FILM DIRECTOR

James Algar

1912 - 1998

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James Algar (June 11, 1912 – February 26, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked at Walt Disney Productions for 43 years and received the Disney Legends award in 1998. He was born in Modesto, California and died in Carmel, California. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Algar is the 1,267th most popular film director (down from 1,123rd in 2019), the 9,068th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,282nd in 2019) and the 335th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, James Algar ranks 1,267 out of 2,041. Before him are Laurent Cantet, Alexander Drankov, S. Shankar, Yōjirō Takita, Luis Alcoriza, and Ali Hatami. After him are Peter R. Hunt, Jaume Balagueró, Andrew Adamson, Stan Brakhage, Tommy Lee Wallace, and José Luis Cuerda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, James Algar ranks 344. Before him are Camilo Ponce Enríquez, Mirvarid Dilbazi, Connie Sawyer, Josef Neckermann, Segundo Durandal, and Leopold Wohlrab. After him are Achmad Nawir, Václav Horák, Conlon Nancarrow, Cliff Bastin, Bayard Rustin, and Dorothy Brookshaw. Among people deceased in 1998, James Algar ranks 260. Before him are Bella Abzug, Ernst Ising, André Chorda, Ilse Bing, Gevorg Emin, and Barbara Burke. After him are Jesús Loroño, Betty Carter, Kim Ki-young, Augusto Magli, Wade Dominguez, and Ted Fujita.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Algar ranks 9,070 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Yerkes (1876), Della Reese (1931), Lakeith Stanfield (1991), Dawn Olivieri (1981), Ronna McDaniel (1973), and Tim Bogert (1944). After him are Kim Deal (1961), Jon Seda (1970), Sarah Goodridge (1788), Maggie McNamara (1928), Blossom Rock (1895), and James Cotton (1935).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, James Algar ranks 335. Before him are J. Searle Dawley (1877), Jack Sholder (1945), James Gray (1969), Andrew Stanton (1965), William C. deMille (1878), and David Twohy (1955). After him are Stan Brakhage (1933), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Max Hardcore (1956), Peter Berg (1962), Alfred E. Green (1889), and Leon Shamroy (1901).

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