FILM DIRECTOR

Jack Arnold

1916 - 1992

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Jack Arnold (born John Arnold Waks, October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992) was an American film and television director, considered one of the leading filmmakers of 1950s science fiction films. His most notable films are It Came from Outer Space (1953), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Tarantula (1955), and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Arnold is the 746th most popular film director (down from 723rd in 2019), the 5,427th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,582nd in 2019) and the 195th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jack Arnold ranks 746 out of 2,041. Before him are Mario Salieri, Pierre Schoendoerffer, Tran Anh Hung, Ivan Passer, Elmar Klos, and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. After him are Peter Stein, Phillip Noyce, Clyde Geronimi, Chris Carter, Matthew Vaughn, and Vojtěch Jasný.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Jack Arnold ranks 154. Before him are Julian Rotter, Adriana Caselotti, Werner Bischof, Penelope Fitzgerald, José López Rega, and Giuseppe Taddei. After him are Tatevik Sazandaryan, Anthony Dawson, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Pruden, Carlo Rustichelli, and Chiang Fang-liang. Among people deceased in 1992, Jack Arnold ranks 151. Before him are Richard Yates, Todd Armstrong, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Viktor Grishin, Sándor Veress, and Hal Roach. After him are Anthony Dawson, Irakli Abashidze, Claude Aveline, Marsha P. Johnson, Wilfried Dietrich, and David Miller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Arnold ranks 5,427 out of 20,380. Before him are Chelsea Field (1957), Cotton Mather (1663), Charles Jewtraw (1900), Anna Faris (1976), James Longstreet (1821), and Gloria Foster (1933). After him are Jim Walton (1948), Maurice Cheeks (1956), Maude Adams (1872), Swoosie Kurtz (1944), Ishi (1860), and Douglas Preston (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jack Arnold ranks 195. Before him are Alexander Payne (1961), Mike Flanagan (1978), Hal Roach (1892), W. S. Van Dyke (1889), Bryan Singer (1965), and Gavin O'Connor (1963). After him are Chris Carter (1956), Henry Selick (1952), Budd Boetticher (1916), Friz Freleng (1906), Timothy Treadwell (1957), and Joshua Logan (1908).

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