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FILM DIRECTOR

Arturo Ripstein

1943 - Today

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Arturo Ripstein y Rosen (born December 13, 1943) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Considered the "Godfather of independent Mexican cinema", Ripstein's work is generally characterized by "somber, slow-paced, macabre melodramas tackling existential loneliness", often with a grotesque-like edge. He is a nine-time Ariel Award winner, including five for Best Picture and two for Best Director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arturo Ripstein has received more than 111,026 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Arturo Ripstein is the 870th most popular film director (up from 890th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 210th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Film Director.

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  • 22

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  • 2.96

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  • 3.01

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Arturo Ripstein ranks 870 out of 1,581. Before him are Pasquale Festa Campanile, Christophe Gans, Rob Marshall, John Lee Hancock, Stuart Gordon, and Wayne Wang. After him are Carlo Di Palma, Raoul Servais, Benny Chan, Irwin Allen, Andrew Marton, and Abraham Polonsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Arturo Ripstein ranks 375. Before him are Tim Schenken, Luis Eduardo Aute, Teruo Nimura, Susan Clark, Oleg Vidov, and David Geffen. After him are David Alexandre Winter, Florence Ballard, Angelo Anquilletti, Gianni Motta, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, and Gigi Meroni.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Arturo Ripstein ranks 205 out of 585. Before him are Juan José Arreola (1921), Diego Luna (1979), Julio César Chávez (1962), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (1928), Lupita Nyong'o (1983), and Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834). After him are Juan Aldama (1774), Diana Bracho (1944), Manuel Rosas (1912), Sergio Pitol (1933), Juan N. Méndez (1820), and Laura Zapata (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Mexico

Among film directors born in Mexico, Arturo Ripstein ranks 5. Before him are Guillermo del Toro (1964), Alejandro González Iñárritu (1963), Alfonso Cuarón (1961), and Emilio Fernández (1904). After him are Mario Van Peebles (1957), Guillermo Navarro (1955), Carlos Reygadas (1971), Rodrigo Prieto (1965), and Michel Franco (1979).

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Filmography

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