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FILM DIRECTOR

Alain Jessua

1932 - 2017

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Alain Jessua (16 January 1932 – 30 November 2017) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed ten films between 1956 and 1997. He worked as assistant director for Jacques Becker on the set of Casque d'or, with Max Ophüls for Madame de... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Jessua has received more than 28,895 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alain Jessua is the 1,267th most popular film director (down from 1,209th in 2019), the 4,548th most popular biography from France (down from 4,091st in 2019) and the 138th most popular French Film Director.

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  • 18

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  • 1.66

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  • 3.57

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alain Jessua ranks 1,267 out of 1,581Before him are Scott Derrickson, Pierre Morel, Carl Foreman, Jonathan Lynn, Feng Xiaogang, and Vincent Sherman. After him are Corey Allen, Dan Gilroy, Arnaud Desplechin, Jon Watts, D. A. Pennebaker, and Bertrand Bonello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Alain Jessua ranks 403Before him are Khalil Taha, Vasily Belov, Gaetano Starrabba, Nasif Estéfano, Suzy Parker, and Richard Dawson. After him are Robert Spitzer, John Jakes, Abby Dalton, Maurice Kouandété, Antonio Maspes, and Luke Askew. Among people deceased in 2017, Alain Jessua ranks 436Before him are Valeriu Bularca, Mervyn Rose, Viktor Chanov, Laurynas Stankevičius, James Cotton, and Yaakov Neeman. After him are Bobby Heenan, Rose Marie, Dieter Kottysch, David Storey, Molly Peters, and William H. Keeler.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Jessua ranks 4,548 out of 6,011Before him are Benjamin Biolay (1973), Camille Cottin (1978), Albert Champoudry (1880), Gwendal Peizerat (1972), René Lemoine (1905), and Samuel Benchetrit (1973). After him are Jean-Claude Magnan (1941), Kate Gillou (1887), Dan Ar Braz (1949), Adèle Haenel (1989), Claude Esteban (1935), and Arnaud Desplechin (1960).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In France

Among film directors born in France, Alain Jessua ranks 138Before him are Francis Girod (1944), Louis Daquin (1908), Maurice Cloche (1907), Laurent Cantet (1961), Julia Ducournau (1983), and Pierre Morel (1964). After him are Arnaud Desplechin (1960), Bertrand Bonello (1968), Alexandre Aja (1978), René Vautier (1928), Giorgio Capitani (1927), and Olivier Megaton (1965).

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