FILM DIRECTOR

Abel Gance

1889 - 1981

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Abel Gance (French: [gɑ̃s]; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 1889 – 10 November 1981) was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abel Gance has received more than 340,557 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Abel Gance is the 168th most popular film director (down from 147th in 2019), the 1,084th most popular biography from France (down from 1,014th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Film Director.

Abel Gance is most famous for his film Napoleon, which was the first film to be released in a widescreen format.

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  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Abel Gance ranks 168 out of 2,041. Before him are Andrei Konchalovsky, Josef von Sternberg, Bille August, Jan Švankmajer, Masaki Kobayashi, and Joel Schumacher. After him are István Szabó, Max Ophüls, Guillermo del Toro, Roy Andersson, Genndy Tartakovsky, and Nagisa Oshima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Abel Gance ranks 36. Before him are Taha Hussein, Victor Fleming, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Edgar Adrian, and Walter Lippmann. After him are Günther Lütjens, Kim Tu-bong, Hannes Meyer, Li Dazhao, Otto Georg Thierack, and Olave Baden-Powell. Among people deceased in 1981, Abel Gance ranks 30. Before him are Samuel Barber, A. J. Cronin, Karl Böhm, Miroslav Krleža, Georges Brassens, and Max Delbrück. After him are Will Durant, Joseph Murphy, Zarah Leander, Mehmet Shehu, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, and Omar Torrijos.

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In France

Among people born in France, Abel Gance ranks 1,084 out of 6,770. Before him are Desireless (1952), Johannes Tauler (1300), Christine of France (1606), Elliott Erwitt (1928), Jean-Marc Nattier (1685), and Charles-Marie Widor (1844). After him are Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), Marion Cotillard (1975), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), and George Steiner (1929).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Abel Gance ranks 24. Before him are René Clément (1913), Jacques Demy (1931), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), and Louis Malle (1932). After him are Jacques Rivette (1928), Jean Vigo (1905), Claude Lanzmann (1925), Chris Marker (1921), Jacques Becker (1906), and Bertrand Tavernier (1941).

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