FILM DIRECTOR

John Grierson

1898 - 1972

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John Grierson (26 April 1898 – 19 February 1972) was a Scottish documentary maker, often considered the father of British and Canadian documentary film. In 1926, Grierson coined the term "documentary" in a review of Robert J. Flaherty's Moana. In 1939, Grierson established the all-time Canadian film institutional production and distribution company The National Film Board of Canada controlled by the Government of Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Grierson is the 1,207th most popular film director (down from 1,118th in 2019), the 4,387th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,776th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Grierson ranks 1,207 out of 2,041. Before him are Fernando Birri, Basil Dearden, Freddie Francis, Nelly Kaplan, Lee Tamahori, and Buddy Van Horn. After him are Jaume Collet-Serra, Busby Berkeley, Colin Higgins, Luciano Emmer, Sergey Urusevsky, and Stefan Ruzowitzky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, John Grierson ranks 243. Before him are Ariel Durant, Clyde King, Luis Muñoz Marín, Kay Sage, Frank Sullivan, and Hellmuth Kneser. After him are Ernő Nagy, Cesare Merzagora, John Loder, Miguel Murillo, Henry Louis Hudson, and Leonard Howell. Among people deceased in 1972, John Grierson ranks 216. Before him are Pandurang Vaman Kane, Mikhail Artamonov, Per Bertilsson, Frederico Paredes, Sidney Franklin, and Carlos Cillóniz. After him are Hana Mašková, Olavi Virta, Herbert Hübner, Gejus van der Meulen, Andreas Cervin, and Werner Klingler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Grierson ranks 4,388 out of 8,785. Before him are James Mellaart (1925), Sonia Robertson (1947), Boston Corbett (1832), Sax Rohmer (1883), Tony Trimmer (1943), and Rachel Portman (1960). After him are Maxwell T. Masters (1833), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), William Muir (1819), Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764), Oswald Szemerényi (1913), and Gayatri Devi (1919).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Grierson ranks 92. Before him are Roy Ward Baker (1916), Mark Herman (1954), Gerry Anderson (1929), Nick Park (1958), Basil Dearden (1911), and Freddie Francis (1917). After him are Anthony Harvey (1930), Peter R. Hunt (1925), Geoffrey Unsworth (1914), Tony Kaye (1952), Michael Caton-Jones (1957), and Paul McGuigan (1963).

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