FILM DIRECTOR

Roy Ward Baker

1916 - 2010

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Roy Ward Baker (born Roy Horace Baker; 19 December 1916 – 5 October 2010) was an English film director. He was known professionally as Roy Baker until 1967, when he adopted Roy Ward Baker as his screen credit. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Ward Baker is the 1,180th most popular film director (down from 1,001st in 2019), the 4,296th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,399th in 2019) and the 86th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Roy Ward Baker ranks 1,180 out of 2,041Before him are Edgar Wright, Rachid Bouchareb, María Luisa Bemberg, Jacques Baratier, Shunji Iwai, and Luise Fleck. After him are Mark Herman, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Alan Ball, John Pilger, Giorgi Shengelaia, and Gerry Anderson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Roy Ward Baker ranks 246Before him are Ondina Valla, Milton Babbitt, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, David Brown, Lennart Klingström, and Toni Branca. After him are Dorothy Cheney, Julien Darui, Ken Wharton, Gaylord Nelson, Don Keefer, and Margaret Lockwood. Among people deceased in 2010, Roy Ward Baker ranks 325Before him are Nena, Isabella Abbott, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, David Brown, Kathryn Grayson, and Jorge González. After him are Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Giovanni Pettenella, William B. Lenoir, Joseph Serge Miot, John Wooden, and Walter Rudin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Roy Ward Baker ranks 4,297 out of 8,785Before him are Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), Saint Mungo (518), Henry Sweet (1845), Arthur Berry (1888), Pat Barker (1943), and Paul Ince (1967). After him are Mark Herman (1954), Peter Wilson (1947), Sadie Frost (1965), Charles Lapworth (1842), Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733), and Ralph Bagnold (1896).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Roy Ward Baker ranks 86Before him are Mike Figgis (1948), Michael Winner (1935), Duncan Jones (1971), Jon Amiel (1948), Benjamin Glazer (1887), and Edgar Wright (1974). After him are Mark Herman (1954), Gerry Anderson (1929), Nick Park (1958), Basil Dearden (1911), Freddie Francis (1917), and John Grierson (1898).