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Jack Clayton

1921 - 1995

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Jack Isaac Clayton (1 March 1921 – 26 February 1995) was an English film director and producer, known for his skill directing literary adaptations. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for his feature-length debut, Room at the Top (1959), and three of his films were nominated for the Palme d'Or. Starting out as a teenage studio "tea boy" in 1935, Clayton worked his way up through British film industry in a career that spanned nearly sixty years. He rapidly rose through a series of increasingly important roles in British film production, before shooting to international prominence as a director with his Oscar-winning feature film debut, the drama Room at the Top (1959). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Clayton is the 817th most popular film director (up from 871st in 2019), the 3,160th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,000th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jack Clayton ranks 817 out of 2,041. Before him are Paul Morrissey, Richard Marquand, Jack Cardiff, Želimir Žilnik, Todd Phillips, and Michael Verhoeven. After him are Herbert Brenon, Johan Renck, Goran Paskaljević, Gérard Pirès, Mohammad Rasoulof, and Harun Farocki.

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Among people born in 1921, Jack Clayton ranks 249. Before him are Saul Zaentz, Giuseppe Delfino, Frédéric Dard, Judy Holliday, Hossein Wahid Khorasani, and Maria Gorokhovskaya. After him are Kurt Adolff, Adolf Wiklund, Edvard Mirzoyan, Cuthbert Sebastian, Alfréd Rényi, and Jacques Lecoq. Among people deceased in 1995, Jack Clayton ranks 181. Before him are Albrecht Unsöld, Julián Berrendero, Carlo Ceresoli, Esmat Dowlatshahi, Doug McClure, and Rick Aviles. After him are Olga Taussky-Todd, Agustín Gaínza, Frank Silva, Vladislav Listyev, Joe Slovo, and Anatoly Tarasov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Clayton ranks 3,161 out of 8,785. Before him are William Burnside (1852), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Freddie Highmore (1992), John Sims (1749), Sam Claflin (1986), and Anthony Carlisle (1768). After him are Al Atkins (1947), Nicky Hopkins (1944), Jean Pickering (1929), Blanche of England (1392), Alexander Neckam (1157), and Johnny Haynes (1934).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Jack Clayton ranks 65. Before him are Gareth Edwards (1975), Laura Mulvey (1941), Edmund Goulding (1891), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Richard Marquand (1937), and Jack Cardiff (1914). After him are Stephen Daldry (1960), Mick Jackson (1943), Ronald Neame (1911), Andrea Arnold (1961), Joe Wright (1972), and Charles Crichton (1910).

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