Table 3 Top 20 directors by influence centrality, with information on range of their career
From: Identification of key films and personalities in the history of cinema from a Western perspective
Rank | Name | Career | Rank | Name | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cukor, George | (1930 - 1981) | 11 | Whale, James (I) | (1930 - 1940) |
2 | Fleming, Victor (I) | (1920 - 1948) | 12 | Coppola, Francis Ford | (1959 - 2011) |
3 | Hitchcock, Alfred (I) | (1925 - 1976) | 13 | Cameron, James (I) | (1981 - 2025) |
4 | LeRoy, Mervyn | (1928 - 1968) | 14 | Jackson, Wilfred (I) | (1937 - 1955) |
5 | Spielberg, Steven | (1964 - 2020) | 15 | Wood, Sam (I) | (1920 - 1949) |
6 | Kubrick, Stanley | (1953 - 1999) | 16 | Schoedsack, Ernest B. | (1925 - 1952) |
7 | Taurog, Norman | (1930 - 1968) | 17 | Cooper, Merian C. | (1925 - 1952) |
8 | Vidor, King | (1921 - 1959) | 18 | Wilder, Billy | (1942 - 1981) |
9 | Lucas, George (I) | (1969 - 2005) | 19 | Welles, Orson | (1938 - 1993) |
10 | Curtiz, Michael | (1922 - 1961) | 20 | Hawks, Howard | (1927 - 1970) |