FILM DIRECTOR

Sidney Franklin

1893 - 1972

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Sidney Arnold Franklin (March 21, 1893 – May 18, 1972) was an American film director and producer. Franklin, like William C. deMille, specialized in adapting literary works or Broadway stage plays. His brother Chester Franklin (1889–1954) also became a director during the silent film era, best known for directing the early Technicolor film The Toll of the Sea. Franklin's work on radio included directing The Screen Guild Show in 1939. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Franklin is the 1,173rd most popular film director (up from 1,226th in 2019), the 8,359th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,115th in 2019) and the 310th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sidney Franklin ranks 1,173 out of 2,041. Before him are Steve Kloves, Dominic Sena, Břetislav Pojar, Abraham Polonsky, Rebecca Miller, and Pavel Lungin. After him are Carl Foreman, Ali Abbasi, Edgar Wright, Rachid Bouchareb, María Luisa Bemberg, and Jacques Baratier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Sidney Franklin ranks 231. Before him are Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Harry Ryan, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Ivor Novello, Platon Oyunsky, and Robert Harron. After him are Willi Apel, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Nurul Amin, Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Luis Otero, and Toti Dal Monte. Among people deceased in 1972, Sidney Franklin ranks 214. Before him are Ntare V of Burundi, Geraldine Beamish, Pandurang Vaman Kane, Mikhail Artamonov, Per Bertilsson, and Frederico Paredes. After him are Carlos Cillóniz, John Grierson, Hana Mašková, Olavi Virta, Herbert Hübner, and Gejus van der Meulen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sidney Franklin ranks 8,361 out of 20,380. Before him are Fred Hansen (1940), John Van Ryn (1905), Mary Ellen Mark (1940), Billy Campbell (1959), Thomas Mifflin (1744), and Mary Beth Peil (1940). After him are Mike Farrell (1939), Lorenz Hart (1895), Bo Goldman (1932), Sylvia Mathews Burwell (1965), Ted DiBiase Jr. (1982), and Jon Landau (1960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Sidney Franklin ranks 310. Before him are Bill Condon (1955), David Hand (1900), Steve Kloves (1960), Dominic Sena (1949), Abraham Polonsky (1910), and Rebecca Miller (1962). After him are Carl Foreman (1914), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Alan Ball (1957), Trey Parker (1969), Joe Ranft (1960), and Byron Haskin (1899).

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