FILM DIRECTOR

Rex Ingram

1892 - 1950

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Rex Ingram (born Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock; 15 January 1893 – 21 July 1950) was an Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor. Director Erich von Stroheim once called him "the world's greatest director". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Rex Ingram is the 1,222nd most popular film director (down from 1,131st in 2024), the 258th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 227th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rex Ingram ranks 1,222 out of 2,041. Before him are Luciano Emmer, Sergey Urusevsky, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Jonas Åkerlund, Bruno Barreto, and Archie Mayo. After him are Dariusz Wolski, Marc Caro, Alain Jessua, Tay Garnett, Alain Guiraudie, and Daniel Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Rex Ingram ranks 263. Before him are Vincenzo Cuccia, Elmer Rice, João Sassetti, Zośka Vieras, Hans Rademacher, and Mariano Arrate. After him are Robert Ellis, Ruth Chatterton, Jacob Viner, Muhammad Sakizli, Pinto Colvig, and Manilal Gandhi. Among people deceased in 1950, Rex Ingram ranks 172. Before him are Oscar Osthoff, Miguel Mariano Gómez, Royal Harwood Frost, Dirk Coster, Horace Rice, and Luise Fleck. After him are Boris Verlinsky, Arthur L. Newton, Lothrop Stoddard, Giuseppe Crivelli, Henryk Grossman, and Guðjón Samúelsson.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Rex Ingram ranks 258 out of 549. Before him are Finnian of Clonard (470), Brian Kerr (1953), Kevin Doyle (1983), Wolfe Tone (1763), Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet (1737), and Maeve Binchy (1939). After him are William McGonagall (1825), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), Alison Doody (1966), Victor Herbert (1859), Luke Kelly (1940), and Owen Moore (1886).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Ireland

Among film directors born in Ireland, Rex Ingram ranks 5. Before him are Neil Jordan (1950), Jim Sheridan (1949), Herbert Brenon (1880), and Steve Barron (1956). After him are William Desmond Taylor (1872), Lenny Abrahamson (1966), John Moore (1970), and John Carney (1972).

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