FILM DIRECTOR

Jack L. Warner

1892 - 1978

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Jack Leonard Warner (born Jacob Warner; August 2, 1892 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian-born American film executive, who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. Warner's career spanned over 55 years, surpassing that of any other of the pioneering Hollywood studio moguls. As co-head of production at Warner Bros. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack L. Warner is the 56th most popular film director (up from 317th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Canada (up from 95th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jack L. Warner ranks 56 out of 2,041. Before him are George Miller, Oliver Stone, Theo Angelopoulos, Roger Vadim, Takeshi Kitano, and Yasujirō Ozu. After him are Stephen Hillenburg, Paul Verhoeven, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Brian De Palma, Michael Haneke, and Abbas Kiarostami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Jack L. Warner ranks 25. Before him are Arthur Honegger, Theodor Eicke, Ferdinand Schörner, Engelbert Dollfuss, Oliver Hardy, and George Paget Thomson. After him are Mátyás Rákosi, William P. Murphy, Stefan Banach, Gregor Strasser, Erwin Panofsky, and Darius Milhaud. Among people deceased in 1978, Jack L. Warner ranks 17. Before him are Giorgio de Chirico, Robert Shaw, Harry Martinson, Ramón Mercader, Adolf Dassler, and Vincent du Vigneaud. After him are Anastas Mikoyan, Ricardo Zamora, Umberto Nobile, Margaret Mead, John Cazale, and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jack L. Warner ranks 18 out of 1,622. Before him are William Giauque (1895), Frank Gehry (1929), Jim Carrey (1962), Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874), Michael J. Fox (1961), and Erving Goffman (1922). After him are Gilles Villeneuve (1950), Glenn Gould (1932), Margaret Atwood (1939), Saul Bellow (1915), Marshall McLuhan (1911), and Richard E. Taylor (1929).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Jack L. Warner ranks 2. Before him are James Cameron (1954). After him are David Cronenberg (1943), Mark Robson (1913), Denis Villeneuve (1967), Ted Kotcheff (1931), Edward Dmytryk (1908), Norman Jewison (1926), Denys Arcand (1941), Arthur Hiller (1923), Paul Haggis (1953), and Roger Spottiswoode (1945).

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