FILM DIRECTOR

Ari Folman

1962 - Today

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Ari Folman (Hebrew: ארי פולמן) (born December 17, 1962) is an Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and film-score composer. He directed the Oscar-nominated animated documentary film Waltz with Bashir (2008) and the live-action/animated film The Congress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ari Folman has received more than 260,916 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ari Folman is the 814th most popular film director (up from 830th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Israel (down from 228th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Israeli Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ari Folmen by language

Over the past year Ari Folman has had the most page views in the with 40,133 views, followed by Hebrew (10,615), and French (8,603). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Dutch (79.06%), Serbian (68.24%), and Spanish (32.46%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ari Folman ranks 814 out of 2,041. Before him are Claude Miller, Edmund Goulding, Ulu Grosbard, Vladimir Gardin, Gulzar, and Matthew Vaughn. After him are Edgar Reitz, Aleksander Ford, Sion Sono, Sean S. Cunningham, Andrew Davis, and Urban Gad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ari Folman ranks 177. Before him are Bertrand Gachot, Joan Osborne, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Nawal El Moutawakel, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, and Jack Irons. After him are Julio César Chávez, Kim Vilfort, Birgit Fischer, Rita, Choi Myung-gil, and Yuri Gidzenko.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Ari Folman ranks 254 out of 466. Before him are Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944), Amira Hass (1956), Nurit Peled-Elhanan (1949), Israel Finkelstein (1949), Ayelet Zurer (1969), and Nehemiah Persoff (1919). After him are Benny Morris (1948), Yossi Benayoun (1980), Yaakov Neeman (1939), Joseph Raz (1939), Ilanit (1947), and Elia Suleiman (1960).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Israel

Among film directors born in Israel, Ari Folman ranks 6. Before him are Amos Gitai (1950), Assi Dayan (1945), Menahem Golan (1929), Ralph Bakshi (1938), and Avi Arad (1948). After him are Elia Suleiman (1960), Hany Abu-Assad (1961), Samuel Maoz (1962), Oren Peli (1970), and Etan Cohen (1974).

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Filmography

The Congress
Director
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Jul 3o 20136.394 / 10
Waltz with Bashir
Director
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Jun 12o 20087.709 / 10
Where Is Anne Frank
Director
The film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to find Anne, who she believes is still alive, in today's Europe. While the young girl is shocked by the modern world, she also comes across Anne's legacy.
Dec 8o 20216.755 / 10