Film Director

Alain Resnais

French film director

1922 - 2014

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His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2024). Alain Resnais is the 79th most popular film director (down from 75th in 2024), the 665th most popular biography from France (down from 598th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Film Director.

Alain Resnais is most famous for his film "Hiroshima Mon Amour."

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Alain Resnais ranks #79 of 2,296 Film Directors worldwide, placing them among the top 4% of the profession.

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Alain Resnais's biography appears in 57 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 95% of all Film Directors.

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Among Film Directors

Among film directors, Alain Resnais ranks 79 out of 2,296. Before him are Elia Kazan, John Waters, F. W. Murnau, Tony Scott, Agnès Varda, and Dziga Vertov. After him are Franco Zeffirelli, Alan Parker, Robert Bresson, Peter Brook, Ernst Lubitsch, and Fred Zinnemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Alain Resnais ranks 26. Before him are Erving Goffman, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Philip Larkin, Charles M. Schulz, Christiaan Barnard, and Imre Lakatos. After him are Doris Day, Agostinho Neto, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Robert W. Holley, Joan Fuster, and Iannis Xenakis. Among people deceased in 2014, Alain Resnais ranks 25. Before him are Paco de Lucía, Jacques Le Goff, Robert A. Dahl, Martin Lewis Perl, Virna Lisi, and Queen Fabiola of Belgium. After him are Christopher Hogwood, Maya Angelou, Richard Attenborough, Gary Becker, Jack Brabham, and Bob Hoskins.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Resnais ranks 665 out of 7,658. Before him are Syagrius (430), Rudolph of France (890), Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092), Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), Johnny Hallyday (1943), and Paul Dukas (1865). After him are Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (1712), François-André Danican Philidor (1726), Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), André the Giant (1946), Maurice Utrillo (1883), and Auguste de Marmont (1774).

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Among Film Directors In France

Among film directors born in France, Alain Resnais ranks 11. Before him are Roger Vadim (1928), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Éric Rohmer (1920), William Wyler (1902), Claude Chabrol (1930), and Luc Besson (1959). After him are Robert Bresson (1901), René Clair (1898), Jacques Audiard (1952), Jacques Tati (1907), Claude Lelouch (1937), and René Clément (1913).

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