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Jon Amiel

1948 - Today

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Jon Amiel (born 20 May 1948) is an English director who has worked in film and television in both the UK and the US. After receiving a BAFTA Award nomination for the BBC series The Singing Detective (1986), he went on to direct films, including Sommersby (1993), Copycat (1995), Entrapment (1999), The Core (2003) and Creation (2009). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Amiel is the 1,143rd most popular film director (up from 1,268th in 2019), the 4,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,311th in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jon Amiel ranks 1,143 out of 2,041. Before him are Scott Derrickson, Gordon Parks, John Flynn, Zhang Shichuan, Zalman King, and Hany Abu-Assad. After him are Chris Renaud, John Musker, Roman Viktyuk, Cristina Comencini, Richard Williams, and Vladimir Naumov.

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Among people born in 1948, Jon Amiel ranks 518. Before him are Tubilandu Ndimbi, Gennadi Gagulia, Dale Gardner, Johan Boskamp, Kenney Jones, and Alexandru Neagu. After him are Edzard Ernst, David Hungate, Marañón, Walter Planckaert, Johan De Muynck, and Raynald Denoueix.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jon Amiel ranks 4,141 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Jenny Clack (1947), Joe Cole (1988), Tony Barton (1937), Gillian Rubinstein (1942), and Barbara Thompson (1944). After him are Janet Montgomery (1985), Robert W. Paul (1869), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Lennie James (1965), Alison Moyet (1961), and Lawrence Stone (1919).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Jon Amiel ranks 84. Before him are Jonathan Nolan (1976), Gareth Evans (1980), Charles Jarrott (1927), Mike Figgis (1948), Michael Winner (1935), and Duncan Jones (1971). After him are Benjamin Glazer (1887), Edgar Wright (1974), Roy Ward Baker (1916), Mark Herman (1954), Gerry Anderson (1929), and Nick Park (1958).

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