FILM DIRECTOR

Robert Rossen

1908 - 1966

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Robert Rossen (March 16, 1908 – February 18, 1966) was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer whose film career spanned almost three decades. His 1949 film All the King's Men won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, while Rossen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. He won the Golden Globe for Best Director and the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. In 1961, he directed The Hustler, which was nominated for nine Oscars and won two. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Rossen is the 453rd most popular film director (up from 473rd in 2019), the 3,277th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,014th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Robert Rossen ranks 453 out of 2,041. Before him are Chuck Lorre, Jan Troell, Ernst Marischka, Jerzy Hoffman, Maya Deren, and Néstor Almendros. After him are Larisa Shepitko, James L. Brooks, Joe Dante, John Boorman, William A. Wellman, and Sam Mendes.

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Among people born in 1908, Robert Rossen ranks 115. Before him are Jean Delannoy, Bernard Lee, Edgar Faure, Salo Flohr, Ho Jong-suk, and Afet İnan. After him are Christa Schroeder, Eugen Weidmann, Aurelio Peccei, John Mills, Mario Evaristo, and Ed Gordon. Among people deceased in 1966, Robert Rossen ranks 80. Before him are Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Wilhelm Röpke, Emil Brunner, Väinö Tanner, and Bud Powell. After him are Homi J. Bhabha, Boris Podolsky, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Wieland Wagner, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, and Georges Theunis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Rossen ranks 3,277 out of 20,380. Before him are James Bowie (1796), Matthew Ridgway (1895), Al Matthews (1942), Bud Powell (1924), Henry Flagler (1830), and Mortimer J. Adler (1902). After him are Mos Def (1973), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Kevin Peter Hall (1955), Scott Bradley (1891), Bob Dole (1923), and Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Robert Rossen ranks 122. Before him are Sofia Coppola (1971), Zack Snyder (1966), Harold Prince (1928), Walter Lantz (1899), Russ Meyer (1922), and Chuck Lorre (1952). After him are James L. Brooks (1940), Joe Dante (1946), William A. Wellman (1896), D. J. Caruso (1965), Curtis Hanson (1945), and Jerome Robbins (1918).

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