FILM DIRECTOR

Lowell Thomas

1892 - 1981

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Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and documentary filmmaker, known as a world traveler. He authored more than fifty non-fiction books, mostly travel narratives and popular biographies of explorers and military men. Between 1930 and the mid-1970s, Thomas appeared regularly on radio and occasionally on television as a travel and news commentator. Until the 1950s, he was a narrator of Movietone newsreels shown in cinemas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lowell Thomas is the 1,727th most popular film director (down from 1,669th in 2024), the 13,424th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,562nd in 2019) and the 500th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Lowell Thomas ranks 1,726 out of 2,041. Before him are Neil Marshall, Na Hong-jin, Don Mancini, Subhash Ghai, and Brenda Chapman. After him are Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Joseph Pevney, Valentyn Vasyanovych, Michel Franco, Stacy Peralta, Byron Howard, and Guy Maddin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Lowell Thomas ranks 306. Before him are Alfred Lunt, Ruth Roland, Wilhelm Lützow, William Demarest, William Beaudine, and Abel Kiviat. After him are Claire Du Brey, Rose McConnell Long, Hoot Gibson, Eva Bowring, and Eric Harrison. Among people deceased in 1981, Lowell Thomas ranks 293. Before him are Trevor Coker, George Walsh, Yefim Dzigan, Roy Brown, Tampa Red, and Patsy Kelly. After him are Tiny Thompson, Graham Whitehead, Madge Evans, Barbara Bedford, Randhir Singh Gentle, and Ella Hall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lowell Thomas ranks 13,422 out of 20,380. After him are Marguerite Marsh (1888), Kelsey Plum (1994), Chris Botti (1962), Lew Cody (1884), Nicholas F. Brady (1930), Maury Povich (1939), Robert Bork (1927), Nicki Hunter (1979), Mark Salling (1982), Charlie Callas (1924), Mary-Kate Olsen (1986), and Buck Jones (1891).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Lowell Thomas ranks 499. Before him are Errol Morris (1948), Hal Hartley (1959), Rory Kennedy (1968), Don Mancini (1963), and Brenda Chapman (1962). After him are Joseph Pevney (1911), Stacy Peralta (1957), Bill Plympton (1946), Oscar Micheaux (1884), John Carl Buechler (1952), Mark Romanek (1959), and Joe Carnahan (1969).

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