FILM DIRECTOR

Herbert Brenon

1880 - 1958

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Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through 1940. Brenon was among the early filmmakers who, before the rise of corporate film production, was a genuine "auteur", controlling virtually all creative and technical components in crafting his pictures. The quality of Brenon's artistic output rivaled that of film pioneer D. W. Griffith. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Brenon is the 818th most popular film director (down from 779th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 157th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Herbert Brenon ranks 818 out of 2,041. Before him are Richard Marquand, Jack Cardiff, Želimir Žilnik, Todd Phillips, Michael Verhoeven, and Jack Clayton. After him are Johan Renck, Goran Paskaljević, Gérard Pirès, Mohammad Rasoulof, Harun Farocki, and Stephen Daldry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Herbert Brenon ranks 144. Before him are Konrad von Preysing, Richard Oswald, Seán O'Casey, Eugen Slutsky, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, and B. C. Forbes. After him are Wally Kinnear, Oswald Veblen, Louis Hémon, Parashqevi Qiriazi, Joseph Grew, and Alexander Bogomazov. Among people deceased in 1958, Herbert Brenon ranks 116. Before him are Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Artur Rodziński, Marcel Cachin, Bart van der Leck, Haykanoush Danielyan, and Ferdinand Bruckner. After him are Gustaf Söderström, Armas Järnefelt, Richard Goldschmidt, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Henryk Arctowski, and Billy Meredith.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Herbert Brenon ranks 182 out of 549. Before him are Enda Kenny (1951), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), Edna O'Brien (1930), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Yvonne Farrell (1951), and John de Robeck (1862). After him are Jack Gleeson (1992), Alan Cunningham (1887), Finn Bálor (1981), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), and Violet Gibson (1876).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ireland

Among film directors born in Ireland, Herbert Brenon ranks 3. Before him are Neil Jordan (1950), and Jim Sheridan (1949). After him are Steve Barron (1956), Rex Ingram (1892), William Desmond Taylor (1872), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), and John Moore (1970).

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