Ausubel, and Mitch Mitchell. After him are Donald E. Westlake, Mieczysław Rakowski, Christodoulos of Athens, Vice Vukov, Guillaume Depardieu, and Tommy Lapid.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gerard Damiano ranks 3,832 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Janov (1924), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Cy Twombly (1928), Johnny Kitagawa (1931), Captain Beefheart (1941), and Carl Brashear (1931). After him are Dee Wallace (1948), Kenny Loggins (1948), Peter Strauss (1947), Dolley Madison (1768), Lee Konitz (1927), and Meg Foster (1948).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Gerard Damiano ranks 139. Before him are Richard Lester (1932), Nick Castle (1947), J. J. Abrams (1966), Clarence Brown (1890), Richard Thorpe (1896), and Don Bluth (1937). After him are John Milius (1944), Taylor Hackford (1944), Philip Kaufman (1936), Delmer Daves (1904), Gene Deitch (1924), and Martin Brest (1951).

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