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William C. deMille

1878 - 1955

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William Churchill deMille (July 25, 1878 – March 5, 1955), also spelled de Mille or De Mille, was an American screenwriter and film director from the silent film era through the early 1930s. He was also a noted playwright prior to moving into film. Once he was established in film he specialized in adapting Broadway plays into silent films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William C. deMille is the 1,251st most popular film director (up from 1,276th in 2019), the 8,955th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,598th in 2019) and the 333rd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, William C. deMille ranks 1,251 out of 2,041. Before him are Pilar Miró, Jack Sholder, James Gray, Andrew Stanton, Idrissa Ouédraogo, and Jacques Rouffio. After him are Shekhar Kapur, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Alexander Mitta, Priit Pärn, Kazimierz Kutz, and Erik Ode.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, William C. deMille ranks 218. Before him are María Guadalupe García Zavala, Albert Corey, Maximos IV Sayegh, Wollmar Boström, George M. Cohan, and Zofka Kveder. After him are John Masefield, Robert Warwick, Léon Thiébaut, Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Harold Hackett, and Frank Dixon. Among people deceased in 1955, William C. deMille ranks 150. Before him are André Rischmann, Luis Otero, Edwin Barclay, Shemp Howard, John Hodiak, and Arturo Coddou. After him are John Fenning, Einar Arnórsson, Matthew Henson, Aleksei Dikiy, Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, and Robert E. Sherwood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William C. deMille ranks 8,957 out of 20,380. Before him are Doc Rivers (1961), Connie Sawyer (1912), Gerald Guralnik (1936), Ramblin' Jack Elliott (1931), Carl Johnson (1898), and Dale Earnhardt (1951). After him are Mel Tormé (1925), Armin Shimerman (1949), Gordon Bell (1934), Elliott Smith (1969), Cathy Ferguson (1948), and Traylor Howard (1966).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, William C. deMille ranks 333. Before him are Robert Kramer (1939), Frank Pierson (1925), J. Searle Dawley (1877), Jack Sholder (1945), James Gray (1969), and Andrew Stanton (1965). After him are David Twohy (1955), James Algar (1912), Stan Brakhage (1933), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), Max Hardcore (1956), and Peter Berg (1962).

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