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FILM DIRECTOR

Alain Corneau

1943 - 2010

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Alain Corneau (7 August 1943 – 30 August 2010) was a French film director and writer. Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his career, including Police Python 357 (1976) and La Menace (1977). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Corneau has received more than 95,158 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alain Corneau is the 517th most popular film director (down from 468th in 2019), the 2,773rd most popular biography from France (down from 2,496th in 2019) and the 77th most popular French Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alain Corneau ranks 517 out of 1,581. Before him are John Badham, Lee Chang-dong, Im Kwon-taek, Tom Holland, Mamoru Hosoda, and Yoji Yamada. After him are Ferdinand Zecca, Don Bluth, Max Fleischer, Anthony Asquith, Ladislao Vajda, and Frederick Wiseman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Alain Corneau ranks 219. Before him are Tom Holland, Alan Wilson, Michael Byrne, Carmen Argenziano, Nicolae Văcăroiu, and Murtaz Khurtsilava. After him are Roberto Micheletti, Shannon Lucid, Wilson da Silva Piazza, Maceo Parker, Michael Ondaatje, and Kirin Kiki. Among people deceased in 2010, Alain Corneau ranks 123. Before him are Johan Ferrier, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Theo Albrecht, Guido de Marco, Eugène Terre'Blanche, and Günter Behnisch. After him are Philippa Foot, Claude Lefort, Jill Clayburgh, Per Oscarsson, Fud Leclerc, and Corneille Guillaume Beverloo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Corneau ranks 2,773 out of 6,011. Before him are Valérie Pécresse (1967), Edgar Quinet (1803), Philibert Commerson (1727), Guillaume Canet (1973), Saint Faith (290), and Jean Carmet (1920). After him are Charles Nungesser (1892), Odo I, Count of Blois (950), Ferdinand Zecca (1864), Jean Patou (1887), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), and Antoine Coysevox (1640).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Alain Corneau ranks 77. Before him are Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Gérard Oury (1919), Patrice Leconte (1947), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), Yves Allégret (1907), and Olivier Assayas (1955). After him are Ferdinand Zecca (1864), André Hunebelle (1896), Pierre Woodman (1963), Georges Franju (1912), Just Jaeckin (1940), and Robert Enrico (1931).

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Filmography

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