FILM DIRECTOR

Tom Holland

1943 - Today

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Thomas Lee Holland (born July 11, 1943) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, penning the 1983 sequel to the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho, directing and co-writing the first entry in the long-running Child's Play franchise, and writing and directing the cult vampire film Fright Night. He also directed the Stephen King adaptations The Langoliers and Thinner. He is a two-time Saturn Award recipient. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Holland is the 170th most popular film director (up from 464th in 2019), the 1,401st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,952nd in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tom Holland ranks 170 out of 2,041. Before him are Claude Lanzmann, Jacques Rivette, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Kim Ki-duk, Jan Švankmajer, and Ettore Scola. After him are Max Ophüls, István Szabó, Roland Emmerich, Sergio Corbucci, Spike Lee, and Alice Guy-Blaché.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Tom Holland ranks 72. Before him are Masaru Emoto, Terrence Malick, Finn E. Kydland, Sam Shepard, Neale Donald Walsch, and Klaus Maria Brandauer. After him are Wolfgang Overath, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Lucio Dalla, Joni Mitchell, Mario J. Molina, and Alain de Benoist.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Holland ranks 1,401 out of 20,380. Before him are Leo Fender (1909), Burgess Meredith (1907), Walter Brennan (1894), Eric Adams (1960), Robert Walker (1918), and John Heard (1946). After him are John Grisham (1955), Michelle Phillips (1944), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Virginia Apgar (1909), Tex Watson (1945), and Sam Elliott (1944).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Tom Holland ranks 47. Before him are George A. Romero (1940), Terrence Malick (1943), Jonathan Demme (1944), Jim Jarmusch (1953), Robert Benton (1932), and Don Siegel (1912). After him are Spike Lee (1957), Robert Rodriguez (1968), Robert Wise (1914), Alan J. Pakula (1928), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), and Ed Wood (1924).

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